Gastroenterology

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

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

3. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

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

5. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

6. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

7. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

8. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

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

10. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

12. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

13. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

14. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

15. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

16. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

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

18. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

19. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

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

21. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

22. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

23. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

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

25. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

26. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

28. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

29. What is true about Weil’s disease?

30. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

31. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

32. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

33. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

34. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

35. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

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

37. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

38. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

39. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

40. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

41. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

42. Normal portal venous pressure is:

43. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

44. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

45. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

46. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

47. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

48. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

49. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

50. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except: