Gastroenterology

1. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

2. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

4. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

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

6. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

8. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

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

10. Water is minimally absorbed from:

11. Fatty liver may be produced by:

12. Tegaserod is used in:

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

14. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

15. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

17. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

18. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

19. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

20. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

21. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

22. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

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

24. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

25. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

26. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

27. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

28. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

29. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

30. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

31. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

32. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

33. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

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

35. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

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

38. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

39. Pyrosis is better known as:

40. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

41. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

42. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

43. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

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

45. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

46. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

47. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

48. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

49. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

50. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from: