Pulmonology

1. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

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

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

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

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

9. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

10. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

11. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

12. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

14. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

15. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

17. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

18. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

19. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

23. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

24. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

26. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

27. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

28. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

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

31. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

32. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

33. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

37. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

38. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

39. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

41. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

43. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

44. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

47. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

50. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is: