Gastroenterology

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

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

3. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

4. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

5. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

6. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

7. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

8. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

9. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

10. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

11. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

12. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

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

14. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

15. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

17. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

18. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

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

21. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

22. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

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

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

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

26. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

27. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

28. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

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

31. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

32. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

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

34. All are examples of APUDomas except:

35. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

36. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

37. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

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

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

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

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

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

43. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

44. Endopeptidases include all except:

45. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

46. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

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

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

49. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

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