Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

2. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

3. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

4. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

6. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

7. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

8. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

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

10. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

11. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

12. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

13. Carcinoid syndrome:

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

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

16. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

17. Macroglossia is not found in:

18. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

19. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

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

21. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

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

23. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

24. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

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

26. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

27. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

28. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

30. Gastric diverticula are:

31. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

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

33. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

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

35. Malignant potential is least in:

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

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

38. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

39. Octreotide can be used in all except:

40. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

41. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

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

43. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

44. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

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

46. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

47. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

48. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

49. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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