• 1. Question
Which of the following is the most common presenting symptom of non cirrhotic portal hypertension?
• 1. Encephalopathy
• 2. Ascites
• 3. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
• 4. Chronic liver failure
• 2. Question
All of the following drugs are protease inhibitors except:
• 1. Abacavir
• 2. Ritonavir
• 3. Saquinavir
• 4. Nelfinavir
• 3. Question
Which of the following is not a common feature of Anorexia Nervosa?
• 1. Binge eating
• 2. Amenorrhoea
• 3. Self perception of being ‘fat`
• 4. Under weight
• 4. Question
A diabetic patient developed cellulitis due to staphylococcus aureus, which was found to be Methicillin resistant on the antibiotic sensitivity testing. All the following antibiotics will be appropriate except:
• 1. Imipenem
• 2. Teicoplanin
• 3. Vancomycin
• 4. Linezolid
• 5. Question
Vitamin B12 acts as co-enzyme to which one of the following enzymes?
• 1. Isocitrate dehydrogenase
• 2. Homocysteine methyl transferase
• 3. G-6-P dehydrogenase
• 4. Glycogen synthase
• 6. Question
One of the following statements regarding mycophenolate mofetil is incorrect:
• 1. lt is a selective uncompetitive and reversible inhibitor
• 2. lt is a prodrug
• 3. It also inhibits calcineurin
• 4. Selectively inhibits lymphocyte proliferation
• 7. Question
The following methods can be used to detect the point mutation in the beta (B)-globin gene that causes sickle cell anemia, except:
• 1. Southem blot analysis
• 2. DNA sequencing
• 3. Polymerase chain reaction with allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization
• 4. Northem blot analysis
• 8. Question
In which of the following uveitic conditions is it contraindicated to put in an intraocular lens after cataract surgery?
• 1. Fuch’s heterochromic cyclitis
• 2. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• 3. Psoriatic arthritis
• 4. Reiter’s syndrome
• 9. Question
Typically bilateral inferior subluxation of lens is seen in:
• 1. Homocystinuria
• 2. Marfan’s syndrome
• 3. Hyperinsulinemia
• 4. Ocular trauma
• 10. Question
All of the following enzymes are regulated by calcium or calmodulin, except:
• 1. Glycogen synthase
• 2. Adenylate cyclase
• 3. Guanylyl cyclase
• 4. Hexokinase
• 11. Question
Late onset hemorrhagic disease of newborn is characterized by all of the following features except:
• 1. Onset occurs at 4-12 week of age
• 2. lntracranial hemorrhage can occur
• 3. Intramuscular vitamin K prophylaxis at birth has a protective role
• 4. Usually occurs in cow-milk fed babies
• 12. Question
The most common cause of vitreous hemorrhage in adults is:
• 1. Diabetes
• 2. Retinal hole
• 3. Hypertension
• 4. Trauma
• 13. Question
The following features are true for tetralogy of Fallot, except:
• 1. Pulmonary stenosis
• 2. Ventricular septal defect
• 3. Right ventricular hypertrophy
• 4. Atrial septal defect
• 14. Question
Blalock and Taussig shunt is done between:
• 1. Aorta to pulmonary artery
• 2. Aorta to pulmonary vein
• 3. Subclavian artery to pulmonary vein
• 4. Subclavian vein to artery
• 15. Question
Which vitamin deficiency is most commonly seen in a pregnant mother who is on phenytoin therapy for epilepsy?
• 1. Folic acid
• 2. Vitamin B6
• 3. Vitamin B12
• 4. Vitamin A