Pulmonology

1. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

2. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

5. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

7. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

9. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

11. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

12. Hypercarbia is associated with:

13. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

16. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

18. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

22. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

23. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

24. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

27. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

29. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

30. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

31. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

32. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

35. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

36. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

37. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

38. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

42. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

44. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

46. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

47. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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