Pulmonology

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

2. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

3. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

4. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

5. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

6. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

10. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

12. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

14. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

20. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

21. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

22. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

26. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

27. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

28. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

30. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

32. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

34. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

36. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

40. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

41. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

42. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. Amphoric breath sound is found in: