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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Diabetes insipidus is treated by - |
| A. | Thiazides |
| B. | Oxytocin |
| C. | Desmopressin |
| D. | Clofibrate |
| Answer» B. Oxytocin | |
| 2. |
A patient who is amenorrhoeic with developed breast and an absent uterus and absent chromatin body is suffering from which of the following - |
| A. | Klinefelter's syndrome |
| B. | Turner's syndrome |
| C. | Testicular feminization syndrome |
| D. | Chiari Formel syndrome |
| Answer» D. Chiari Formel syndrome | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is not seen in Huntigton's disease - |
| A. | Chorea |
| B. | Cogwheel rigidity |
| C. | Congnitive changes |
| D. | Personality changes |
| Answer» C. Congnitive changes | |
| 4. |
Which is a feature of hyperextensibility with normal elastic recoil? |
| A. | Cutis laxa |
| B. | Scleroderma |
| C. | Ehlers Danlos syndrome |
| D. | Pseudoxanthoma elasticum |
| Answer» D. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum | |
| 5. |
Hypercalcemia occurs in which type of lung cancer - |
| A. | Oat cell |
| B. | Giant cell |
| C. | Squamous cell |
| D. | Alveolar cell |
| Answer» D. Alveolar cell | |
| 6. |
A 12-year-old boy presents to the Outpatient department with history of progressively increasing difficulty in walking and frequent falls.Physical examination reveals an ataxic gait and nystagmus.All deep tendon reflexes were observed to be absent while the platar response was 'Extensor' .What is the most likely diagnosis? |
| A. | Becker's Muscular Dystrophy |
| B. | Tobes Dorsalis |
| C. | Friedreich's Ataxia |
| D. | Subacute Combined Degeneration of Cord (SACD) |
| Answer» D. Subacute Combined Degeneration of Cord (SACD) | |
| 7. |
Memory impairment is most likely to occur in: |
| A. | Downs Syndrome |
| B. | Alkaptonuria |
| C. | Attention deficit disorder |
| D. | Conduct disorder |
| Answer» B. Alkaptonuria | |
| 8. |
A patient diagnosed to have acute rheumatic fever with carditis should be advised - |
| A. | To take asprin indefinitely |
| B. | To take low dose prednisolone indefinitely |
| C. | Intramuscular benzathine penicillin once in 3 to 4 weeks |
| D. | Intramuscular procaine penicillin once in 3 to 4 weeks |
| Answer» D. Intramuscular procaine penicillin once in 3 to 4 weeks | |
| 9. |
A 32yrs female develops swelling of face and lips, respiratory distress,intense pruiritis,hypotension and feeling of impending doom immediately after eating.The most possible diagnosis is |
| A. | Anaphylaxis |
| B. | Angioneurotic Edema |
| C. | Food stuck in throat |
| D. | Myocardial Infarction |
| Answer» B. Angioneurotic Edema | |
| 10. |
The condition which does not cause microcytic hypochromic anemia is - |
| A. | Iron deficiency |
| B. | Hook work infection |
| C. | Absence of intrinsic factor |
| D. | Prolonged bleeding episodes |
| Answer» D. Prolonged bleeding episodes | |
| 11. |
Most common cause of hyperpara-hypothyroidism - |
| A. | Iatrogenic |
| B. | Medullary carcinoma thyroid |
| C. | Parathyroid adenoma |
| D. | Parathyroid hyperplasia |
| Answer» D. Parathyroid hyperplasia | |
| 12. |
Which of the following statements about Fibromyalgia is true: |
| A. | Increased Cortisol response to stress |
| B. | SPECT studies have reduced blood flow to the thalamus |
| C. | More common in Males |
| D. | Sleep EEG studies have shown disruption in REM sleep |
| Answer» C. More common in Males | |
| 13. |
All the following are true about Rheumatoid arthritis except |
| A. | Positive for Anti-IgG antibody |
| B. | Juxta-articular osteoporosis |
| C. | Morning stiffness |
| D. | C Reactive protein indicates better prognosis |
| Answer» C. Morning stiffness | |
| 14. |
Short bowel syndrome after extensive resection of intestine is mostly due to - |
| A. | Mesentric artery occlusion |
| B. | Midgut volvulus |
| C. | Extensive Crohn's disease |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
A man presents with a 6 month history of recurrent oral ulceration.He has yellowish ulcerations on his lip which are housemasters, with a central halo and nodular lesions on his shin.Diagnosis is - |
| A. | Behcet's disease |
| B. | Pemphigus vulgaris |
| C. | Fixed drug eruption |
| D. | Herpes labialis |
| Answer» B. Pemphigus vulgaris | |
| 16. |
A 36yrs female patient presents with low serum calcium,high phosphorus and elevated PTH.Which investigations is least contributory to establish a diagnosis: |
