Gastroenterology

1. Halitosis is present in all except:

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

3. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

4. Melanosis coli indicates:

5. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

6. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

8. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

9. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

10. Normal portal venous pressure is:

11. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

12. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

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

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

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

16. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

17. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

18. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

20. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

21. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

22. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

23. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

24. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

26. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

27. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

28. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

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

30. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

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

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

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

34. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

35. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

36. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

37. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

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

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

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

42. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

43. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

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

45. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

46. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

48. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

50. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is: