Pulmonology

1. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

2. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

3. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

5. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

6. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

9. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

10. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

11. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

14. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

19. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

20. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

22. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

23. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

24. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

27. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

29. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

31. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

32. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

33. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

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

37. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

39. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

42. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

43. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

46. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

47. Hypercarbia is associated with:

48. Viral pneumonia may have:

49. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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