Pulmonology

1. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

4. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

6. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

11. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

12. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

13. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

15. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

18. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

19. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

20. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

22. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

23. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

25. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

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

28. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

32. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

34. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

36. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

37. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

38. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

40. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

41. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

42. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

43. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

44. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

46. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

47. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

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