Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Brassy cough is seen in:

5. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

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

8. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

10. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

11. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

13. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

14. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

15. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

16. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

17. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

20. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

22. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

23. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

24. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

27. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

30. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

31. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

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

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

35. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

36. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

37. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

39. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

40. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

41. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

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

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

44. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

46. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

47. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

48. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

49. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

50. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?