Gastroenterology

1. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

2. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

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

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

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

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

7. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?

8. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

9. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

10. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

11. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

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

13. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

14. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

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

16. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

17. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

19. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

20. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

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

22. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

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

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

25. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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

27. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

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

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

31. Endopeptidases include all except:

32. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

33. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

34. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

35. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

36. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

37. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

38. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

39. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

40. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

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

42. Melanosis coli indicates:

43. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

45. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

46. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

47. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

48. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

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