Gastroenterology

1. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

2. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

4. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

5. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

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

7. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

8. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

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

10. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

11. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

13. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

14. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

15. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

16. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

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

19. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

21. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

22. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

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

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

25. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

27. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

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

29. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

31. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

32. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

33. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

34. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

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

36. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

37. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

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

39. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

40. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

41. Water is minimally absorbed from:

42. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

44. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

45. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

46. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

47. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

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

49. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

50. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in: