Gastroenterology

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

2. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

3. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

4. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

5. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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

7. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

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

9. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

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

11. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

12. Whipple’s triad is found in:

13. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

14. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

15. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

16. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

17. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

18. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

19. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

20. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

21. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

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

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

25. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

26. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

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

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

30. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

31. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

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

33. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

34. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

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

36. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

37. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

38. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

39. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

40. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

41. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

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

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

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

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

46. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

47. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

48. WBC in stool is not found in:

49. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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