Pulmonology

1. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

3. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

5. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

6. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

7. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

8. Which is false regarding emphysema?

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

15. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

16. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

17. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

18. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

20. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

23. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

24. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

30. Stridor is characteristically found in:

31. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

33. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

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

38. Clubbing is present in all except:

39. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

40. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

42. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

43. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

44. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

49. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

50. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except