Tag: infectious diseases - transmission and prevention

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Generally, a $3\%$ rise in industrial production is accompanied by a ________ in energy consumption.

  1. $0\%$ increase

  2. $1\%$ increase

  3. $2\%$ increase

  4. $3\%$ increase


Correct Option: C

Which of the following diseases is showing an increasing trend in the recent past?

  1. Small Pox

  2. AIDS

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Polio


Correct Option: B

Over the years the number of Health Centers has ______________.

  1. increased

  2. decreased

  3. remained constant

  4. doubled


Correct Option: A

Which of the following disease has been totally eradicated as an epidemic?

  1. Cancer

  2. AIDS

  3. Blindness

  4. Small Pox


Correct Option: D

Over the years, the incidence of Malaria(cases in million) has ____________.

  1. reduced

  2. increased

  3. remained the same

  4. doubled


Correct Option: A

Over the years, the number of Polio cases has ___________.

  1. increased

  2. reduced

  3. remained the same

  4. doubled


Correct Option: B

NRLM has now been renamed as ______.

  1. Janani Shishu Karyakaram

  2. Indira Awas Yojana

  3. Aajeevika

  4. Aajeevika swarozgar Yojana


Correct Option: C

Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy are all except:

  1. Rubella vaccine

  2. Hepatitis B vaccine

  3. Tetanus vaccine

  4. Influenza vaccine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy include rubella vaccine, small pox vaccine and oral polio-myelitis vaccine

So, the correct answer is 'Rubella vaccine'

Vaccine is

  1. Live oral pathogen

  2. Inactivated antigen

  3. Inactivated pathogen

  4. Complete pathogen


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing micro-organism and is often made from weakened (attenuated) or killed forms of the pathogen, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.