Pulmonology

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

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

3. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

5. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

7. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

20. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

21. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

22. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

24. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

28. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

30. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

33. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

34. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

35. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

37. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

38. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

40. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

41. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

44. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

45. Asbestosis is not related to:

46. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

47. Emphysema is associated with all except:

48. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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