Gastroenterology

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

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

3. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

4. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

5. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

7. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

8. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

9. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

11. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

12. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

17. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

18. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

19. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

21. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

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

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

24. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

25. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

26. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

28. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

29. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

30. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

31. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

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

34. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

35. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

36. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

37. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

38. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

39. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

40. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

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

42. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

43. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

44. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

45. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

46. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

47. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

48. Octreotide can be used in all except:

49. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

50. The causative agent of tropical sprue is: