Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

4. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

5. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

6. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

7. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

9. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

10. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

11. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

14. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

16. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

17. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. Emphysema is associated with all except:

24. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

30. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

31. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

34. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

35. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

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

38. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

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

44. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

46. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

47. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

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