Pulmonology

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

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

4. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

8. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

9. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

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

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

15. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

16. Bradypnoea is associated with:

17. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

18. Viral pneumonia may have:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

22. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

23. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

25. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

26. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

31. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

33. Clubbing is present in all except:

34. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

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

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

38. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

40. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

41. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

46. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

50. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is: