Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

6. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

9. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

10. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

14. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

18. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

20. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

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

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

24. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

26. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

27. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

29. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

33. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

38. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

41. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

44. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

45. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

46. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

48. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

49. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

50. Which is false regarding emphysema?