According to WHO criteria adopted in Indian exam convention, anaemia in pregnancy is diagnosed when haemoglobin falls below:

• A 10.0 g/dL
• B 11.0 g/dL ✓
• C 12.0 g/dL
• D 13.0 g/dL

Explanation

The WHO cutoff for anaemia in pregnancy is haemoglobin below 11 g/dL, applied across all trimesters in Indian teaching. Values below 7 g/dL define severe anaemia and below 4 g/dL very severe anaemia. The distractor of 10 g/dL reflects the physiologic dip of haemodilution seen around the late second trimester, but it is not the diagnostic threshold used for defining anaemia.

Reference: DC Dutta's Textbook of Obstetrics, 10th ed.

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