Pulmonology

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

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

3. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

11. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

13. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

15. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

17. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

19. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

20. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

21. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

22. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

25. Hypercarbia is associated with:

26. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

30. Bradypnoea is associated with:

31. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

32. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

33. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

34. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

36. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

37. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

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

41. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

43. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

44. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

45. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

46. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

48. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

50. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated: