Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

3. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

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

7. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

8. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

11. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

12. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

14. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

15. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

16. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

18. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

23. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

25. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

26. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

27. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

29. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

30. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

34. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

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

38. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

39. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

40. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

42. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

43. Hypercarbia is associated with:

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

46. Clubbing is present in all except:

47. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

50. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is: