Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis is not related to:

2. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

3. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

6. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

10. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

14. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

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

18. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

20. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

21. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

22. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

24. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

25. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

26. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

27. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

28. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

30. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

31. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

33. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

36. Emphysema is associated with all except:

37. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

38. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

44. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

46. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

49. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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