Gastroenterology

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

2. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

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

5. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

6. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

8. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

9. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

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

11. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

12. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

13. Endopeptidases include all except:

14. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

15. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

16. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

17. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

21. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

22. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

24. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

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

27. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

28. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

29. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

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

32. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

33. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

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

35. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

36. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

37. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

38. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

39. Whipple’s triad is found in:

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

41. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

42. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

43. Malignant potential is least in:

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

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

46. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

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

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

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

50. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?