Pulmonology

1. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

2. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

4. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

5. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

8. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

10. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

11. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

12. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

13. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

17. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

22. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

24. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

25. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

26. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

28. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

30. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

36. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

37. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

38. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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

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

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

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

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

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

45. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

48. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

49. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

50. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?