Gastroenterology

1. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

2. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

3. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

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

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

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

7. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

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

9. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

10. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

11. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

12. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

13. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

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

15. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

16. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

17. Hepatic rub may be found in:

18. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

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

21. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

22. Malignant potential is least in:

23. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

24. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

25. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

26. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

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

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

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

30. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

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

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

33. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

34. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

35. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

36. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

37. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

38. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

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

40. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

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

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

44. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

45. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

46. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

47. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

48. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

49. Carcinoid syndrome:

50. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by: