Pulmonology

1. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

2. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

3. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

4. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

5. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

6. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

7. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

8. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

9. Hypercarbia is associated with:

10. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

14. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

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

19. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

20. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

21. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

22. Clubbing is present in all except:

23. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

25. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

30. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

37. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

38. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

39. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

40. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

41. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

42. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

45. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

47. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

50. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in: