A 3-year old child presented with progressive anaemia, jaundice & failure to thrive. O/E: pallor, splenomegaly are seen Peripheral smear showed normoblasts and small round intensely stained red cells. The likely diagnosis is________________?

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1. Which of the following dental sequel is likely in child with a history of generalized growth failure (failure to thrive) in the first 6 month of life_______________?

   A. Retrusive maxilla
   B. Enamel hypoplasia
   C. Retrusive Mandible
   D. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

2. A 30 years old patient developed high fever of sudden onset. Peripheral blood smear showed cresent shaped gametocytes. Malaria pigment was dark brown in colour Which of the following malarial parasites is the causative agent ?

   A. Plasmodium vivax
   B. Plasmodium malaria
   C. Plasmodium falciparum
   D. Plasmodium ovale

3. The eosinophil count in the peripheral blood smear is increased in________________?

   A. Allergic conditions
   B. Anemia
   C. Polycythemia
   D. Typhoid fever

4. Tzancks smear test is used in the diagnosis of___________?

   A. pemphigus
   B. ANUG
   C. Apthous disease
   D. Lichen planus

5. A 14 year old boy complains with gingival bleeding oral ulcers, anaemia with hepatomegaly but no lymphadenopathy, total eukocyte count of one-lakh cells per mm3 is suffering from________________?

   A. Acute myeloid leukemia
   B. Chronic monocytic leukemia
   C. Chronic lymphoblastic leukemia
   D. Chronic myeloid leukemia

6. Target cells are seen in peripheral blood in_______________?

   A. Thalassemia
   B. Pernicious anemia
   C. Aplastic anemia
   D. Sickle cell anemia

7. The patient suffered from hypogondism, failure to thrive, lose of taste and unable to maintain stability. This shows the deficiency of_____________?

   A. Zinc
   B. Chromium
   C. Copper
   D. Potassium

8. A five-year old child presents with chronic bed wetting and bilateral loose deciduous first molars. His mother says that she want to drink of water several times during each night. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis ?

   A. Hand-Schuller Christian disease
   B. Marble bone diasease
   C. Nieman pick disease
   D. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

9. A 60 year old male presents with a 2 day history of a severe left ear ache with a burning sensation in the ear and loss of taste. There is left sided weakness of both upper and lower facial muscles. Facial sensation is normal. A few vesicles are seen in the pharynx. What is the most likely diagnosis ?

   A. Bell’s palsy
   B. Acoustic neuroma
   C. Diphtheria
   D. Ramsay Hunt syndrome

10. A child’s CSF was examined I contains slightly raised or normal PMN cells, raised lymphocytes, absence of mycotic growth, value of protein is normal or above normal, glucose level is normal. The most probable diagnosis is____________?

    A. Pyogenic bacterial meningitis
    B. Viral meningitis
    C. Fungal meningitis
    D. Tuberculous meningitis