Gastroenterology

1. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

2. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

3. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

4. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

5. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

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

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

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

10. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

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

12. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

13. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

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

16. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

17. WBC in stool is not found in:

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

19. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

20. Octreotide can be used in all except:

21. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

22. What is true about Weil’s disease?

23. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

24. Melanosis coli indicates:

25. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

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

27. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

28. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

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

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

31. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

32. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

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

35. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

36. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

37. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

38. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

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

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

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

42. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

43. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

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

46. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

47. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

48. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

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

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