Pulmonology

1. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

2. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

5. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

8. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

9. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

10. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

14. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

15. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

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

19. All are features of hypercapnia except:

20. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

22. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

23. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

24. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

27. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

30. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

32. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

33. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

34. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

38. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

41. Hypercarbia is associated with:

42. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

43. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in: