Pulmonology

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

2. Brassy cough is seen in:

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

6. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

7. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

8. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

9. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

11. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

14. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

16. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

17. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

18. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

20. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

26. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

27. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

30. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

31. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

32. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

33. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

36. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. Which is false regarding emphysema?

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

45. Bradypnoea is associated with:

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

48. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

49. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: