Pulmonology

1. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

2. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

3. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

4. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

5. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

6. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

7. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

8. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

10. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

12. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

16. Stridor is characteristically found in:

17. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

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

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

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

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

23. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

26. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

28. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

29. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

30. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

32. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

35. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

39. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

42. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

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

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

47. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

48. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

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

50. All are features of hypercapnia except: