Pulmonology

1. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

2. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

8. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

10. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

13. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

14. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

16. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

17. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

19. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

20. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

23. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

25. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

28. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

31. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

34. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

36. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

37. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

42. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

43. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

45. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

46. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

50. Bronchoscopy was first described by: