Pulmonology

1. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

2. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

3. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

4. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

5. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

8. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

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

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

14. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

16. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

20. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

24. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

25. Viral pneumonia may have:

26. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

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

28. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

31. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

33. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

34. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

38. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

40. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

41. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

42. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

43. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

44. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

45. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

46. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

47. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: