Pulmonology

1. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

4. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

5. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

6. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

8. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

10. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

13. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

14. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

15. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

16. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

18. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

20. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

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

24. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

26. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

27. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

28. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

29. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

30. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

31. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

32. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

33. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

35. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

36. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

39. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

40. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

42. Hypercarbia is associated with:

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

45. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

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

48. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

49. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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