Pulmonology

1. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

3. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

6. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

8. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

9. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

11. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

17. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

23. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

24. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

26. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

28. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

30. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

31. Stridor is characteristically found in:

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

36. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

42. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

43. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

45. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

48. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

50. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is: