Pulmonology

1. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

2. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

3. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

6. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

11. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

12. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

14. Viral pneumonia may have:

15. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

16. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

19. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

20. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

21. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

23. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

25. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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

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

29. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

31. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

33. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

34. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

35. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

36. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

38. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

39. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

41. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

42. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

44. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

45. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

48. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

49. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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