Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

5. Viral pneumonia may have:

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

17. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

18. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

24. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

26. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

27. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

32. Stridor is characteristically found in:

33. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

34. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

36. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

39. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

40. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

43. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

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

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

48. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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