Pulmonology

1. Brassy cough is seen in:

2. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

3. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

4. Viral pneumonia may have:

5. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

6. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

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

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

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

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

11. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

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

16. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

17. Asbestosis is not related to:

18. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

19. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

20. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

23. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

24. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

25. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

27. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

30. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

39. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

40. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

42. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

45. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

46. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

48. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

49. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

50. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to: