Hematology

1. Which of the following is false in polycythaemia vera?

2. The half-life of a platelet is:

3. Epitrochlear adenopathy may be produced by all except:

4. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

5. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

6. Malignancy of which lineage is associated with autoimmune haemolytic anemia?

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

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

9. The commonest cause of jaundice in thalassaemia is:

10. ‘Cast iron spleen’ is classically found in:

11. Which isolated coagulation factor deficiency causes thrombosis?

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

13. Spur cell anaemia is seen in:

14. Sickle cell anaemia is associated with:

15. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

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

17. Hemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) is not characterised by:

18. Which test detects haemolytic anemia?

19. Which of the following is not seen in hemolytic-uraemic syndrome?

20. Waldeyer’s ring does not include:

21. Cooley’s anemia is:

22. HAM test (acid serum test), now an obsolete test, was used to diagnose:

23. In chronic granulomatous disease, which is false?

24. Iron transport protein is:

25. The half-life of albumin is:

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

27. Warm-antibody mediated haemolysis is not found in:

28. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

29. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

30. Erythropoietin is secreted from all of the following tumours except:

31. Pseudolymphoma may be produced by all except:

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

33. Eosinophilia is caused by all except:

34. Myelophthisic anemia is characterised by all except:

35. Which of the following is not a myeloproliferative disorder?

36. Which of the following anaemias is associated with splenomegaly?

37. alpha-interferon is not beneficial in:

38. Auer rods are found in:

39. Thrombocytopenia is absent in:

40. Reed-Sternberg cell is found in all except:

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

42. Bone marrow examination is essential in:

43. Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia commonly has all the features except:

44. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia is characteristic of:

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

46. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) may be seen in all except:

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

48. The most effective treatment of polycythaemia vera is:

49. All of the following produce microcytic anaemia except:

50. Thymoma may be associated with all of the following except: