Pulmonology

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

2. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

3. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

4. Hypercarbia is associated with:

5. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

6. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

7. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

9. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

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

12. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

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

15. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

16. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

18. Emphysema is associated with all except:

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

21. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

23. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

24. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

25. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

26. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

27. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

29. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

30. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

32. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

33. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

39. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

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

43. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

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

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

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

50. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with: