Gastroenterology

1. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

5. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

7. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

8. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

9. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

10. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

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

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

14. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

15. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

16. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

17. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

18. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

19. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

20. Hepatic rub may be found in:

21. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

22. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

23. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

24. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

25. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

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

28. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

29. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

30. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

31. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

32. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

33. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

34. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

35. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

36. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

37. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

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

39. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

40. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

41. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

42. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

43. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

44. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

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

46. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

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

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

49. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

50. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is: