Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

2. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

3. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

7. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

11. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

14. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

16. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

17. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

18. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

20. All are features of hypercapnia except:

21. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

22. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

24. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

26. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

27. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

28. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

31. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

32. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

33. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

34. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

36. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

37. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

38. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

41. Hypercarbia is associated with:

42. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

44. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

45. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

46. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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