Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

4. Which is false regarding emphysema?

5. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

6. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

7. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

11. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

15. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

17. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

21. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

22. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

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

24. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

25. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

26. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

31. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

33. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

37. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

38. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

46. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

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

49. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

50. Stridor is characteristically found in: