Pulmonology

1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

2. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

5. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

7. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

8. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

10. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

11. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

15. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

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

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

19. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

20. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

21. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

23. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

24. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

26. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

28. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

29. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

31. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

35. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

37. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

38. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

39. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

40. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

43. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

44. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

48. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

49. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

50. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of: