Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

5. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

9. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

11. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

12. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

14. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

16. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

17. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

21. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

24. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

25. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

26. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

28. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

31. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

33. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

34. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

39. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

40. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

43. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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