Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Previous year questions on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Pathology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 5 live questions in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Pathology is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.All of the following statements about acute leukemia in children are true except
- AIt characteristically causes gross gingival swelling✓ Correct answer
- BIt may he manifested by mucosal pallor
- CIt can cause obvious purpura
- DIt is usually of the lymphoblastic variety
Q2.Poor prognostic indicator of ALL is –
- AFemale sex
- BLeukocyte count < 50,000
- CAge greater than 1 year
- DHypodiploidy✓ Correct answer
Q3.A 17-year-old boy presented with TLC of 138 × 109/ L with 80% blasts on the peripheral smear. Chest X-ray demosnstrated a large mediastinal mass. Immunophenotyping of this patent's blasts would most likely demonstrate -
- ANo surface antigens (null phenotype)
- BAn immature T cell phenotype (Tdt/CD34/CD7 positve)✓ Correct answer
- CMyeloid markers, such as CD13, CD33 and CD15
- DB cell markers, such as CD19, CD20 and CD22
Q4.Which of the following is a poor prognostic factor for childhood ALL.
- ATotal Leukocyte count 4000-100,000
- BAge < 2 years
- CTesticular involvement✓ Correct answer
- DBlasts in peripheral smear
Answer key
Q1: A. It characteristically causes gross gingival swelling; Q2: D. Hypodiploidy; Q3: B. An immature T cell phenotype (Tdt/CD34/CD7 positve); Q4: C. Testicular involvement.
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