Human Health & Diseases Test

Question 1
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Which of the following pairs contains an infectious and a non-infectious disease respectively?

A
Typhoid and AIDS

B
AIDS and cancer

C
Pneumonia and malaria

D
Cancer and malaria

Question 2
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Typhoid fever in human beings is caused by

A
Plasmodium vivax

B
Trichophyton

C
Salmonella typhi

D
Rhinoviruses

Question 3
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Which of the following statements regarding the disease typhoid is/are correct?
(i) Salmonella typhi are the pathogenic bacteria which enter human intestine through contaminated food and water and migrate to other organs through blood.
(ii) Sustained high fever (39^∘C to 40^∘C), weakness, stomach pain, constipation, headache and loss of appetite are some common symptoms of typhoid.
(iii) Typhoid vaccine is available as DPT vaccine.
(iv) Widal test is used for diagnosis of typhoid fever.
(v) The patient of this disease is not required to be treated with antibiotics.

A
(i) and (ii)

B
(iii) and (v)

C
(i), (ii) and (iv)

D
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Question 4
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Which of the following factors affect human health?
(i) Infections
(ii) Silent mutations
(iii) Life style
(iv) Genetic disorders

A
(i), (ii) and (iv)

B
(i) and (ii)

C
(i), (iii) and (iv)

D
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Question 5
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The common cold is caused by

A
Rhino viruses

B
Streptococcus pneumoniae

C
Salmonella typhimurium

D
Plasmodium vivax

Question 6
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A toxic substance, responsible for the chills and high fever recurring every three to four days in malarial fever, is

A
interferon

B
haemozoin

C
colostrum

D
hirudin

Question 7
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During the life cycle of Plasmodium, sexual reproduction takes place in which of the following hosts?

A
Human

B
Female Anopheles mosquito

C
Male Anopheles mosquito

D
Both (a) and (b)

Question 8
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Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis) is caused by

A
Entamoeba histolytica

B
E. coli

C
Streptococcus pneumoniae

D
Trichophyton

Question 9
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Appearance of dry, scaly lesions with itching on various partsof the body are the symptoms of the disease

A
elephantiasis

B
ringworm

C
ascariasis

D
amoebiasis

Question 10
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Elephantiasis, a chronic inflammation that results in grossdeformities is caused by

A
Ascaris

B
E coli

C
Wuchereria

D
Trichophyton

Question 11
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Gambusia is a fish which is being introduced into the ponds in order to check the vector borne diseases such as

A
dengue

B
malara

C
Chikungunya

D
all of these

Question 12
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An intestinal parasite which causes blockage of the intestinal passage and whose eggs are excreted along with the faeces of infected person is____ .

A
Wuchereria bancrofti

B
Ascaris

C
Epidermophyton

D
Microsporum

Question 13
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Which of the following pairs correctly matches a disease and a pathogen causing it?

A
Typhoid - Salmonella typhi

B
Pneumonia - Haemophilus pneumoniae

C
Malaria - Ascaris lumbricoides

D
Ringworm - Entamoeba histolytica

Question 14
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Which one of the following diseases cannot be cured by taking antibiotics?

A
Plague

B
Amoebiasis

C
Leprosy

D
Whooping cough

Question 15
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A
Dengue fever - Flavi-ribo virus

B
Syphilis - Trichuris trichiura

C
Plague - Yersinia pestis

D
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 16
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The main reason why antibiotics could not solve at the problems of bacteria-mediated diseases is

A
insensitivity of the individual following prolonged exposure to antibiotics

B
inactivation of antibiotics by bacterial enzymes

C
decreased efficiency of the immune system

D
the development of mutant strains resistant to antibiotics

Question 17
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Hepatitis B is transmitted through

A
sneezing

B
female Anopheles

C
coughing

D
blood transfusion

Question 18
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Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Malarial parasite requires two hosts - humans and mosquitoes to complete its life cycle.
Statement 2: Haemozoin is a toxic substance produced by the rupturing of liver cells during malarial infection.

A
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

B
Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct

C
Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect

D
Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

Question 19
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A disease sometimes found in persons above 40 which is charachterised by poor CNS corrdination, forgetfullness and tremor of hands is

A
Epilepsy

B
Alzheimer's disease

C
Migraine

D
Schizophrenia

Question 20
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Common cold differs from pneumonia in that Pneumonia

A
Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium

B
Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs

C
Pneumonia is non-communicable disease while common cold is communicable disease

D
Pneumonia can be prevented by live attenuated vaccine while common cold has no effective vaccine

Question 21
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The pathogen Microsporum responsible for ringworm disease in humans belongs to the same kingdom of organisms as that of

A
Taenia, a tapeworm

B
Ascans, a roundworm

C
Rhizopus, a mould

D
Wuchereria, a filarial worm

Question 22
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Where will you look for the sporozoites of malarial parasite?

A
Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito

B
Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles mosquito

C
Spleen of infected humans

D
red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria

Question 23
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Which one of the following pairs of diseases is viral as well as transmitted by mosquitoes?

A
Encephalitis and sleeping sickness

B
Yellow fever and sleeping sickness

C
Elephantiasis and dengue

D
Yellow fever and dengue

Question 24
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Which of the following is a bacterial disease?

A
Dysentery

B
Malaria

C
Plague

D
Both (a) and (c)

Question 25
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A
Pneumonia can be transmitted to a healthy person by inhaling the droplets released by an infected person and also by sharing utensils

B
Pathogens causing pneumonia are Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae

C
There is no vaccine yet available to prevent pneumonia

D
None of these

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Human Health & ...

Question 1

Typhoid and AIDS

AIDS and cancer

Pneumonia and malaria

Cancer and malaria

Question 2

Plasmodium vivax

Trichophyton

Salmonella typhi

Rhinoviruses

Question 3

(i) and (ii)

(iii) and (v)

(i), (ii) and (iv)

(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Question 4

(i), (ii) and (iv)

(i) and (ii)

(i), (iii) and (iv)

(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Question 5

Rhino viruses

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Salmonella typhimurium

Plasmodium vivax

Question 6

interferon

haemozoin

colostrum

hirudin

Question 7

Human

Female Anopheles mosquito

Male Anopheles mosquito

Both (a) and (b)

Question 8

Entamoeba histolytica

E. coli

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Trichophyton

Question 9

elephantiasis

ringworm

ascariasis

amoebiasis

Question 10

Ascaris

E coli

Wuchereria

Trichophyton

Question 11

dengue

malara

Chikungunya

all of these

Question 12

Wuchereria bancrofti

Ascaris

Epidermophyton

Microsporum

Question 13

Typhoid - Salmonella typhi

Pneumonia - Haemophilus pneumoniae

Malaria - Ascaris lumbricoides

Ringworm - Entamoeba histolytica

Question 14

Plague

Amoebiasis

Leprosy

Whooping cough

Question 15

Dengue fever - Flavi-ribo virus

Syphilis - Trichuris trichiura

Plague - Yersinia pestis

Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 16

insensitivity of the individual following prolonged exposure to antibiotics

inactivation of antibiotics by bacterial enzymes

decreased efficiency of the immune system