Hematology

1. Packed red cells are constructed by:

2. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with all except:

3. Auer rods are found in:

4. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

5. The best treatment modality in chronic myeloid leukaemia is:

6. The commonest cause of jaundice in thalassaemia is:

7. The presence of anemia, jaundice and splenomegaly with increased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is seen in:

8. The prominent feature of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is:

9. Which of the following does not have target cells in peripheral blood?

10. Which of the following is false about methaemoglobinaemia?

11. Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is a variety of:

12. Thrombasthenia may be seen in all of the following except:

13. Which of the following does not produce iron overload in the body?

14. Palpable purpura is seen in:

15. Post-splenectomy peripheral blood picture does not contain:

16. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

17. All are features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia except:

18. G6PD may reflect a ‘false normal’ report in:

19. Platelet transfusion is not indicated in:

20. Sickle cell anaemia is not complicated by:

21. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

22. Commonest pathogen involved in sickle cell anemia-induced osteomyelitis is:

23. The half-life of albumin is:

24. Serum vitamin B12 level is increased in:

25. All of the following are true in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) except:

26. The most sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia is:

27. Waldeyer’s ring does not include:

28. Bence-Jones proteins are derived from which type of globulin?

29. Virchow’s node receives lymphatics from all except:

30. Punctate basophilia is seen in all except:

31. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

32. Which of the following is false in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasis?

33. Raised Fe and normal TIBC are found in:

34. All of the following are seen in intravascular haemolysis except:

35. Thalassemia major may be associated with all except:

36. Which of the following is false regarding Philadelphia chromosome?

37. Lifespan of platelets is:

38. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome does not feature:

39. The half-life of a platelet is:

40. Which of the following is not true in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?

41. Which is not true in relation to multiple myeloma?

42. Gum bleeding is characteristic of all except:

43. Iron transport protein is:

44. All are examples of hypoplastic anaemia except:

45. Cooley’s anemia is:

46. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is associated with:

47. Chloroma is found in:

48. Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score is diminished in:

49. Which of the following is not associated with hypersplenism?

50. Pelger-Huet anomaly is: