Gastroenterology

1. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

2. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

3. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

4. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

5. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

6. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

7. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

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

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

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

11. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

12. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

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

14. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

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

16. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

17. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

18. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

19. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

20. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

21. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

22. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

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

24. Tegaserod is used in:

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

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

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

28. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

29. Melanosis coli indicates:

30. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

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

33. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

34. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

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

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

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

38. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

39. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

40. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

41. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

42. Pyrosis is better known as:

43. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

44. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

45. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

46. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

47. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

48. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

49. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

50. Calcification of spleen is seen in: