Gastroenterology

1. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

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

3. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

4. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

6. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

7. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

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

9. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

10. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

12. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

13. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

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

22. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

23. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

24. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

25. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

26. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

27. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

28. Macroglossia is not found in:

29. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

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

31. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

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

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

34. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

35. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

37. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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

39. Endopeptidases include all except:

40. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

41. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

43. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

45. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

46. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

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

48. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

49. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

50. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?