Pulmonology

1. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

2. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

3. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

5. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

8. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

10. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

11. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

12. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

15. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

16. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

17. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

19. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

20. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

23. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

25. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

26. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

27. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

29. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

31. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

32. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

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

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

35. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

36. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

37. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

39. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

42. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

44. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

45. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

49. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: