Pulmonology

1. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

2. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

3. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

4. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

5. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

7. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

9. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

10. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

12. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

14. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

15. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

16. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

18. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

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

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

23. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

31. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

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

35. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

37. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

38. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

40. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

43. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

45. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

47. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

48. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

50. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except: