Gastroenterology

1. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

2. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

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

4. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

5. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

6. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

7. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

8. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

9. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

10. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

12. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

13. Fatty liver may be produced by:

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

15. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

16. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

17. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

18. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

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

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

21. Normal portal venous pressure is:

22. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

23. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

25. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

26. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

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

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

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

30. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

31. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

32. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

33. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

34. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

35. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

36. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

37. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

38. Macroglossia is not found in:

39. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

40. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

41. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

42. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

43. WBC in stool is not found in:

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

45. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

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

47. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

48. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

49. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

50. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of: