Gastroenterology

1. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

3. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

4. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

5. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

8. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

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

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

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

12. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

13. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

14. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

15. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

16. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

17. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

19. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

20. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

21. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

22. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

23. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

24. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

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

26. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

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

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

29. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

30. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

31. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

32. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

33. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

34. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

35. Fatty liver may be produced by:

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

37. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

38. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

39. Whipple’s triad is found in:

40. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

41. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

42. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

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

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

45. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

46. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

48. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

49. WBC in stool is not found in:

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