Pulmonology

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

2. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

6. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

7. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

10. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

12. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

13. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

14. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

16. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

17. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

18. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

19. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

20. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

23. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

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

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

28. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

30. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

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

35. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

37. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

40. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

41. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

47. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

48. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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