Pulmonology

1. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

2. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

3. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

4. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

5. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

7. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

8. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

11. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

12. Viral pneumonia may have:

13. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

16. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

17. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

20. Asbestosis is not related to:

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

23. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

26. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

28. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

31. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

32. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

35. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

36. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

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

41. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

43. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

44. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

46. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

50. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with: