Pulmonology

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

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

3. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

6. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

7. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

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

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

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

12. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

13. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

14. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

15. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

16. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

18. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

19. Stridor is characteristically found in:

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

22. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

23. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

24. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

26. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

27. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

29. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

30. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

32. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

33. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

35. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

36. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

38. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

40. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

42. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

43. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

44. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

45. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

46. Which is false regarding emphysema?

47. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

48. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: