1.

This disease is caused due to the deficiency of iodine

(a) Solitary throid nodules

(b) Goitre

(c) Thyroiditis

(d) Thyroid cancer

Answer: (b)

2. Goitre takes place in case of

(a) hypothyroidism

(b) hyperthyroidism

(c) cancer of thyroid gland

(d) all of the above

Answer:(d)

3. When the progressive enlargement of a multi nodular goitre causes symptomatic tracheal
compression, the typically preferred treatment management in otherwise good-risk patients is

(a) Radioactive iodine treatment

(b) thyroid hormonetreatment

(c) iodine treatment

(d) surgical resection of abnormal thyroid

Answer:(d)

4. The most precise diagnostic screening procedure for differentiating benign thyroid nodules from
malignantones is

(a) Thyroid scintiscan

(b) throid ultrasonography

(c) thyroid hormonesupression

(d) fine-needle-aspiration biopsy (FNAB)

Answer: (d)

5. The most common cause of goitrous hypothyroidism in adults is

(a) Hashimoto’s disease

(b) Grave’s disease

(c) Riedel’s thyroiditis

(d) de Quervain’s thyroiditis

Answer:(a)

6. A person with enlarged thyroid gland protruded eyeball, increased BMR and weightloss is suffering
from

(a) Grave’s disease

(b) Exopthalmic goitre

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Addison disease

Answer:(c)

7. This about thyroid hormones is incorrect

(a) Regulates BMR

(b) maintains water and electrolyte balance

(c) supports erythropoiesis

(d) controls blood phosphate level

Answer:(d)
8. This about thyroid swelling is true

(a) always elevates on swelling

(b) an ultrasound of the swelling is the best test to determine whether the nodule is actively secreting
hormone

(c) lymph node enlargementis a good prognostic sign

(d) a functional nodule on isotope scanning is unlikely to be due to cancer

Answer:(d)

9. For Grave’s disease ofthe thyroid, this statement is true

(a) it is the cause of ophthalmoplegia

(b) it causes a large multi-nodular goitre

(c) in the past, grave’s disease sometimescaused ‘Derbyshire Neck’

(d) it is commonerin males than in females

Answer:(a)

10. This is true regarding the complicationsofa large goitre

(a) dysphagiais an indication for surgery

(b) causes stridor due to compression of the oesophagus

(c) causes hoarseness due to compression of the trachea

(d) causes moreflorid thyrotoxicosis than a smaller goitre

Answer:(a)