Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

3. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

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

7. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

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

11. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

12. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

13. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

14. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

20. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

22. Hypercarbia is associated with:

23. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

24. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

26. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

32. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

33. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

37. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

39. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

42. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

43. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

45. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

46. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

47. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: