Pulmonology

1. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

3. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

6. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

8. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

11. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

13. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

14. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

16. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

17. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

19. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

20. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

28. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

31. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

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

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

35. Emphysema is associated with all except:

36. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

38. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

39. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

40. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

42. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

44. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

46. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

48. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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