Gastroenterology

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

2. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

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

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

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

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

7. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

8. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

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

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

11. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

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

14. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

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

16. Malignant potential is least in:

17. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

19. Weil’s disease is associated with:

20. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

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

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

23. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

25. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

26. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

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

29. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

30. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

31. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

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

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

35. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

36. Pyrosis is better known as:

37. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

39. Constipation may develop from all except:

40. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

41. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

43. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

44. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

45. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

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

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

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

49. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

50. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is: