Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis is not related to:

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

6. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

7. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

8. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

10. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

11. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

12. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

13. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

16. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

18. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

19. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

22. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

23. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

27. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

28. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

29. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

33. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

34. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

36. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

37. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

38. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

41. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

42. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

50. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except: