Hematology

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

2. Iron transport protein is:

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

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

5. Hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy is found in all except:

6. The largest organ system’ in the human body is:

7. Haemolytic anaemia is not produced by:

8. Which of the following is associated with prolonged bleeding time?

9. Macrocytosis of RBC is characteristic of all except:

10. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

11. Which of the following is not associated with a microangiopathic blood picture?

12. All are true regarding midline granuloma except:

13. Conditions resistant to malaria are all except:

14. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

15. Alopecia mucinosa may be seen in:

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

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

18. Coagulation factor deficient in stored blood is:

19. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome does not feature:

20. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

24. All are features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia except:

25. Sickle cell anaemia is not complicated by:

26. Circulating anticoagulants are found in:

27. Sezary syndrome is:

28. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

29. Among the following, the treatment of choice in hairy cell leukaemia is:

30. Which of the following may develop in sites other than bone marrow?

31. Basophilia is classically found in:

32. Features of sickle cell anaemia do not include:

33. An incorrect statement in pernicious anaemia is:

34. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

35. Thalassemia major may be associated with all except:

36. ‘Suggilations’ are haemorrhagic spots in the size of:

37. Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score is high in all except:

38. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

39. Megakaryocytosis in bone marrow is seen in all except:

40. Which of the following factors is unstable in stored blood?

41. Agranulocytosis may be seen in treatment with:

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

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

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

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

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

47. Multiple myeloma does not feature:

48. Red cell osmotic fragility is increased in:

49. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

50. Which of the following is false about methaemoglobinaemia?