Gastroenterology

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

2. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

3. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

4. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

5. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

6. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

7. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

8. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

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

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

11. Melanosis coli indicates:

12. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

13. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

14. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

15. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

16. Macroglossia is not found in:

17. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

18. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

19. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

20. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

21. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

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

24. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

25. Endopeptidases include all except:

26. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

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

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

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

30. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

31. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

32. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

33. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

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

35. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

36. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

37. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

38. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

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

40. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

41. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

47. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

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

49. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

50. What is true about Weil’s disease?