Gastroenterology

1. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

2. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

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

4. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

5. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

6. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

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

8. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

9. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in 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

11. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

12. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

13. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

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

16. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

17. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

18. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

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

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

21. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

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

23. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

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

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

27. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

29. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

30. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

32. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

33. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

34. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

35. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

36. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

37. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

38. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

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

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

41. Constipation may develop from all except:

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

43. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

45. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

46. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

47. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

48. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

49. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

50. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?