Gastroenterology

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

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

3. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

4. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

5. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

6. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

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

8. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

9. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

10. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

11. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

14. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

15. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

16. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

17. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

18. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

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

20. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

21. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

22. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

23. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

24. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

25. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

26. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

27. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

32. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

33. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

34. Hepatic rub may be found in:

35. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

36. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

37. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?

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

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

40. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

41. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

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

43. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

44. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

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

46. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

47. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

48. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

50. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?