Gastroenterology

1. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

2. Whipple’s triad is found in:

3. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

4. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

5. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

6. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

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

8. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

9. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

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

12. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

13. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

14. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

15. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

16. Malignant potential is least in:

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

18. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

19. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

20. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

21. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

22. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

23. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

24. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

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

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

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

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

29. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

30. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

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

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

33. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

34. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

35. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

37. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

38. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

39. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

40. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

41. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

42. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

43. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

44. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

45. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

46. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

47. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

48. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

49. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

50. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is: