Pulmonology

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

2. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

8. Brassy cough is seen in:

9. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

10. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

14. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

15. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

24. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

26. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

27. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

30. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

31. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

32. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

35. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

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

37. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

38. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

41. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

44. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

45. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

46. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

50. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except: