General Medicine Question Bank

GENERAL MEDICINE

UNIT-1 GENERAL MEDICINE

CHAPTER-1

SHORT NOTES/SHORT ANSWERS (5/2 MARKS)

1. Clubbing.

2. Grades of clubbing.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Blood disorders.

2. Symptoms of dizziness.

CHAPTER-2

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Regions of abdomen.

CHAPTER-3

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Endemic.

2. Epidemic.

3. Incubation period.

4. Morbidity.

5. Mortality.

6. Nosocomial infection/Hospital acquired infection.

7. Pandemic

UNIT- 2 DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

CHAPTER- 1

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Islets of Langerhans’s.

2. Proton pump.

CHAPTER-2

1.Stool examination in various GI tract diseases.

CHAPTER-3

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Gum hypertrophy in systemic diseases.

2. Aphthous ulceration (ulcerative stomatitis)

3. Glossitis.

4. Oral manifestations of aids.

CHAPTER-4

LONG ESSAY/ SHORT NOTES (10 /5MARKS)

1. Dysphagia.

2. Plummer Vinson’s syndrome or Patterson Kelly syndrome.

CHAPTER-5

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Gastritis, types, causes, investigation, treatment.

2. Helicobacter pylori.

3. Upper GI disorders by H. pylori.

CHAPTER-6

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Diarrhoea, types, cause, treatment.

2. Chronic diarrhoea.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Traveller’s diarrhoea.

2. Crohn’s disease.

CHAPTER-7

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Malabsorption syndrome.

2. Imperfect absorption digestion.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Causes of malabsorption syndrome.

2. Clinical manifestations of malabsorption syndrome.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Tropical sprue.

2. Giardiasis.

CHAPTER-8

LONG ESSAYS/ SHORT NOTES (10/5 MARKS)

1. Amoebiasis.

2. Life cycle of entamoeba histolytica.

3. Hepatic amoebiasis.

UNIT-3 DISEASES OF HEPATOBILLARY SYSTEM

CHAPTER-3

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Jaundice, classification, causes, clinical features, treatment.

2. Obstructive jaundice.

3. Haemolytic jaundice.

4. Hepatomegaly.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Congenital hyperbilirubinemia.

2. Crigler- Najjar syndrome.

CHAPTER-4

1. Hepatitis, types, causes, clinical features, investigation, treatment.

2. Hepatitis B.

3. Differences between acute and chronic hepatic encephalopathy.

4. Chronic hepatitis.

CHAPTER-5

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Cirrhosis of liver.

2. Portal hypertension.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Alcoholic liver disease.

CHAPTER-6

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1.Ascites.

2. Paracentesis.

UNIT-4 DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

CHAPTER-1

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Cyanosis.

2. Clubbing.

CHAPTER-2

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Sinus bradycardia.

2. Sinus tachycardia.

CHAPTER-3

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Cardiac failure, types, causes, CF, investigation, treatment.

CHAPTER-4

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Left heart failure.

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Progressive dyspnoea.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Orthopnoea.

2. PND.

3. Cheyne stokes respiration.

4. Oliguria.

5. Nocturia.

6. Tachypnoea.

7. Tachycardia.

8. Physical findings of LVF.

CHAPTER-5

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Cyanotic congenital heart disease.

CHAPTER-6

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1.Rheumatic heart disease. Jones criteria.

CHAPTER-7

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Infective endocarditis, types, CF, causes, treatment.

2. Duke criteria for infective endocarditis.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis.

2. Antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis.

CHAPTER-8

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Coronary artery disease.

2. Angina pectoris.

3. STEMI.

CHAPTER-9

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Systemic hypertension. Types, causes, symptoms, treatment.

CHAPTER-10

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Cardiac shock.

2. Hypovolaemic shock.

3. Septic shock.

UNIT- 5 DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

CHAPTER-2

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Difference b/w haemoptysis and haematemesis.

2. Dyspnoea.

3. Cyanosis.

4. Central and peripheral cyanosis.

CHAPTER-5

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Bronchial asthma.

CHAPTER-6

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1.Pneumonia.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Complications of untreated pneumonia.

2. Staphylococcal pneumonia.

CHAPTER-7

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Lung abscess.

CHAPTER-8

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Chronic bronchitis.

CHAPTER-9

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Pulmonary tuberculosis

CHAPTER-10

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1.Pulmonary embolism.

CHAPTER-11

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Respiratory failure.

CHAPTER-12

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Pleural effusion.

UNIT-6 KIDNEY AND ITS DISORDERS

CHAPTER-1

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Haematuria.

2. Causes of high coloured urine.

CHAPTER-4

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Acute nephritic syndrome.

CHAPTER-5

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1.Nephrotic syndrome.

CHAPTER-6

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Acute renal failure

UNIT-7 DISORDERS OF BLOOD AND LYMPHORETICULAR TISSUE

CHAPTER-2

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Anaemia, types, causes, treatment.

2. Hypochromic anaemia.

3. Megaloblastic anaemia

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Sickle cell anaemia.

2. Thalassaemia.

3. Aplastic/hypoplastic anaemia.

CHAPTER-3

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic Purpura.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Haemophilia A.

2. Haemophilia B.

CHAPTER-4

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Leukaemia’s.

CHAPTER-5

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1.Splenomegaly.

UNIT-8 DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

CHAPTER-1

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Meningitis.

2. Tuberculous meningitis.

3. Aseptic meningitis.

CHAPTER-2

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Bell’s palsy.

CHAPTER-3

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1.Tic doloreux.

CHAPTER-4

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Epilepsy.

2. Tonic clonic seizures.

CHAPTER-5

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1.Heache.

2.Migraine.

CHAPTER-6

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Syncope.

UNIT-9 NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES

CHAPTER-3

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Vitamins.

2. Vitamin D (Rickets)

3. Osteomalacia.

4. Vitamin C.

 SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Thiamine.

2. Keratomalacia.

3. Vitamin A toxicity.

4. Niacin

CHAPTER-4

LONG ESSAY (10 MARK)

1. Diabetes mellitus.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Diabetic coma.

2. Hypoglycaemia.

UNIT-10 DISEASES OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

CHAPTER-1

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Gigantism.

2. Acromegaly.

3. Diabetes insipidus.

CHAPTER-2

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Thyrotoxicosis/hyperthyroidism.

2. Grave’s disease.

3. Ophthalmopathy of Grave’s disease.

4. Goitre.

5. Hypothyroidism.

CHAPTER-4

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Cushing’s syndrome- Clinical features, Pathogenesis.

  SHORT ANSWER (2 MARKS)

1. Addison’s disease.

UNIT- 11 DISEASES DUE TO INFECTION

CHAPTER-1

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Typhoid and parathyroid fever.

CHAPTER-2

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. Diphtheria.

CHAPTER-3

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Gonorrhoea.

CHAPTER-4

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Syphilis.

CHAPTER-6

SHORT NOTE (5 MARKS)

1. Mumps.

CHAPTER-7

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Measles.

2. Glandular fever.

SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)

1. Prodromal symptoms.

2. Koplik’s spots.

3. Active immunisation.

4. Passive immunisation.

CHAPTER-8

LONG ESSAY (10 MARKS)

1. AIDS.

SHORT ANSWERS (5 MARKS)      

1. Symptomatology of AIDS.

2. Baseline investigations for HIV infection.

3. Antiretroviral therapy.

CHAPTER-9

LONG ESSAYS (10 MARKS)

1. Malaria.

2. Lifecycle of malaria.

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. P. falciparum infection.

2. Black water fever.

3. Complications of severe falciparum infection.

UNIT-12 MISCELLANEOUS

SHORT NOTES (5 MARKS)

1. Hypersensitivity.

2. Systemic anaphylaxis.

3. Emergency kit used in dentistry.

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