Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

2. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

4. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

7. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

8. Clubbing is present in all except:

9. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

10. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

12. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

14. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

16. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

18. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

20. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

21. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

23. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

24. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

27. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

29. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

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

37. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

38. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

40. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

41. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

42. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

43. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

44. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

45. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

46. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

49. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

50. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except: