Pulmonology

1. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

2. Emphysema is associated with all except:

3. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

4. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

6. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

8. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

11. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

14. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

16. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

18. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

21. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

22. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

23. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

24. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

27. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

29. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

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

34. All are features of hypercapnia except:

35. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

36. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

37. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

39. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

41. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

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

44. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

45. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

46. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

48. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

49. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

50. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards: