Gastroenterology

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

2. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

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

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

5. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

6. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

7. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

8. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

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

10. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

11. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

12. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

13. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

15. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

16. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

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

19. Halitosis is present in all except:

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

21. Spider naevi:

22. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

23. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

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

26. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

27. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

28. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

30. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

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

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

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

35. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

36. Melanosis coli indicates:

37. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

38. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

39. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

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

42. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

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

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

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

46. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

48. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

49. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

50. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?