Pulmonology

1. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

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

5. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

7. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

9. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

12. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

15. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

16. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

18. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

21. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

22. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

23. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

25. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

27. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

29. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

31. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

32. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

33. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

34. Asbestosis is not related to:

35. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

36. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

38. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

40. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

42. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

43. Brassy cough is seen in:

44. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

47. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

48. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

50. Malt worker’s lung is caused by: