Pulmonology

1. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

3. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

5. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

7. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

10. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

12. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

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

14. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

16. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

17. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

18. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

20. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

21. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

22. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

24. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

26. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

28. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

32. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

33. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

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

35. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

36. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

37. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

41. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

43. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

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

46. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

48. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

49. Viral pneumonia may have:

50. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in: