Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

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

3. Fatty liver may be produced by:

4. What is true about Weil’s disease?

5. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

6. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

7. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

8. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

9. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

10. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

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

12. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

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

14. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

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

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

17. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

19. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

20. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

21. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

22. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

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

24. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

25. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

26. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

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

28. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

29. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

30. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

31. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

32. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

33. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

34. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

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

36. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

37. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

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

39. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

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

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

42. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

43. Whipple’s triad is found in:

44. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

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

46. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

47. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

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

49. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

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