Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

3. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

7. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

9. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

11. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

12. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

13. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

14. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

16. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

19. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

28. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

30. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

34. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

36. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

37. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

38. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

43. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

44. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

45. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

49. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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