Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

2. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

7. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

9. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

10. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

11. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

12. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

13. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

14. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

17. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

18. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

24. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

25. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

27. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

30. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

31. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

32. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

34. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

35. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

39. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

40. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

41. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

44. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

46. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

47. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

48. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

49. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

50. Hypercarbia is associated with: