Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

7. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

8. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

10. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

11. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

12. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

14. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

15. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

17. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

18. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

19. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

21. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

22. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

23. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

24. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

25. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

26. Bradypnoea is associated with:

27. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

29. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

31. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

33. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

39. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

40. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

42. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

44. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

45. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

49. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

50. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is: