Gastroenterology

1. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

2. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

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

4. Constipation may develop from all except:

5. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

7. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

9. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

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

12. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

13. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

14. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

16. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

17. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

18. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

19. Normal portal venous pressure is:

20. Malignant potential is least in:

21. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

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

23. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

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

25. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

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

27. Melanosis coli indicates:

28. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

30. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

31. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

32. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

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

35. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

37. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

38. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

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

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

41. Weil’s disease is associated with:

42. Fatty liver may be produced by:

43. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

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

45. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

46. Gastric diverticula are:

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

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

49. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

50. Pyrosis is better known as: