Gastroenterology

1. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

2. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

3. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

4. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

5. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

6. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

7. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

8. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

9. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

10. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

11. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

12. Endopeptidases include all except:

13. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

14. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

15. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

16. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

17. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

18. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

19. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

20. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

21. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

22. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

23. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

24. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

25. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

26. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

27. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

28. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

29. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

30. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

31. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

32. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

33. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

34. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

35. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

36. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

37. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

38. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

39. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

40. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

41. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

42. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

43. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

44. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

45. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

46. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

47. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

48. Octreotide can be used in all except:

49. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

50. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is: