Gastroenterology

1. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

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

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

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

6. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

8. Melanosis coli indicates:

9. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

10. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

11. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

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

14. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

15. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

16. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

17. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

18. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

19. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

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

21. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

22. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

23. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

24. Normal portal venous pressure is:

25. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

26. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

27. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

28. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

29. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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

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

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

33. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

34. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

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

36. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

38. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

40. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

41. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

42. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

43. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

44. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

46. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

47. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

48. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

49. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

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