Pulmonology

1. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

2. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

4. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

6. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

7. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

9. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

10. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

11. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

13. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

14. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

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

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

17. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

18. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

20. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

21. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

22. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

24. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

26. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

28. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

29. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

31. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

34. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

35. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

36. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

37. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

38. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

40. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

41. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

45. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

46. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

50. Scar carcinoma of the lung is: