Gastroenterology

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

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

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

4. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

5. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

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

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

8. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

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

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

11. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

12. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

13. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

14. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

15. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

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

17. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

18. Pyrosis is better known as:

19. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

20. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

21. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

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

24. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

26. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

27. Malignant potential is least in:

28. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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

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

31. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

32. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

33. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

34. WBC in stool is not found in:

35. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

36. Whipple’s triad is found in:

37. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

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

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

40. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

41. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

43. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

44. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

45. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

47. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

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

49. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

50. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen: