Gastroenterology

1. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

2. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

3. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

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

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

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

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

9. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

11. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

16. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

17. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

18. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

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

20. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

23. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

24. Carcinoma of oesophagus may be predisposed by alt except:

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

26. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

27. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

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

29. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

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

31. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

33. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

34. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

35. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

36. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

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

38. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

39. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

40. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

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

42. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

43. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

45. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

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

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

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

49. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

50. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except: