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Nearly _____ of the population in India does not have access to essential medicines, by WHO region.

  1. 37%

  2. 47%

  3. 57%

  4. 65%


Correct Option: D

In the recent past, the incidence of Cancer is on ___________ trend.

  1. increasing

  2. decreasing

  3. constant

  4. nothing can be said


Correct Option: A

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) was lowest in _________.

  1. Karnataka

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Delhi

  4. Kerala


Correct Option: D

Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in India (2015) is  ____ per 100,000 births.

  1. 174 deaths

  2. 580 deaths

  3. 240 deaths

  4. 810 deaths


Correct Option: A

Select the correct statement/s related to the proposed National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) by using the code given below:
1. To be world's largest government-funded healthcare programme which will provide health assurancefrom primary to the tertiary levels.
2. The flagship scheme is aimed to cover over 5 crore poor families of the country.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The proposed programme will assure up to Rs. 5 lakh for helathcare at secondary and tertiary levles (does not cover primary levle)- covering over 20 crore people.

Select the incorrect one ones out of the given statements using the code given below:
1. The IRDA has increased the entry age for health insurance in the country to $75$ years in its recent decision.
 2. As per the IRDA insurance penetration after deregulation in the sector has increased and today it is more than double of the level of $2000$.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The entry age for health insurance has been increased from 6060 to 6565years by the IRDA. recently. Insurance penetration has increased to 3.3 per cent in 20152015 from 2.32.3 per cent in 20002000

Death rate is the number of people per _____ who die during a particular period of time.

  1. 10,000

  2. 1,000

  3. 100

  4. 10

  5. 500


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.

_____ is the number of babies born per 1,000 people during a particular period of time.

  1. Birth rate

  2. Baby rate

  3. Born rate

  4. Big rate

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The birth rate is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year. The rate of births in a population is calculated in several ways: live births from a universal registration system for births, deaths, and marriages; population counts from a census, and estimation through specialized demographic techniques. The birth rate  are used to calculate population growth.

Yeshaswini programme in Karnataka State aims at _____________.

  1. Assisting women in adopting family planning methods

  2. Assisting women to earn wage income

  3. Assisting rural and tribal women in health care services

  4. Providing with health insurance facility for farmers co-operations


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yeshaswini programme in Karnataka State aims at providing with health insurance facility for farmers co-operations.

Which of the following places does not house the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)?

  1. Bhopal

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Jodhpur

  4. New Delhi


Correct Option: B