Pulmonology

1. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

3. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

5. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

11. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

13. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

17. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

19. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

20. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

21. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

22. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

26. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

28. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

30. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

31. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

35. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

36. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

37. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

39. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

41. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

44. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

46. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

48. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: