Gastroenterology

1. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

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

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

4. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

5. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

6. Pyrosis is better known as:

7. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

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

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

10. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

11. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

12. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

13. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

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

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

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

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

18. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

19. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

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

28. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

29. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

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

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

32. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

33. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

34. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

35. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

36. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

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

38. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

39. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

40. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

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

42. Weil’s disease is associated with:

43. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

45. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

46. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

47. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

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

49. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

50. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is: