Pulmonology

1. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

4. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

5. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

6. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

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

11. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

14. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

16. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

18. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

19. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

20. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

21. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

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

25. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

34. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

35. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

37. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

38. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

41. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

44. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

46. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

48. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

49. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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