Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

5. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

6. Bradypnoea is associated with:

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

9. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

10. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

11. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

12. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

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

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

16. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

17. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

21. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

22. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

24. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

25. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

26. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

27. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

28. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

37. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

38. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

39. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

43. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

44. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

45. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

46. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

48. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: