Gastroenterology

1. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

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

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

5. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

6. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

7. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

8. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

9. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

10. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

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

13. Raspberry tongue is found in:

14. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

15. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

16. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

17. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

18. Halitosis is present in all except:

19. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

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

21. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

22. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

23. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

24. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

29. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

31. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

32. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

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

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

35. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

36. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

37. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

38. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

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

40. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

41. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

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

43. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

44. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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

46. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

47. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

48. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

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

50. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is: