Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

6. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

7. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

10. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

11. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

12. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

16. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

18. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

22. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

23. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

26. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

28. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

32. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

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

36. Clubbing is present in all except:

37. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

38. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

39. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

43. Emphysema is associated with all except:

44. Stridor is characteristically found in:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

47. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

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