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or stillbirth. [3] Many studies have reported that the ABO blood group is not related to infertility. [4,5] However, Khan et al. [6] reported that the blood group O is related to male infertility. [6] This study was undertaken to investigate any relationship between ABO blood group and male infertility. Materials and Methods Study Design A total number of 88 infertile men were enrolled during July 2009 to January 2011 from different infertility clinics and centers of Bhopal and Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, India. This study was approved by the ethical committee of the institute, and written consent from all the subjects was obtained. In this, the population was divided into two groups: Group A: 88 infertile men with mean age of 38.63 (±7.13) years were enrolled in this group, which revealed at least 2 years of infertility period. Hormone profile and semen analysis were also done. Background: Blood is an important component of the human body that is responsible for complete human identity. The ABO and Rh groups are very useful for blood transfusion, organ transplantation, biomedical research, and anthropological study. The blood group incompatibility has been associated with some diseases. Objective: To examine the relationship between blood group and infertility in men and to know the frequency of different blood groups among infertile men who were referred from different infertility clinics and centers. Materials and Methods: A total number of 88 infertile men along with 88 fertile men as controls were evaluated using the antigen-antibody agglutination test.

Background: The accurate, reliable and timely assessment of students is an essential domain of teaching during Medical professional courses. The Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) are time tested method of ready assessment of undergraduate students. Although it evaluates student's cognitive knowledge but does not evaluate professional skills. However it is said that MCQs emphasize recall of factual information rather than conceptual understanding and interpretation of concepts. Objectives:The main objective of the study is to analyse the items with the help of item analysis and select the items which are good for incorporation into future question bank with reliability.Materials and Methods: This study was done in Department of Anatomy, AIIMS, Patna. A 396 first year MBBS students of different batches took the MCQ test comprising 60 questions in two sessions. During the evaluation process of MCQ's each correct response was awarded one mark and no marks was awarded for any incorrect response. Each item was analysed for difficulty index, discrimination index and distractor effectiveness. Results: The overall mean of Facilitative value, Discrimination Index, Distractor Effectiveness and Correlation Coefficient was 66.09 (±21.55), 0.26 (±0.16), 18.84 (±10.45) and 0.55±0.22 respectively. Conclusion:The framing of MCQ should be according to Bloom's classification to assess cognitive, affective as well as psychomotor domain of the students. The MCQ having poor and negative discrimination should be reframed and again should be analysed.

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