Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

3. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

8. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

9. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

10. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

11. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

14. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

18. Which is false regarding emphysema?

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

22. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

24. Bradypnoea is associated with:

25. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

26. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

27. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

29. Asbestosis is not related to:

30. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

34. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

37. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

38. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

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

43. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

44. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

46. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

47. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

48. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

50. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in: