Gastroenterology

1. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

2. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

3. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

4. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

5. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

6. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

7. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

8. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

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

10. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

11. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

12. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

14. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

15. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

16. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

17. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

18. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

19. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

20. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

21. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

22. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

23. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

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

25. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

26. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

27. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

28. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

29. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

30. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

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

32. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

33. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

34. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

35. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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

37. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

38. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

39. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

40. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

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

42. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

43. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

44. Spider naevi:

45. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

46. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

48. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

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

50. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is: