Pulmonology

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

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

3. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

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

6. Bradypnoea is associated with:

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

8. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

9. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

11. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

12. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

13. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

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

18. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

23. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

24. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

26. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

27. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

28. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

29. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

31. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

32. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

34. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

38. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

40. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

44. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

45. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

49. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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