Pulmonology

1. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

2. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

3. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

5. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

6. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

7. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

11. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

12. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

14. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

17. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

18. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

21. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

22. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

24. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

26. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

27. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

32. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

33. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

35. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

36. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

37. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

38. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

40. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

44. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

46. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

49. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

50. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except: