Pulmonology

1. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

2. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

5. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

7. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

10. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

12. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

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

15. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

17. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

19. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

20. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

23. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

24. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

25. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

26. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

27. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

28. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

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

31. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

36. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

38. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

42. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

43. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

44. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

45. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

47. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

49. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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