Hematology

1. Red cell osmotic fragility is increased in:

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

3. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

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

5. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with all except:

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

7. The half-life of albumin is:

8. Macrocytic-hypochromic anemia is found in:

9. Tumour lysis syndrome produces all except:

10. Burr cells in the blood are seen in:

11. Serum vitamin B12 level is increased in:

12. Intravascular half-life of factor-VIII is:

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

14. Which is a bad prognostic sign of Hodgkin’s disease?

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

16. Iron transport protein is:

17. vW antigen level is increased in:

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

19. Henoch-Schonlein purpura is not associated with:

20. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

21. Haemolytic anaemia is not produced by:

22. Alopecia mucinosa may be seen in:

23. All are features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia except:

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

25. Sickle cell anaemia is associated with:

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

27. Which of the following is not true in polycythaemia vera?

28. Which test detects haemolytic anemia?

29. Hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy is found in all except:

30. The most effective treatment of polycythaemia vera is:

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

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

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

34. Pseudolymphoma may be produced by all except:

35. Coagulation factor deficient in stored blood is:

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

37. Patients on aspirin will have:

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

39. Plasmapheresis may be done in all except:

40. Serum alkaline phosphatase level in multiple myeloma is usually?

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

42. All are true regarding midline granuloma except:

43. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is associated with:

44. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia is characteristic of:

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

46. Low-dose arsenic trioxide has recently been used in relapsed patients of:

47. Sideroblastic anemia may be treated by all except:

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

49. Which of the following is not found in eosinophilic granuloma?

50. Schumm test is done to detect?