Pulmonology

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

2. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

3. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

4. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

6. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

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

9. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

13. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

17. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

19. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

24. Asbestosis is not related to:

25. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

27. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

28. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

29. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

30. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

31. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

32. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

33. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

35. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

36. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

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

39. Which is false regarding emphysema?

40. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

48. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

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