Disorders of Platelets
- Previous year questions on Disorders of Platelets 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.
- 22 live questions in Disorders of Platelets.
- 3 of 22 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Pathology is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Spontaneous bleeding occurs when platelet count falls below
- A50,000/microL
- B40,000/microL
- C30,000/microL
- D20,000/microL✓ Correct answer
Q2.In a case of anaemia with thrombocytopenia, and neutrophils showing inclusions. What is the most probable diagnosis?
- AMay hegglin anomaly✓ Correct answer
- BEvan syndrome
- CAlder reilly anomaly
- DPelger huet anomaly
Q3.ADAMTS 13 is associated with which of the following disorders?
- ATTP✓ Correct answer
- BChurg Strauss syndrome
- CWegener's granulomatosis
- DMembranous nephropathy
Q4.Glanzmann thromasthenia is due to defect in:-
- AGp IIb/IIIa✓ Correct answer
- BGp Ib-IX
- CCD68
- DVon Willebrand factor
Q5.Dohle like inclusions in neutrophils along with giant platelets is characteristic of:
- ABernard Soulier syndrome
- BChediak Higashi syndrome
- CMay Hegglin anomaly✓ Correct answer
- DPelger Huet anomaly
Q6.Which of the following is more likely associated with a platelet disorder rather than hemophilia A?
- AHemarthroses
- BEpistaxis✓ Correct answer
- CLate rebleeding
- DProlonged partial thromboplastin time
Q7.Petechial hemorrhage is seen in
- Acyclic neutropenia
- Bagranulocytosis
- Cpernicious anemia
- Dthrombocytopenic purpura✓ Correct answer
Q8.Glanzmann disease is
- ACongenital defect of platelets✓ Correct answer
- BCongenital defect of RBC
- CDefect of Neutrophils
- DClotting factor deficiency
Q9.All of the following statements about idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura are true EXCEPT
- AIt is associated with platelet-specific auto-antibodies
- BIt causes a prolonged bleeding time
- CIt is often controllable by immunosuppressive treatment
- DIt causes more prolonged hemorrhage than hemophilia✓ Correct answer
Q10.Patient giving history of thrombocytopenic purpura reports for extraction. What could be the most common postoperative complication?
- AOedema
- BHaemorrhage✓ Correct answer
- CInfection spreading through tissue spaces
- DDry socket
Answer key
Q1: D. 20,000/microL; Q2: A. May hegglin anomaly; Q3: A. TTP; Q4: A. Gp IIb/IIIa; Q5: C. May Hegglin anomaly; Q6: B. Epistaxis; Q7: D. thrombocytopenic purpura; Q8: A. Congenital defect of platelets; Q9: D. It causes more prolonged hemorrhage than hemophilia; Q10: B. Haemorrhage.
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