Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

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

3. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

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

5. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

6. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

7. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

8. Carcinoma of oesophagus may be predisposed by alt except:

9. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

10. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

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

12. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

13. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

14. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

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

16. Tegaserod is used in:

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

18. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

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

20. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

21. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

22. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

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

24. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

25. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

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

27. Endopeptidases include all except:

28. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

29. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

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

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

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

34. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

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

37. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

38. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

39. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

40. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

41. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

42. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

44. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

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

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

47. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

48. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

49. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

50. Macroglossia is not found in: