(Single Best Answer) Question 1: A young lady presents in outdoor clinic with complaints of menstrual irregularity, weight gain, hair loss, tiredness and weakness. What will be the investigation of choice ?
A) FSH & LH level B) Estrogen level C) Free T3 and free T4 level D) Free T4 and TSH level Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Symptoms of diabetes and random plasma sugar concentration ≥ 200 mg/dL B) HbA1c ≥ 6.5% C) 2-hours plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL during an oral glucose tolerance test D) Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 110 mg/dL Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 3: Which one of the following statements is NOT true regarding the thyroid function/ disorder in pregnancy ?
A) There is an increase in the metabolism of thyroxine by placenta B) Hyperemesis gravidarum may be associated with thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy C) Levothyroxine replacement therapy dose should be decreased by 30–50% early in pregnancy D) Impaired cognitive impairment may be seen in the offspring of mother with subclinical hypothyroidism Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 4: The most predominant type of serum immunoglobulin involved in patients with plasma cell disorder is ?
A) Ig G B) Ig A C) Ig D D) Light chains Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 5: Diagnostic criteria of multiple myeloma includes which of the following ? 1. Increased malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow 2. Serum and/or urinary M protein 3. Skeletal lytic lesions 4. Skeletal blastic lesions
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 3 and 4 C) 1, 2 and 4 D) 2, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) It is a clonal malignancy of haematopoetic stem B) Risk of developing CML is increased in monozygotic twins C) CMLS is defined by presence of BCR-ABL 1 fusion gene D) 10 year survival with TKI therapy is 85% Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 7: Every individual carries four alpha gene alleles. Deletion of three alleles leads to development of ?
A) Haemoglobin X disease B) Haemoglobin H disease C) Haemoglobin F disease D) Hydrops fetalis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Infectious mononucleosis B) Chronic leukaemia C) Both infectious mononucleosis and chronic leukaemia D) Neither infectious mononucleosis nor chornic leukaeia Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Acute chest syndrome B) Aplastic crisis C) Splenic sequestration crisis D) Conn's syndrome Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 10: Pyruvate kinase deficiency results in deficiency of ATP production and a chronic haemolytic anaemia. The disorder is inherited as an ?
A) Autosomal recessive trait B) X-linked recessive trait C) Autosomal dominant trait D) X-linked dominant trait Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):