Gastroenterology

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

2. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

3. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

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

5. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

6. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

8. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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

10. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

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

12. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

13. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

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

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

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

17. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

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

19. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

20. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

21. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

22. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

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

24. Raspberry tongue is found in:

25. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

26. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

28. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

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

30. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

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

32. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

33. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

34. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

36. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

38. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

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

40. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

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

42. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

43. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

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

46. Tegaserod is used in:

47. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

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

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

50. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by: