Pulmonology

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

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

3. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

4. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

5. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

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

8. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

10. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

11. Which is false regarding emphysema?

12. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

15. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

18. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

21. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

25. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

26. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

28. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

29. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

30. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

31. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

32. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

40. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

42. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

43. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

45. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

46. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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