Pulmonology

1. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

4. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

5. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

6. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

7. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

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

10. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

12. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

13. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

15. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

18. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

19. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

23. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

25. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

26. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

27. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

29. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

32. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

33. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

34. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

35. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

37. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

48. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

49. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

50. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except: