Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

3. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

5. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

6. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

8. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

9. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

10. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

12. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

16. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

19. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

22. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

26. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

27. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

33. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

39. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

40. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

42. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

44. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

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

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

48. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: