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Human Physiology Nptel Week 2 Assignment Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Which blood type is considered a universal donor and why?
a) AB⁺, because it lacks antibodies
b) O⁻, because it lacks A, B, and Rh antigens
c) O⁺, because it has no Rh antigen
d) AB⁻, because it lacks antigens and antibodies
Question 2. Which combination correctly matches the blood group with its agglutinogens and agglutinins?
a) Blood group A: B agglutinogen, anti-A agglutinin
b) Blood group B: A agglutinogen, anti-B agglutinin
c) Blood group O: No agglutinogens, both anti-A and anti-B agglutinins
d) Blood group AB: A agglutinin, both anti-A and anti-B agglutinins
Question 3. Which of the following WBCs contain granules within them?
a) Neutrophils
b) Eosinophils
c) Basophils
d) All
Question 4. Blood group O contains which antibody
a) Anti-A
b) Anti-B
c) Both
d) None
Question 5. Which disorder does not occur due to Lysosomal malfunctioning?
a) Diabetes
b) Gaucher disease
c) Tay-Sachs disease
d) Pompe Disease
Question 6. The rate of production of Erythrocytes is controlled by which hormone?
a) Aldosterone
b) Adrenaline
c) Vasopressin
d) Erythropoietin
Question 7. Which is the initiation step for the process of haemostasis?
a) Vascular spasm
b) Fibrinolysis
c) Formation of platelet plug
d) Formation of a blood clot
Question 8. Which ion is involved in the blood clotting pathway?
a) Cu²⁺
b) Ca²⁺
c) Zn²⁺
d) Mg²⁺
Question 9. What is the major cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn?
a) ABO blood group incompatibility
b) Infection during childbirth
c) Rh incompatibility between a Rh-negative mother and a Rh-positive fetus
d) Incompatible plasma proteins
Question 10. The binding of Glycoprotein 1b to Von Willebrand Factor does not release which of these chemicals?
a) ADP
b) ATP
c) Thromboxane
d) Serotonin
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