Pulmonology

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

2. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

3. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

6. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

7. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

9. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

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

11. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

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

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

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

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

17. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

18. Brassy cough is seen in:

19. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

20. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

27. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

28. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

29. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

32. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

35. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

38. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

41. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

42. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

44. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

46. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

47. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

49. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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