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Biology (Human Diseases)

Test your knowledge on various human diseases including infectious diseases, genetic disorders, deficiency diseases, and their causes, transmission, and treatments.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is a sexually transmitted disease?

  1. Cholera
  2. Typhoid
  3. Gonorrhoea
  4. Leukaemia
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is 'Pertussis' commonly called?

  1. Whooping cough
  2. Sarcoma
  3. Diptheria
  4. Tumour
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name a viral disease which suppresses the body's immune mechanism.

  1. Influenza
  2. Poliomyelitis
  3. AIDS
  4. Chicken Pox
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mosquito is responsible for spreading 'yellow fever'?

  1. Aedes
  2. Plasmodium
  3. Anopheles
  4. Culex
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a bacterial disease?

  1. Malaria
  2. Poliomyelitis
  3. Tetanus
  4. Hepatitis B
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Measles' is

  1. a non-infectious disease
  2. an infectious disease
  3. a respiratory disease
  4. a helminthic disease
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name a disease which results from accumulation of uric acid crystals in the synovial joints.

  1. Arthritis
  2. Gout
  3. Diabetes
  4. None of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Ringworm' is caused by

  1. fungi
  2. worms
  3. protozoa
  4. bacteria
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Among the following, which one is a water-borne disease?

  1. Pneumonia
  2. Cholera
  3. Common cold
  4. Tuberculosis
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The causative agent of tuberculosis is

  1. escherichia
  2. mycobacterium
  3. entamoeba
  4. salmonella
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Cholera' is a disease caused by

  1. virus
  2. fungus
  3. protozoan
  4. bacterium
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the pathogen of 'Amoebiasis'.

  1. Salmonella typhi
  2. Escherichia coli
  3. Giardia intestinalis
  4. Entamoeba histolytica
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Against which disease BCG vaccine is employed?

  1. Typhoid
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Diarrhoea
  4. Jaundice
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which day is known as 'World AIDS Day'?

  1. 1st October
  2. 1st November
  3. 1st December
  4. 1st January
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Hepatitis' is the disease of

  1. skin
  2. lungs
  3. liver
  4. intestine
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the disease which is transmitted by sexual contact.

  1. Dengue
  2. Elephantiasis
  3. Kala-azar
  4. Syphilis
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the diseases present from the birth called?

  1. Chronic diseases
  2. Congenital diseases
  3. Acute diseases
  4. Deficiency disaeases
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deficiency of which vitamin leads to 'Xeropthalmia' in human beings.

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B
  3. Vitamin C
  4. Vitamin D
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the drug which is extracted from the bark of Cinchona tree, and is used to treat a person suffering from malaria.

  1. Amantadine
  2. Rifampicin
  3. Quinine
  4. Pencillin
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following animals is rabies rarely found?

  1. Monkeys
  2. Cats
  3. Bats
  4. Rabbits
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Antibiotics' are effective against

  1. viruses
  2. bacteria
  3. protozoa
  4. worms
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A disorder in the body's ability to convert glucose into energy is caused due to insufficient production of glucose by the pancreas in the body. What is this disease called?

  1. Hypertension
  2. Myxoderma
  3. Haemophilia
  4. Diabetes
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Out of the following diseases, which one is a genetic disorder?

  1. Kwashiorkar
  2. Mongolism
  3. Marasmus
  4. Pneumonia
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which group of organisms causes 'Elephantiasis'?

  1. Viruses
  2. Bacteria
  3. Helminthes
  4. Protozoans
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the study of antigen-antibody interaction called?

  1. Immunology
  2. Serology
  3. Epidemiology
  4. Bacteriology
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