Gastroenterology

1. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

2. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

3. Water is minimally absorbed from:

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

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

6. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

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

8. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

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

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

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

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

13. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

15. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

17. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

18. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

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

20. Octreotide can be used in all except:

21. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

22. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

24. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

25. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

26. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

28. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

29. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

30. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

31. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

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

33. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

34. Weil’s disease is associated with:

35. Gastric diverticula are:

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

37. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

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

39. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

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

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

42. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

43. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

44. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

45. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

47. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

48. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

49. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

50. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except: