Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

3. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

5. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

7. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

11. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

12. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

13. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

14. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

15. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

16. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

17. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

19. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

20. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

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

23. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

24. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

27. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

29. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

30. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

31. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

32. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

38. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

40. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

43. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

44. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

46. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

48. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

50. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in: