Pulmonology

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

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

3. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

6. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

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

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

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

11. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

12. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

13. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

16. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

17. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

19. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

20. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

22. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

25. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

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

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

29. Brassy cough is seen in:

30. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

32. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

33. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

34. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

35. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

38. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

40. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

41. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

42. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

43. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

44. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

45. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

46. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

48. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: