Pulmonology

1. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

3. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

7. Stridor is characteristically found in:

8. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

10. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

12. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

14. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

15. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

16. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

18. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

19. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

20. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

21. Viral pneumonia may have:

22. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

23. All are features of hypercapnia except:

24. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

26. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

28. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

31. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

33. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

36. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

39. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

40. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

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

43. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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