Gastroenterology

1. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

2. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

3. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

4. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

6. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

7. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

8. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

9. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

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

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

12. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

13. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

14. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

15. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

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

17. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

18. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

19. Tegaserod is used in:

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

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

22. Whipple’s triad is found in:

23. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

24. Halitosis is present in all except:

25. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

26. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

28. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

29. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

30. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

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

32. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

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

34. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

35. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

36. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

37. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

38. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

39. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

40. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

41. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

42. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

43. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

44. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

45. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

47. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

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

49. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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