Gastroenterology

1. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

3. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

4. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

5. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

6. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

7. Water is minimally absorbed from:

8. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

9. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

10. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

11. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

12. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

13. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

14. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

15. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

16. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

17. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

18. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

19. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

20. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

21. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

22. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

23. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

24. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

25. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

26. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

27. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

28. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

29. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

30. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

31. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

32. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

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

34. Normal portal venous pressure is:

35. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

36. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

38. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

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

40. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

41. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

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

43. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

44. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

45. Macroglossia is not found in:

46. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

47. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

48. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

49. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

50. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except: