Question 1. Which one of the following antimicrobial drugs, is suitable for the treatment of both tuberculosis and leprosy?
(A) Rifampicin
(B) Streptomycin
(C) P-amino salcicylic acid
(D) Isoniazid
Question 2. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the disease which causes the death of the largest number of people today is_______.
(A) Ebola
(B) Malaria
(C) Tuberculosis
(D) AIDS
Question 3. Every year 5 lacs of Indians die of a disease. Identify it________.
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Cancer
(C) AIDS
(D) Encephalitis
Question 4. Which one of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?
(A) Malaria
(B) Polio
(C) Influenza
(D) Tuberculosis
Question 5. Tuberculosis is caused by a_______.
(A) Protozoan
(B) Fungus
(C) Virus
(D) Bacterium
Question 6. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Mental disease – Schizophrenia
(B) Scabies – Mite
(C) Genetic disease – Tuberculosis
(D) Autoimmune disease – Rheumatoid arthritis
Question 7. A specific test for detection of tuberculosis is_______.
(A) Montoux Test
(B) Kahn’s Test
(C) Widal’s Test
(D) Robert’s Test
Question 8. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Fluoride Ion – Indigestion
(B) Nitrate Ion – Blue baby syndrome
(C) Cadmium – Itai-Itai disease
(D) Mercury – Minamata disease
Question 9. The disease ‘Tetanus’ is also known as_______.
(A) Whooping cough
(B) Lockjaw
(C) Shingles
(D) Gangrene
Question 10. Minamata disease was caused by toxic quantities of the following metal.
(A) Mercury
(B) Arsenic
(C) Nickel
(D) Boron
Question 11. Minamata disease is caused due to________.
(A) Cadmium poisoning
(B) Mercury poisoning
(C) Lead poisoning
(D) Arsenic poisoning
Question 12. The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by_______.
(A) Cadmium
(B) Mercury
(C) Lead
(D) Nickel
Question 13. Which one of the following is not caused by an infected mosquito bites?
(A) Dengue
(B) Malaria
(C) Yellow fever
(D) Plague
Question 14. Which disease is caused by allergy?
(A) Asthma
(B) Ringworm
(C) Cholera
(D) Diabetes
Question 15. If a person only takes milk, egg and bread in diet, so he may suffer from the disease_______.
(A) Marasmus
(B) Night blindness
(C) Rickets
(D) Scurvy
Question 16. Which one of the following is useful in the treatment of scurvy disease?
(A) Ber
(B) Gooseberry
(C) Papaya
(D) Mango
Question 17. 117. The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a drug named, ‘Lukoskin’. It is being used in the treatment of ________.
(A) Lung cancer
(B) Leukaemia
(C) Leukorrhea
(D) Leucoderma
Question 18. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Diabetes – Liver
(B) Jaundice – Eye
(C) Cataract – Thyroid gland
(D) Pneumonia – Lungs
Question 19. The disease caused by deficiency of protein in children is ______.
(A) Rickets
(B) Beri-beri
(C) Pellagra
(D) Marasmus
Question 20. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(A) Polio – Monkey
(B) Tapeworm – Pig
(C) Rabies – Dog
(D) Plague – Rat
Question 21. The disease caused by nematodes _______.
(A) Leprosy
(B) Encephalitis
(C) Fluorosis
(D) Filaria
Question 22. Which one of the following sets are correctly matched?
(A) Polio, Japanese B encephalitis and Plague – Viral
(B) Colour blindness, Haemophilia and Sickle cell anaemia – Hereditary
(C) AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea – Bacterial
(D) Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Leprosy – Sex-linked
Question 23. ‘Yellow Vein Mosaic’ is a serious disease of ________.
(A) Cabbage
(B) Pea
(C) Okra
(D) Brinjal
Question 24. Which one of the following pairs matches one another?
(A) Pneumonia – Eyes
(B) Typhoid – Lungs
(C) Jaundice – Liver
(D) Cataract – Thyroid gland
Question 25. Astigmatism is a disease of the_______.
(A) Throat
(B) Nose
(C) Eyes
(D) Ears