Pulmonology

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

2. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

6. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

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

9. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

10. Clubbing is present in all except:

11. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

12. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

13. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

16. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

23. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

32. Hypercarbia is associated with:

33. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

34. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

36. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

38. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

40. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

41. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

43. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

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

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

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

48. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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