Gastroenterology

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

2. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

3. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

4. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

5. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

6. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

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

8. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

9. Macroglossia is not found in:

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

11. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

13. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

14. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

15. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

16. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

17. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

18. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

19. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

20. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

21. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

23. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

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

25. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

26. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

27. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

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

29. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

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

31. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

32. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

33. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

34. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

35. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

36. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

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

38. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

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

41. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

42. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

44. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

45. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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

47. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

49. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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