Pulmonology

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

2. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

3. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

5. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

7. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

8. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

9. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

13. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

15. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

16. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

17. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

20. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

22. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

23. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

26. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

27. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

31. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

32. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

33. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

34. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

35. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

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

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

41. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

42. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

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

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

48. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

50. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?