Pulmonology

1. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

3. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

4. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

7. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

8. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

10. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

16. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

19. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

23. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

27. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

29. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

30. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

31. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

34. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

37. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

39. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

41. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

47. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

48. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

49. Asbestosis is not related to:

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