Gastroenterology

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

2. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

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

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

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

6. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

7. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

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

10. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

11. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

12. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

13. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

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

15. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

16. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

17. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

18. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

19. Fatty liver may be produced by:

20. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

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

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

23. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

24. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

25. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

26. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

27. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

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

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

30. Hepatitis-like features may be seen in therapy with all except:

31. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

33. Halitosis is present in all except:

34. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

35. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

36. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

37. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

38. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

39. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

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

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

42. WBC in stool is not found in:

43. Pyrosis is better known as:

44. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

45. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

46. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

47. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

49. Weil’s disease is associated with:

50. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except: