Pulmonology

1. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

4. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

9. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

11. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

15. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

19. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

20. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

25. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

28. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

29. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

30. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

31. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

33. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

34. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

36. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

37. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

38. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

41. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

43. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

46. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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