Pulmonology

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

2. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

3. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

5. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

6. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

9. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

10. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

11. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

13. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

14. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

15. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

16. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

18. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

19. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

20. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

22. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

23. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

26. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

28. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

31. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

33. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

37. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

39. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

40. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

42. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

47. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

48. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

49. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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