Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

4. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

9. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

11. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

18. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

19. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

21. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

22. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

23. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

27. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

28. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

31. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

39. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

40. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

42. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

44. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

46. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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