Pulmonology

1. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

5. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

6. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

7. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

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

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

10. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

11. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

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

15. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

18. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

19. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

21. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

22. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

23. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

24. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

28. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

30. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

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

33. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

34. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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

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

42. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

43. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

44. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

45. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

46. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

47. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

48. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

49. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

50. The earliest sign of clubbing is: