Gastroenterology

1. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

2. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

3. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

5. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

6. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

7. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

8. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

9. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

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

11. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

14. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

15. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

16. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

17. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

18. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

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

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

21. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

22. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

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

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

25. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

26. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

27. Carcinoid syndrome:

28. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

30. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

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

32. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

34. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

35. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

36. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

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

38. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

39. Carcinoma of oesophagus may be predisposed by alt except:

40. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

41. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

42. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

43. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

44. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

45. What is true about Weil’s disease?

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

47. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

48. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

49. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

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