Gastroenterology

1. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

2. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

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

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

5. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

6. Carcinoid syndrome:

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

8. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

9. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

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

11. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

12. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

13. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

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

16. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

18. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

20. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

22. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

23. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

24. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

25. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

26. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

27. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

28. Octreotide can be used in all except:

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

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

31. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

32. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

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

34. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

35. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

36. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

37. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

38. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

40. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

41. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

43. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

44. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

45. Halitosis is present in all except:

46. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

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

48. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

49. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

50. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except: