Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

2. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

4. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

5. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

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

12. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

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

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

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

17. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

21. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

26. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

27. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

28. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

29. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

32. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

33. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

34. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

36. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

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

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

41. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

44. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

45. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

46. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

47. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

49. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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