Gastroenterology

1. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

2. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

3. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

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

5. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

6. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

7. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

8. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

9. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

10. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

12. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

13. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

14. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

15. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

16. Weil’s disease is associated with:

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

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

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

20. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

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

23. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

24. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

25. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

26. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

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

28. All are examples of APUDomas except:

29. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

30. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

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

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

33. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

34. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

35. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

36. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

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

38. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

39. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

40. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

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

42. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

43. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

44. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

45. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

46. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

47. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

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

49. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

50. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except: