Pulmonology

1. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

2. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

5. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

6. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

7. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

8. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

9. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

10. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

11. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

14. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

15. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

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

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

20. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

23. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

27. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

34. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

35. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

36. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

37. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

38. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

39. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

41. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

43. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

44. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

45. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

47. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

49. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

50. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?