Gastroenterology

1. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

2. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

3. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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

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

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

7. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

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

9. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

10. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

11. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

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

13. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

15. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

16. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

17. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

18. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

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

20. What is true about Weil’s disease?

21. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

22. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

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

24. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

25. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

26. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

27. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

28. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

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

30. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

31. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

33. Constipation may develop from all except:

34. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

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

36. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

37. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

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

39. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

40. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

41. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

42. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

43. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

44. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

45. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

46. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

47. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

48. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

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

50. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?