Gastroenterology

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

2. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

3. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

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

5. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

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

7. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

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

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

10. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

11. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

12. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

13. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

14. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

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

16. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

17. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

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

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

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

21. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

22. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

24. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

25. Spider naevi:

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

27. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

28. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

29. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

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

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

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

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

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

35. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

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

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

38. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

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

40. Fatty liver may be produced by:

41. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

42. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

43. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

44. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

46. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

47. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

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

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

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