Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

5. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

9. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

10. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

12. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

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

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

18. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

22. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

23. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

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

27. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

28. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

30. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

31. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

32. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

34. Hypercarbia is associated with:

35. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

36. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

39. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

41. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

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

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

45. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

47. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

48. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

50. Viral pneumonia may have: