Pulmonology

1. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

6. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

7. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

8. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

10. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

11. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

13. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

14. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

15. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

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

18. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

19. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

24. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

27. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

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

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

33. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

34. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

35. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

37. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

38. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

39. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

40. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

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

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

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

47. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

50. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?