(Single Best Answer) Question 1: Consider the following statements regarding Coeliac disease: 1. There is a strong association of the disease with Human Leukocyte Antigen, HLA-DQ2/DQ8 2. There is intolerance to gluten found in wheat, rye, barley and oats 3. In the elderly, the disease presents with symptoms ranging from florid malabsorption, weight loss and anemia to oral ulceration, dyspepsia and bloating 4. In suspected patients, small bowel biopsy is contraindicated.
Which of the above statements are correct ?
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 2 and 3 only C) 1 and 2 only D) 1, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 2: Which of the following diseases may be associated with Coeliac disease ? 1. Type-2 Diabetes mellitus 2. IgA deficiency 3. Down syndrome 4. Turner's syndrome
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 2 and 4 C) 1, 3 and 4 D) 2, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 3: The quadruple therapy regime (or OBMT regime) for Helicobacter Pylori eradication comprises which of the following drugs ?
A) Omeprazole, Bismuth subcitrate, Metronidazole, Tetracycline B) Ofloxacin, Bismuth subcitrate, Metronidazole, Tetracycline C) Omeprazole, Beclomethasone, Metronidazole, Tacrolimus D) Omeprazole, Beclomethasone, Mometasone, Tetracycline Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 4: Consider the following statements in respect of Helicobacter Pylori : 1. It is a gram positive, spiral-shaped bacterium. 2. It uses an adhesion molecule (BabA) to bind to the 'Lewis b' antigen on gastric epithelial cells 3. It produces 'urease' enzyme that helps to raise the pH around the bacterium 4. It exclusively colonises only 'gastric-type' epithelium.
Which of the above statements are correct ?
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 2 and 4 C) 2, 3 and 4 D) 1, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 5: Infection with which of the following organisms can cause a syndrome which is clinically indistinguishable from achalasia of the oesophagus ?
A) Trypanosoma cruzi B) Schistoma haematobium C) Mycobacterium leprae D) Plasmodium falciparum Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 6: Protein losing enteropathy due to obstruction of intestinal lymphatic vessels is seen in which of the following conditions ? 1. Intestinal lymphangiectasia 2. Constritive pericarditis 3. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis 4. Whipple's disease
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 2 and 4 C) 1, 3 and 4 D) 2, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 7: A patient with Crohn's disease underwent ileal resection. Which of the following complications may develop in this patient ? 1. Oxalate rich renal calculi 2. Diarrhoea 3. Fat malabsorption 4. Hypernatremia
Select the correct answer using the code gien below :
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 2 and 4 C) 1, 3 and 4 D) 2, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) It stimulates appetite B) It decreases gastric emptying C) It increases acid secretion D) Fasting increases its secretion Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):