| A. | Cyclic AMP response to PTH |
| B. | Urine myoglobin |
| C. | Vitamin D levels |
| D. | Serum creatinine levels |
| Answer» D. Serum creatinine levels | |
| 17. |
On hemoglobin electrophoresis in sickle cell anemia all are seen,except |
| A. | HbF |
| B. | HbS |
| C. | HbA |
| D. | HbA2 |
| Answer» D. HbA2 | |
| 18. |
Left atrial filling pressure closely approximates - |
| A. | Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure |
| B. | Central venous pressure |
| C. | Intrapleural pressure |
| D. | Intracranial pressure |
| Answer» B. Central venous pressure | |
| 19. |
The steam point is a point on which |
| A. | water boils |
| B. | mercury boils |
| C. | ice melts |
| D. | steam condenses |
| Answer» B. mercury boils | |
| 20. |
Best diagnostic procedure for Medullary cystic disease of the Kidney is |
| A. | Urography |
| B. | Biopsy |
| C. | Ultrasound |
| D. | Nuclear scan |
| Answer» C. Ultrasound | |
| 21. |
True statements regarding primary effusion lymphoma except: |
| A. | There is often an association with HHV-8 |
| B. | It generally presents in elderly patients |
| C. | Patients are commonly HIV positive |
| D. | The proliferating cells are NK cells |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
In which condition Bence Jones proteinuria may be seen: |
| A. | Gamma heavy chain disease |
| B. | Alpha heavy chain disease |
| C. | Epsilon heavy chain disease |
| D. | Mu heavy chain disease |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Chances of vertical transmission of Hepatitis B are ? |
| A. | 25-30 % |
| B. | 0.4 |
| C. | 0.6 |
| D. | 90-95 % |
| Answer» B. 0.4 | |
| 24. |
Which of the following deleterious effect is least likely to occur in hypothermia ? |
| A. | Decreased peripheral resistance |
| B. | Cardiac arryhthmia |
| C. | Renal failur |
| D. | Reversible coagulation |
| Answer» B. Cardiac arryhthmia | |
| 25. |
Chronic active hepatitis can be differentiated from chronic persistent hepatitis by ? |
| A. | HbsAg found in blood |
| B. | Antibody to HBsAg found in blood |
| C. | Histopathology |
| D. | Only seen hepatitis B |
| Answer» D. Only seen hepatitis B | |
| 26. |
HBsAg Carrier state not associated with - |
| A. | Down's syndrome |
| B. | Chronic renal failure |
| C. | Polyarteritis nodosa |
| D. | Infections mononucleosis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Features of right sided heart failure are all,Except: |
| A. | Increased JVP |
| B. | Positive hepatojugular reflex |
| C. | Increased PCWP |
| D. | Pulsatile liver |
| Answer» D. Pulsatile liver | |
| 28. |
True statements about Wilson's disease is : |
| A. | Low serum ceruloplasmin and high urinary copper |
| B. | Low serum ceruloplasmin and low urinary copper |
| C. | High serum ceruloplasmin and high urinary copper |
| D. | High serum ceruloplasmin and low urinary copper |
| Answer» B. Low serum ceruloplasmin and low urinary copper | |
| 29. |
A 35-year-old farmer consulted a local medical practitioner for recurrent attacks of chest pain.His elder brother had similar complains and had died suddenly at the age of 40 yrs.The farmer was advised to take nitroglycerine sublingulaly at the time of pain.However,the patient finds that the intensity of pain is increased by nitroglycerine.Most probably,he is suffering from: |
| A. | Subacute bacterial endocarditis involving the aortic valve |
| B. | Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
| C. | Degenerative mitral regurgitation |
| D. | Chronic Type A dissection of aorta |
| Answer» C. Degenerative mitral regurgitation | |
| 30. |
Treatment of choice for a patient with pump failure after myocardial infarction is - |
| A. | IV fluids |
| B. | Vasopressors |
| C. | Cardioglycosides |
| D. | Intra-aortic balloon pump |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
An early systolic murmur may be caused by all except: |
| A. | Tricuspid regurgitation |
| B. | Aortic stenosis |
| C. | Small ventricular septal defect |
| D. | Papillary muscle dysfunction |
| Answer» C. Small ventricular septal defect | |
| 32. |
Hypercalcemic crisis is seen in all except - |
| A. | Metastatic carcinoma breast |
| B. | Hyperparathyroidism |
| C. | Pancreatitis |
| D. | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| Answer» D. Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
| 33. |
In an emphysematous pt with bullous lesion, the best investigation to measure lung volumes is - |
| A. | Trans diaphragmatic pressure |
| B. | DLCO |
| C. | Body plethysmography |
| D. | Helium dilution |
| Answer» D. Helium dilution | |
| 34. |
Drug of choice to relieve pain in myocardial infarction - |
| A. | Morphine |
| B. | Fortwin |
| C. | Diazepam |
| D. | NASID |
| Answer» B. Fortwin | |
| 35. |
History of transient ischemic attack, excludes - |
| A. | Embolic episodes |
| B. | Thrombotic episodes |
| C. | Haemorrhage |
| D. | Complete stroke |
| Answer» D. Complete stroke | |
| 36. |
Which of the following is not associated with tetany - |
| A. | Chovetski's sign |
| B. | Trousseau's sign |
| C. | Erb's sign |
| D. | Cole's sign |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
A 35yrs lady presents with polyarthritis with elevated RA factor and A.N.A. levels, Which of the following will help to differentiate rheumatoid arthritis from SLE ? |
| A. | Juxta Articular osteoporosis on X-ray |
| B. | Soft tissue swelling at the proximal inter phalangial joint |
| C. | Elevated ESR |
| D. | Articular erosions on X-ray |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
A 35yrs male pt presented with history of jaundice for 10 days.His liver function tests showed bilirubin of 10 mg/dl, SGOT/SGPT-1100/1450, serum alkaline phosphatase-240IU.He was positive for HbsAg.The confirmatory test to establish acute hepatitis B infection is |
| A. | HBV DNA by PCR |
| B. | Anti-HBc antibody |
| C. | IgM Anti-HBc antibody |
| D. | HbeAg |
| Answer» D. HbeAg | |
| 39. |
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is screened by |
| A. | Acid ham test |
| B. | Sucrose hemolysis test |
| C. | Serum hapten levels |
| D. | Low serum complement levels |
| Answer» C. Serum hapten levels | |
| 40. |
Framingham criteria for diagnosis of congestive heart failure classifies the following as major criteria except - |
| A. | Extremity oedema |
| B. | Acute pulmonary oedema |
| C. | Positive hepatojugular reflux |
| D. | S3 gallop |
| Answer» B. Acute pulmonary oedema | |
| 41. |
The following tumours is most often associated with endocrine dysfunction - |
| A. | Squamous cell carcinoma |
| B. | Adenocarcinoma |
| C. | Alveolar cell carcinoma |
| D. | Oat cell carcinoma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Earliest symptom of myaesthenia is - |
| A. | Diplopia + ptosis |
| B. | Fatigue |
| C. | Respiratory weakness |
| D. | Palatal palsy |
| Answer» B. Fatigue | |
| 43. |
Causes of increased anion gap are A/E |
| A. | Ethylene glycol poisoning |
| B. | Glue sniffing |
| C. | DKA |
| D. | Starvation |
| Answer» C. DKA | |
| 44. |
Which drug is usually not preferred in treatment of HIV with TB ? |
| A. | Efavirenz |
| B. | Lamivudine |
| C. | Stavudine |
| D. | Neviprapine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Type II respiratory failure is seen in - |
| A. | COPD with cor pulmonale |
| B. | Chronic renal failure |
| C. | Adult respiratory distress syndrome |
| D. | Pulmonay fibrosing alveolitis |
| Answer» B. Chronic renal failure | |
| 46. |
Radioactive phosphorus is used in treatment of - |
| A. | Polycythemia |
| B. | Thyroid metastasis |
| C. | Multiple myeloma |
| D. | Embryonal cell carcinoma |
| Answer» B. Thyroid metastasis | |
| 47. |
Where was Melvin Calvin born? |
| A. | New Orleans |
| B. | Detroit |
| C. | St. Paul |
| D. | Anchorage |
| Answer» D. Anchorage | |
| 48. |
Not a criterion of hepatorenal syndrome: |
| A. | Absent kidney disease |
| B. | Doesnot respond to volume correction |
| C. | Creatinine clearance >140 ml/min |
| D. | Urine Na excretion <10 percent |
| Answer» D. Urine Na excretion <10 percent | |
| 49. |
Most common plasma cell tumor is - |
| A. | Plasmacytoma |
| B. | Primary amyloidosis |
| C. | Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia |
| D. | Multiple myeloma |
| Answer» B. Primary amyloidosis | |
| 50. |
A 60 year old female with polydyspia. Water deprivation test was performed and the values obtained are as follows : (Baseline : Na+-139 mEq, K+-3.9 mEq, osm. plasma-274/L osm, urine-150 mosm.After vasopression : Na+-142)mEq, K+-3.9 mEq, plasma osm 271 mosm/L, urine osm-489 mosm/L). Diagnosis is - |
| A. | Cranial diabetes insipidus |
| B. | Psychogenic polydypsia |
| C. | Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus |
| D. | SIADH |
| Answer» B. Psychogenic polydypsia | |