Pulmonology

1. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

5. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

7. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

10. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

11. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

13. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

18. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

19. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

22. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

23. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

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

28. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

31. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

32. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

36. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

37. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

38. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

40. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

42. Stridor is characteristically found in:

43. All are features of hypercapnia except:

44. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

45. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

47. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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