Gastroenterology

1. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

2. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

3. Halitosis is present in all except:

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

5. Gastric diverticula are:

6. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

7. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

8. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

9. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

10. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

11. Hepatic rub may be found in:

12. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

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

14. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

15. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

17. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

18. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

19. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

20. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

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

22. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

23. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

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

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

26. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

27. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

28. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

29. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

30. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

31. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

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

33. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

34. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

35. Malignant potential is least in:

36. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

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

38. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

39. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

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

41. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

42. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

43. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

44. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

45. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

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

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

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

50. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is: