Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

5. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

6. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

10. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

11. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

12. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

13. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

16. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

17. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

18. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

19. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

20. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

23. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

25. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

27. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

28. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

29. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

30. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

32. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

35. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

36. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

37. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

38. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

43. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

44. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

45. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

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

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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