Gastroenterology

1. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

2. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

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

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

5. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

6. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

7. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

8. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

9. Halitosis is present in all except:

10. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

11. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

12. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

13. Tegaserod is used in:

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

15. Whipple’s triad is found in:

16. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

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

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

19. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

20. Endopeptidases include all except:

21. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

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

23. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

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

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

26. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

27. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

28. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

29. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

30. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

31. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

32. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

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

35. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

36. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

37. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

38. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

39. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

41. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

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

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

44. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

45. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

47. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

48. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

49. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

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