Gastroenterology

1. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

2. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

3. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

4. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

5. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

6. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

7. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

8. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

10. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

11. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

13. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

14. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

15. Constipation may develop from all except:

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

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

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

19. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

20. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

21. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

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

24. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

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

27. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

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

29. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

30. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

31. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

33. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

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

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

36. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

37. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

38. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

39. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

40. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

41. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

42. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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

44. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

45. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

46. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

47. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

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

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

50. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of: