Pulmonology

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

2. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

4. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

5. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

10. Stridor is characteristically found in:

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

12. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

14. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

16. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

19. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

20. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

26. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

28. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

31. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

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

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

35. All are features of hypercapnia except:

36. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

40. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

42. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

43. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

44. Brassy cough is seen in:

45. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

49. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

50. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of: