Pulmonology

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

2. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

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

4. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

6. All are features of hypercapnia except:

7. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

11. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

13. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

15. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

19. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

23. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

26. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

29. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

30. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

31. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

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

35. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

36. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

38. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

39. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

40. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

41. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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

43. Stridor is characteristically found in:

44. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

45. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

46. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

47. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

48. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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