Gastroenterology

1. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

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

3. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

4. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

5. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

6. Constipation may develop from all except:

7. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

8. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

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

10. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

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

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

13. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

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

15. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

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

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

18. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

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

21. Raspberry tongue is found in:

22. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

23. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

24. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

25. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

27. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

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

29. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

30. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

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

32. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

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

35. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

36. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

37. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

38. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

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

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

41. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

42. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

43. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

44. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

45. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

46. Malignant potential is least in:

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

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

49. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

50. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?