Gastroenterology

1. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

2. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

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

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

5. Water is minimally absorbed from:

6. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

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

9. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

10. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

11. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

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

14. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

15. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

16. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

17. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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

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

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

21. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

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

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

24. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

25. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

26. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

28. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

29. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

30. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

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

33. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

35. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

36. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

38. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

39. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

40. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

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

42. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

43. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

44. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

45. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

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

47. Tegaserod is used in:

48. Hepatic rub may be found in:

49. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

50. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except: