Pulmonology

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

2. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

3. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

4. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

5. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

6. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

7. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

11. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

12. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

13. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

14. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

15. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

16. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

17. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

18. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

19. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

20. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

22. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

23. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

27. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

30. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

31. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

33. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

35. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

37. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

38. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

39. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

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

41. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

45. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

50. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is: