Gastroenterology

1. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

2. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

3. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

4. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

5. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

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

7. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

8. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

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

10. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

11. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

12. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

14. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

15. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

16. What is true about Weil’s disease?

17. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

18. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

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

20. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

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

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

23. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

24. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

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

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

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

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

30. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

31. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

33. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

34. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

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

36. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

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

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

39. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

40. Weil’s disease is associated with:

41. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

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

44. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

45. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

46. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

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

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

49. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

50. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in: