UPSC Recruitment Paper 2014 : Medical Officers Gr. II in General Reserve Engineer Force of Border Roads Organisation, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

UPSC Recruitment Paper 2014 : Medical Officers Gr. II in General Reserve Engineer Force of Border Roads Organisation, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

1. Which one of the following infections is mainly responsible for recurrent exacerbation of COAD in elderly?

(a) Rota virus
(b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(c) Staphylococcus aureus
(d) Haemophilus influenza  

2. The following diseases have autosomal dominant inheritance except :

(a) Polycystic kidney disease
(b) Peutz Jegher syndrome
(c) Phenylketonuria   
(d) Von Willebrand disease   

3. A young female presents with right heart failure. On examination she has an elevated JVP  with giant a wave, systolic murmur at left sternal border, soft delayed P2 with an ejection sound. The ECG shows right ventricular hypertrophy. She is likely to have:

(a) Pulmonary stenosis   
(b) Tricuspid regurgitation
(c) Atrial septal defect
(d) Ventricular septal defect

4. Nocturnal  hypoxaemia in COPD is due to all the following except:   

(a) An increase in upper airway resistance because of muscle tone
(b) Stimulation of peripheral chemoreceptors   
(c) Shallow breathing in REM sleep, reduced ventilation
(d) Inhibition of intercostals and accessory muscles in REM sleep

5. A 50 year old male presented with acute onset dyspnoea, orthopnoea and pinkish frothy sputum. The clinical diagnosis is:

(a) Acute bronchial asthma
(b) Acute pulmonary oedema   
(c) Acute pulmonary embolism
(d) Pneumonia

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