Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

7. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

8. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

9. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

12. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

15. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

16. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

18. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

20. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

22. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

23. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

25. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

26. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

30. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

31. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

34. Asbestosis is not related to:

35. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

39. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

40. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

43. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

45. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

47. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

48. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

49. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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