Free Haematology MCQs with Answers

62 Haematology MCQs from Pathology, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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  • A. G6PD
  • B. Thalassemia
  • C. Malaria
  • D. Dengue fever

Explanation: Heterozygous HbAS reduces the ability of Plasmodium falciparum to survive in red cells, giving partial protection against severe malaria.

Correct answer: Malaria
  • A. 0.06 mg
  • B. 0.6 mg
  • C. 60 mg
  • D. 600 mg

Explanation: Healthy adult men lose about 0.6 mg of iron daily, mainly through shedding of intestinal and skin cells, so only a small amount must be…

Correct answer: 0.6 mg
  • A. DIC
  • B. haemophilia
  • C. Thrombocytopenic purpura
  • D. Thrombasthenia

Explanation: Fibrin degradation products rise when widespread coagulation generates and breaks down fibrin, as occurs in disseminated intravascular…

Correct answer: DIC
  • A. Provide differentiated terminal cells
  • B. Reconstitution of Bone marrow
  • C. Formation of the ovum
  • D. Act as a repair system for the body

Explanation: True bone marrow stem cells can self-renew and reconstitute the entire marrow after transplantation or severe injury.

Correct answer: Reconstitution of Bone marrow
  • A. Appendicitis
  • B. Meningitis
  • C. Enteric fever
  • D. Myocardial infarction

Explanation: Leukopenia is a classic blood finding in enteric fever, particularly due to reduced neutrophils.

Correct answer: Enteric fever
  • A. Fungal infections
  • B. Protozoal infectionsOrder DNA Kits
  • C. Bacterial infections
  • D. Viral infections

Explanation: Lymphocytosis is classically associated with viral infections, whereas neutrophilia more often accompanies acute bacterial infection.

Correct answer: Viral infections
  • A. Agraulocytosis
  • B. Infectious mononucleosis
  • C. Subleukemic leukemia
  • D. Leukoerythroblastic anemia

Explanation: Agranulocytosis denotes severe depletion of granulocytes, especially neutrophils, producing recurrent bacterial infections such as sore…

Correct answer: Agraulocytosis
  • A. Aplasti anemia
  • B. Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • C. Acute leukemia
  • D. Cancer chemotherapy

Explanation: Systemic lupus erythematosus can cause immune-mediated platelet destruction, producing thrombocytopenia similar to immune thrombocytopenic…

Correct answer: Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • A. Hemophilia
  • B. Lupus anticoagulant
  • C. Platelet disorder
  • D. Liver disease

Explanation: Primary hemostasis forms the platelet plug, so it is impaired by platelet number or function disorders.

Correct answer: Platelet disorder
  • A. Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia
  • B. Thalassaemia
  • C. Sickle cell anaemia
  • D. Here ditary spherocytosis

Explanation: Hereditary spherocytosis causes spherical, densely staining red cells due to a red-cell membrane defect, with extravascular hemolysis…

Correct answer: Here ditary spherocytosis
  • A. b-thalassaemia crait
  • B. Sickle cell trait
  • C. Glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • D. a-Thalassamia

Explanation: Beta-thalassemia trait increases delta-chain pairing because beta-chain production is reduced, leading to increased HbA2.

Correct answer: b-thalassaemia crait
  • A. 10 to 20% haemoglobins
  • B. 75 to 100% haemoglobins
  • C. 20 to 30% haemoglobins
  • D. 50 to 60% haemoglobins

Explanation: In sickle-cell anemia, HbS usually accounts for about 75 to 100% of hemoglobin, with little or no HbA because both beta-globin genes…

Correct answer: 75 to 100% haemoglobins
  • A. AML
  • B. CML
  • C. ALL
  • D. CLL

Explanation: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a recognized complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia because the abnormal B-cell disorder promotes…

Correct answer: CLL
  • A. Multiple myeloma
  • B. Osteoporosis
  • C. Infectious mononcleosis
  • D. T - cell tumour

Explanation: This describes Bence Jones protein, an immunoglobulin light chain associated with multiple myeloma.

Correct answer: Multiple myeloma
  • A. Reduced score of acid phosphatase in granulocytes
  • B. Reduced score of alkaline phosphatase in granulocytes
  • C. Total lack of platelets
  • D. Total lack of neutrophils

Explanation: Chronic myeloid leukemia typically has a low leukocyte alkaline phosphatase score, unlike the high score commonly seen in reactive…

Correct answer: Reduced score of alkaline phosphatase in granulocytes
  • A. Foliate deficiency anemia
  • B. Pernicious anemia
  • C. Both B and C
  • D. Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia

Explanation: Neurologic abnormalities result from vitamin B12 deficiency, which causes subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord.

Correct answer: Both B and C
  • A. Platelets
  • B. erythrocytes
  • C. matures neutrophils
  • D. immature neutrophils

Explanation: A left shift means increased release of immature neutrophil forms, especially band cells, from the bone marrow.

Correct answer: immature neutrophils
  • A. Hemophilia
  • B. Von Willebrand disease
  • C. Thrombocytopenia
  • D. Ehlers danlos syndrome

Explanation: Hemophilia is a coagulation-factor defect, so bleeding time is usually normal while the activated partial thromboplastin time is…

Correct answer: Hemophilia
  • A. Aplastic anemia
  • B. Typhoid fever
  • C. Corticosteroid therapy
  • D. Viral infection

Explanation: Corticosteroids usually cause neutrophilia by demargination rather than neutropenia.

Correct answer: Corticosteroid therapy
  • A. Intrinsic pathway
  • B. All of the above
  • C. Capillary function
  • D. Extrinsic pathway

Explanation: Prothrombin time evaluates the extrinsic and common coagulation pathways, particularly factor VII along with factors X, V, II, and…

Correct answer: Extrinsic pathway

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