Pulmonology

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

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

3. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

5. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

6. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

11. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

12. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

13. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

14. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

17. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

19. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

21. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

23. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

24. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

25. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

26. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

29. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

30. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

32. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

35. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

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

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

48. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

50. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in: