Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

3. Bradypnoea is associated with:

4. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

5. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

8. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

9. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

10. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

13. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

16. All are features of hypercapnia except:

17. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

22. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

24. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

25. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

27. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

30. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

33. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

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

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

36. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

40. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

42. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

43. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

45. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

46. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

47. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

49. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: