Pulmonology

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

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

3. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

4. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

5. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

7. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

8. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

9. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

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

20. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

22. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

23. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

24. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

25. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

26. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

28. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

32. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

34. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

35. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

37. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

38. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

39. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

41. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

42. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

43. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

45. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

46. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

47. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

50. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with: