Gastroenterology

1. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

2. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

3. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

4. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

5. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

6. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

8. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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

10. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

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

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

13. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

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

16. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

18. Spider naevi:

19. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

20. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

22. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

23. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

24. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

25. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

26. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

27. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

29. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

30. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

31. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

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

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

34. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

35. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

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

38. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

39. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

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

41. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

42. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

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

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

45. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

46. Water is minimally absorbed from:

47. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

48. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

49. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?

50. Constipation may develop from all except: