Why Do We Fall ill

All about the health and diseases.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Before treating a patient, the doctor looks

  1. at the health and height of the patient
  2. for the symptoms of diseases, if any
  3. at whether the person is rich or poor
  4. on whether there is enough equipment in the hospital or not
  5. All of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a chronic disease?

  1. Cold
  2. Hypertension
  3. Cancer
  4. Diabetes
  5. Tuberculosis
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the odd one out.

  1. Skin diseases
  2. Malaria
  3. Kala-azar
  4. Sleeping sickness
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Antibiotics attack the biochemical pathway of

  1. virus
  2. bacteria
  3. fungi
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is known as the brain fever?

  1. Dengue fever
  2. Encephalitis
  3. Pneumonia
  4. Hay fever
  5. Typhoid
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is not caused by a bacteria?

  1. Acne
  2. Typhoid
  3. Influenza
  4. Anthrax
  5. Tuberculosis
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following must be done to prevent airborne diseases?

  1. Cleaning of air
  2. Providing living conditions that are not overcrowded
  3. Covering the whole body while going in a crowd
  4. Using sanitiser on the body
  5. All of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not confronted while treating an infectious disease?

  1. Body functions are damaged and may never recover completely.
  2. Treatment takes time.
  3. The person can serve as the source from where the infection may spread to other people.
  4. The patient might get bedridden.
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following body parts do the malarial microbes infect first?

  1. Liver
  2. Brain
  3. Lungs
  4. Lymph nodes
  5. Gut
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the effect of antibiotics on common cold?

  1. They reduce the duration of illness.
  2. They reduce the severity of cold.
  3. They will immediately cure it.
  4. No effect will be seen.
  5. It depends upon the immunity of the person.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Microbial diseases are transmitted by

  1. a casual handshake
  2. a hug
  3. by sexual contact
  4. sitting very close
  5. All of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rabies is caused by the saliva of

  1. dog
  2. bat
  3. raccoon
  4. skunk
  5. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The severity of disease manifestation depends upon

  1. the colour of microbes
  2. the size of microbes
  3. the number of microbes
  4. the variety of microbes
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following symptoms can be seen when the lungs are infected?

(1) Dizziness
(2) Nausea
(3) Cough
(4) Breathlessness
(5) Headache
(6) Vomiting

  1. (1) and (2)
  2. (3) and (4)
  3. (5) and (6)
  4. (1) and (4)
  5. (3) and (5)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases have vaccines against them?

(1) Diphtheria
(2) Hepatitis A
(3) Whooping cough
(4) Polio
(5) Measles

  1. Only (1) and (2)
  2. Only (3) and (4)
  3. Only (4) and (5)
  4. Only (1), (2), (3) and (4)
  5. All of the above