Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

5. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

7. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

8. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

9. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

10. All are features of hypercapnia except:

11. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

14. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

15. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

17. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

20. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

22. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

23. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

24. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

25. Viral pneumonia may have:

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

28. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

29. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

30. Clubbing is present in all except:

31. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

34. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

35. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

36. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

37. Hypercarbia is associated with:

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

41. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

43. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

44. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

47. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

48. Stridor is characteristically found in:

49. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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