Gastroenterology

1. Gastric diverticula are:

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

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

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

5. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

6. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

7. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

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

10. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

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

12. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

13. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

14. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

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

16. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

18. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

19. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

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

21. Raspberry tongue is found in:

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

23. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

25. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

26. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

27. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

28. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

29. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

30. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

31. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

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

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

34. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

35. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

36. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

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

38. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

40. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

41. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

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

43. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

45. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

46. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

47. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

48. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

49. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

50. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?