Pulmonology

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

2. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

5. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

8. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

9. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

11. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

15. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

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

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

19. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

20. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

21. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

22. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

23. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

24. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

25. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

26. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

28. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

29. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

31. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

32. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

34. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

35. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

40. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

41. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

42. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

44. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

46. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

48. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

49. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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