Gastroenterology

1. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

2. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

4. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

6. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

7. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

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

9. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

10. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

11. Raspberry tongue is found in:

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

13. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

15. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

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

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

18. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

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

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

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

22. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

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

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

25. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

26. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

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

28. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

29. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

30. What is true about Weil’s disease?

31. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

32. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

33. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

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

35. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

37. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

38. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

39. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

40. Endopeptidases include all except:

41. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

42. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

43. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

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

45. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

46. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

47. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

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

49. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

50. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?