Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

2. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

3. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

4. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

6. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

8. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

9. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

10. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

11. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

12. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

13. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

14. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

15. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

16. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

17. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

18. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

19. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

20. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

21. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

22. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

23. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

24. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

25. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

26. Stridor is characteristically found in:

27. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

28. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

29. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

30. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

31. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

32. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

33. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

34. Asbestosis is not related to:

35. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

36. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

37. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

38. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

40. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

41. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

42. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

43. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

44. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

45. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

46. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

47. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

48. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

49. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: