Gastroenterology

1. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

2. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

3. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

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

6. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

7. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

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

10. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

15. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

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

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

18. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

20. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

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

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

23. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

24. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

25. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

26. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

28. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

29. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

30. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

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

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

34. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

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

36. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

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

38. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

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

40. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

41. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

42. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

43. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

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

45. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

46. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

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

49. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

50. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?