Pulmonology

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

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

3. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

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

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

6. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

7. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

8. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

10. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

15. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

16. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

17. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

18. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

19. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

21. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

22. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

23. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

24. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

29. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

30. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

33. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

38. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

39. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

42. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

48. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

49. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: