Gastroenterology

1. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

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

3. Pyrosis is better known as:

4. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

5. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

6. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

7. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

9. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

11. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

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

13. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

14. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

15. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

16. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

17. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

18. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

19. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

20. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

21. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

22. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

23. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

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

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

27. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

28. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

29. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

30. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

31. Endopeptidases include all except:

32. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

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

34. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

35. Octreotide can be used in all except:

36. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

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

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

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

40. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

42. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

43. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

44. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

45. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

46. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

47. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

48. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

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

50. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with: