Gastroenterology

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

2. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

4. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

5. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

6. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

7. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

8. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

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

10. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

11. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

12. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

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

14. Hepatic rub may be found in:

15. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

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

17. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

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

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

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

21. Gastric diverticula are:

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

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

24. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

25. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

26. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

27. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

28. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

29. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

30. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

31. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

32. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

33. Whipple’s triad is found in:

34. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

35. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

37. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

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

39. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

40. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

41. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

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

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

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

45. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

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

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

48. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

49. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

50. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?