Pulmonology

1. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

2. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

10. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

11. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

12. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

13. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

14. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

15. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

20. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

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

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

26. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

27. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

30. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

32. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

35. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

39. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

43. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

44. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

45. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

46. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

48. Hypercarbia is associated with:

49. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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