Gastroenterology

1. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

3. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

4. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

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

7. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

8. Whipple’s triad is found in:

9. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?

10. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

11. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

13. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

14. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

15. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

16. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

17. Normal portal venous pressure is:

18. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

19. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

20. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

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

22. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

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

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

26. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

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

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

29. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

30. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

31. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

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

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

35. Water is minimally absorbed from:

36. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

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

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

39. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

40. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

41. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

42. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

43. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

44. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

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

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

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

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

49. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

50. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?