Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

5. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

6. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

7. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

8. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

9. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

10. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

11. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

14. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

17. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

18. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

19. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

20. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

24. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

25. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

26. Bradypnoea is associated with:

27. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

30. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

32. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

33. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

35. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

36. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

40. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

41. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

42. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

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

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

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

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

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

49. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

50. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is: