Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

5. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

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

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

10. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

11. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

12. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

16. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

18. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

20. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

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

22. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

23. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

25. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

26. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

27. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

30. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

36. Emphysema is associated with all except:

37. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

39. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

40. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

41. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

43. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

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

49. Clubbing is present in all except:

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