Gastroenterology

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

2. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

3. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

4. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

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

6. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

7. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

9. Halitosis is present in all except:

10. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

11. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

12. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

14. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

16. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

17. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

18. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

19. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

20. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

21. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

22. Fatty liver may be produced by:

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

24. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

25. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

26. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

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

28. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

29. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

30. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

31. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

32. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

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

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

35. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

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

37. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

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

39. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

40. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

41. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

43. What is true about Weil’s disease?

44. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

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

46. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

47. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

49. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

50. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by: