Gastroenterology

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

2. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

4. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

5. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

6. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

7. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

8. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

9. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

10. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

11. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

12. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

13. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

14. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

16. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

17. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

18. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

20. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

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

22. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

23. Melanosis coli indicates:

24. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

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

26. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

27. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

28. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

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

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

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

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

33. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

34. Weil’s disease is associated with:

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

36. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

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

38. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

39. What is true about Weil’s disease?

40. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

41. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

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

44. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

46. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

47. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

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

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

50. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?