Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

2. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

3. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

4. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

5. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

6. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

7. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

8. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

9. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

10. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

14. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

15. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

16. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

18. All are features of hypercapnia except:

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

20. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

21. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

22. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

23. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

25. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

26. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

27. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

28. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

29. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

31. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

32. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

33. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

34. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

35. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

37. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

40. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

42. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

44. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

46. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

47. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

48. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

49. Viral pneumonia may have:

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