Pulmonology

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

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

3. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

4. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

8. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

9. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

10. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

11. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

13. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

14. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

16. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

18. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

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

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

23. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

24. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

27. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

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

30. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

31. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

34. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

37. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

38. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

42. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

44. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

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

48. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

49. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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