Pulmonology

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

2. Stridor is characteristically found in:

3. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Hypercarbia is associated with:

6. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

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

10. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

12. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

13. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

16. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

19. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

20. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

22. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

23. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

25. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

26. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

28. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

30. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

32. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

34. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

36. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

38. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

39. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

40. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

42. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

43. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

47. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

50. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is: