Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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

11. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

13. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

16. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

17. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

18. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

22. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

23. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

24. Viral pneumonia may have:

25. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

27. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

28. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

30. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

33. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

35. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

38. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

43. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

44. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

45. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

46. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

49. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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