Gastroenterology

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

2. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

3. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

4. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

5. Halitosis is present in all except:

6. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

8. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

9. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

10. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

11. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

12. Tegaserod is used in:

13. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

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

15. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

16. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

17. Melanosis coli indicates:

18. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

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

20. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

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

22. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

23. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

24. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?

25. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all 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

27. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

28. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

30. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

31. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

33. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

34. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

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

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

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

39. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

40. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

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

42. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

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

45. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

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

47. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

48. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

49. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

50. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by: