Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

6. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

7. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

10. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

13. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

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

16. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

17. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

20. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

21. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

23. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

25. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

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

30. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

31. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

33. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

35. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

37. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

38. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

39. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

40. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

42. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

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

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

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

50. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in: