Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

3. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

13. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

16. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

17. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

21. Brassy cough is seen in:

22. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

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

25. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

26. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

27. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

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

31. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

32. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

34. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

40. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

42. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

43. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

45. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

46. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

47. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

48. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

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