Pulmonology

1. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

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

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

6. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

7. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

8. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

9. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

13. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

14. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

17. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

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

22. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

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

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

28. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

29. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

32. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

33. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

34. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

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

38. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

39. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

40. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

43. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

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

47. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

49. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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