Quiz on the Blood

Blood MCQs with answers:

Which of the following has no blood but breathes?
(a) Cockroach
(b) Earthworm
(c) Fish
(d) Hydra

Ans. (a)

__ is a blood agent poison
(a) Nitrate
(b) Cyanide
(c) Nicotine
(d) Sulfuric Acid

Answer. (a)

The precipitation method of blood tests for finding out the inter relationship among different animals was given by
(a) L. de Vinci
(b) H.F. Nuttall
(c) Haeckel
(d) Simpson

Answer. (b)

Artificial blood is
(a) Chlorofluorocarbons
(b) PFC (Perfluorocarbons)
(c) Limpho Sulphate Dichloro
(d) Leghaemoglobin

Answer. (a)

Which is the principal cation in the plasma of the blood ?
(a) Sodium
(b) Potassium
(c) Magnesium
(d) Calcium

Answer. (d)

Thromboplastin, required in blood clotting, is secreted by __
(a) monocytes
(b) lymphocytes
(c) erythrocytes
(d) platelets

Ans. (d)

Which one of the following binds with hemoglobin irreversibly?
(a) Methane
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Ethane
(d) Chlorine

Ans. (b)

Name the blood cell which is found in abundance in the human body
(a) Red blood cells
(b) Plasma
(c) Blood proteins
(d) White blood cells

Ans. (b)

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The largest number of white blood corpuscles are
(a) Eosinophils
(b) Basophils
(c) Neutrophils
(d) Monocytes

Ans. (c)

Persons with which blood group are called universal donors?
(a) AB
(b) A
(c) O
(d) B

Ans. (c)

Number of RBC in an adult man per 3 mm of blood is.
(a) 500
(b) 5000
(c) 500000
(d) 5000000

Ans. (d)

Who discovered ‘circulation of blood’ in the human body?
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) Joseph Lister
(c) William Harvey
(d) Jonon Esals

Ans. (c)

Which of the following vitamins is responsible for blood clotting?
(a) Vitamin C
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin K

Ans. (d)

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At high altitude, RBC’s of human blood will __
(a) increase in number
decrease in number
(c) decrease in size
(d) increase in size

Ans. (a)

Which of the following is called a blood bank?
(a) Spleen
(b) Liver
(c) Heart
(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

Which of the following contains Hemoglobin ?
(a) Plasma
(b) Red blood cells
(c) White blood cells
(d) Platelets

Ans. (b)

If a person, normally living at sea level, migrates to a hill of about 8000 feet high, his blood after about fifteen days will have
(a) Fewer W.B.C.
(b) More plasma
(c) More antibodies
(d) Greater number of RBC

Ans. (d)

In which vertebrate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood gets mixed?
(a) Fish
(b) Amphibian
(c) Bird
(d) Mammal

Ans. (b)

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The smallest blood vessel in the body is a
(a) Capillary
(b) Artery
(c) Vena cava
(d) Vein

Ans. (a)

What volume of blood enters the renal arteries per minute in man?
(a) 100 ml
(b) 500 ml
(c) 1200 ml
(d) 5000 ml

Ans. (c)

Oxygenated blood is carried by
(a) Pulmonary vein
(b) Pulmonary artery
(c) Hepatic portal vein
(d) Renal vein

Ans. (a)

In a closed circulatory system, blood is completely enclosed within .
(a) the skeleton
(b) Sinuses
(c) Blood Vessels
(d) Heart

Ans. (c)

Dissociation of oxyhemoglobin is directly proportional to blood carbon dioxide tension is known as
(a) Haldane effect
(b) Chloride shift
(c) Bohr effect
(d) Hering-Breure inflamation reflex

Ans. (a)

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Which of the following prevents filtration of larger protein from blood into nephric filtrate?
(a) Endothelial fenestration
(b) Slit membrane between pedicels
(c) Basal lamina of glomerulus
(d) Outer wall of Bowman’s capsule

Ans. (c)

The number of RBCs per unit volume of blood is likely to be higher in a person living at higher altitudes because
(a) Air is clear and unpolluted
(b) Air is less dense, i.e. with less oxygen
(c) More sunshine is available
(d) Vegetation gives out more O2

Ans. (b)

Without which corpuscles blood clotting is not possible
(a) Erythrocytes
(b) Thrombocytes
(c) Plasmocytes
(d) Leucocytes

Ans. (b)

Amount of Oxygen normally carried by 100 ml of pure blood, Is
(a) 50 ml
(b) 2 ml
(c) 20 ml
(d) 5ml

Ans. (c)

Cells forming the wall of blood capillaries are called
(a) Oxynthic cells
(b) Endothelial cells
(c) Perietal cells
(d) Hemocytes

Ans. (b)

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RBC of camel are
(a) Oval, non-uncleated
(b) Round, biconvex nucleated
(c) Round biconvex, non-nucleated
(d) Oval, nucleated, biconvex

Ans. (d)

Normally, blood clots in
(a) 12-16 Minutes
(b) 16-20 Minutes
(c) 1 minute
(d) 2-8 Minutes

Ans. (d)

A patient of diabetes mellitus drinks more water because he climinates from the blood, extra amount of which substance
(a) Protein
(b) Sugar
(c) Water
(d) Hormone

Ans. (b)

Red blood corpuscles are formed in the __
(a) Liver
(b) Bone marrow
(c) Kidneys
(d) Heart

Ans. (b)

The chemical that prevents blood clotting is
(a) Filoquilon
(b) Thiamin
(c) Cynocvalamine
(d) Heparin

Ans. (d)

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Which blood group can be a universal donor?
(a) O
(b) A
(c) B
(d) AB

Ans. (a)

Blood is formed in the human adult by
(a) Heart
(b) Red bone marrow
(c) Spleen
(d) yellow bone marrow

Ans. (b)

The Oxygen dissociation curve of Hemoglobin is
(a) Hyperbolic
(b) Hypobolic
(c) Sigmoid
(d) Linear

Ans. (c)

In human blood, the oxygen carrier is
(a) Iron
(b) Meth–hemoglobin
(c) Hemocyanin
(d) Hemoglobin

Ans. (d)

A person of blood group AB can give blood to :
(a) ‘A’ and ‘B’
(b) Only ‘AB’
(c) ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘O’
(d) All of these

Ans. (b)

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About how much blood is in the circulatory system of an average person
(a) 7 liters
(b) 2 liters
(c) 5 liters
(d) 13 liters

Ans. (c)

In which organ the blood is stored
(a) Spleen
(b) Liver
(c) Kidney
(d) Heart

Ans. (a)

Oxygen is transported in blood mainly by
(a) Leucocytes
(b) Erythrocytes
(c) Thrombocytes
(d) Blood plasma

Ans. (b)

The blood pressure of a young male human being is
(a) 110/70
(b) 120/80
(c) 135/90
(d) 140/100

Ans. (b)

Blood will lose maximum oxygen when it passes through
(a) Alveolar capillaries
(b) Tissue capillaries
(c) Arteries
(d) Veins

Ans. (b)

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Human blood group inheritance is which type of dominance?
(a) Complete dominance
(b) Incomplete dominance
(c) Codominance
(d) Irregular dominance

Ans. (c)

Blood pressure is controlled by—
(a) Adrenal gland
(b) Thyroid gland
(c) Thymus
(d) Corpus luteum

Ans. (a)

Myeloid stem cells give rise to all the formed elements of blood except
(a) Platelets
(b) Monocytes
(c) Eosinophils
(d) lymphocytes

Ans. (d)

Blood capillaries are made up of
(a) Endothelium and thin coat of connective tissue
(b) Endothelium and thin coat of muscle fibers
(c) Endothelium and thin coat of connective tissue and muscle fibers
(d) Only endothelium

Ans. (d)

Which of the following is an anticoagulant which checks blood coagulation in blood vessels?
(a) Prothrombin
(b) Globulin
(c) Thromboplastin
(d) Heparin

Ans. (d)

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Low oxygen concentration favors
(a) Union of carbon dioxide from blood proteins
(b) Separation of carbon dioxide from blood proteins
(c) Separation of carbon dioxide from hemoglobin
(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

RBC was kept in a solution. In a few minutes it burst. The solution was
(a) Hypertonic
(b) Isotonic
(c) Hypotonic
(d) Canesuger solution

Ans. (c)

Dextran is used in
(a) Bleeding
(b) Blood preservation
(c) Blood transfusion
(d) Blood clotting

Ans. (c)

Red blood cells live for
(a) 12 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 100 days
(d) 120 days

Ans. (d)

Harmful bacteria and other foreign bodies are destroyed by
(a) Plasma protein
(b) Platelets
(c) Phagocytosis by RBC
(d) Phagocytosis of WBC

Ans. (d)

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Rejection of a transplanted organ is brought about by
(a) B cells
(b) T cells
(c) Natural Killer cells
(d) Monocytes

Ans. (b)

Which of the following formed elements changes into macrophages?
(a) Eosinophils
(b) Basophils
(c) Neutrophils
(d) Monocytes

Ans. (d)

Thalassemia is caused due to
(a) Excessive loss of RBCs through bleeding
(b) Insufficient hemopoiesis
(c) Efficient synthesis of hemoglobin
(d) Inadequate absorption of iron

Ans. (b)

A characteristic of leucocytes is
(a) Denucleation (loss of nucleus)
(b) Diapedesis
(c) Agranular cytoplasm
(d) Colour

Ans. (c)

Certain compounds are released by the WBC which raises the body’s temperature. These compounds are known as
(a) Pyrogens
(b) Histamines
(c) Toxigens
(d) Pathogens

Ans. (a)

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What color is a squid’s blood when oxy­genated?
(a) Blue
(b) Bright green
(c) Bright red
(d) Colorless

Ans. (a)

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