Gastroenterology

1. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

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

3. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

4. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

5. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

6. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

7. Endopeptidases include all except:

8. All are examples of APUDomas except:

9. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

11. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

12. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

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

14. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

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

17. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

19. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

21. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

22. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

23. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

25. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

27. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

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

29. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

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

31. WBC in stool is not found in:

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

33. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

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

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

36. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

37. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

38. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

39. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

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

41. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

42. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

43. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

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

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

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

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

48. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

49. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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