Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

6. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

7. Viral pneumonia may have:

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

10. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

13. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

15. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

16. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

17. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

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

20. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

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

24. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

25. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

34. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

36. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

38. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

39. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

40. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

42. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

47. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

48. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

50. Farmers’ lung is caused by: