Multiple Choice Quiz on Erythrocyte

This blood quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘erythrocyte’. Questions come under ‘medium’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking ' Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. Life span of RBC is
50 days
75 days
100 days
120 days

2. Immature RBCs of mammals have
No nucleus
single beaded nucleus
many nuclei
Single nucleus

3. Main haemopoietic tissue of human embryo is
Liver
spleen
kidney
bone

4. Red cell count is carried out by
Electrocardiogram
Haemocytometer
Haemoglobinometer
Sphygmomanometer

5. Formation of red blood cells is called
Haemocytosis
Haemolysis
Haemopoiesis
Haemocytolysis

6. In Sickle cell anemia the disorder is caused due to the change in chemical nature of
alpha chain of haemoglobin
beta chain of haemoglobin
both the chains
none of these

7. Chief difference between RBCs of human and frog is
Enucleate RBCs in frog
Only human RBCs have haemoglobin
Human RBCs have more nuclei
Human RBCs are without nuclei

8. Number of RBC in man increases on living at high altitude, because
There is more oxygen
There is less oxygen
There are no germs in the air
More heat is needed to warm the bodies

9. Human RBC placed in 1.5% NaCl solution will
Shrink
Burst
Remain unaffected
Swells up

10. Clumping of RBC may occur when blood of one person is mixed with serum or blood of another person. This is due to
Antigen- antibody reaction
Antibody-antibody reaction
antigen-antigen reaction
antibody-antibody reaction

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