Infections and Diseases
GATE preparation quiz covering infectious diseases, pathogens, transmission modes, vectors, immunology, and disease classification
Questions
Which of the following statements is/are not correct?
- Immunoglobulin E is the most abundant immunoglobulin.
- Immunoglobulin G is the only antibody to cross placenta.
- Immunoglobulin M is the largest immunoglobulin.
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Only 3
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
Which of the following sets of diseases is prevented by CDC Vaccine?
- Bull neck, cholera and Hansen's disease
- Bull neck, Hansen's disease and lockjaw
- Bull neck, lockjaw and pertussis
- Cholera, lockjaw and pertussis
- Hansen's disease, lockjaw and pertussis
Which of the following is/are viral disease(s) transmitted through contaminated food and water?
- Infantile paralysis
- Varicella disease
- Balantidiasis
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Only 3
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
Which among the following sets contain non-communicable diseases?
- Diabetes mellitus, asthma, tetanus
- Diabetes mellitus, asthma, scurvy
- Diabetes mellitus, tetanus, scurvy
- Flu, scurvy, cholera
- Breakbone fever, tetanus, cholera
Which of the following is a pair of transmissible diseases?
- Malaria and breakbone fever
- Scurvy and ringworm
- Dengue and Hansen's disease
- Malaria and dermatophytosis
- Hansen's disease and dermatophytosis
Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by contact with an infected person?
- Variola vera
- Pair of leather scrolls
- Flu
- Rabies
- Infantile remittent fever
- 1, 2 and 3
- 1, 3 and 5
- 2, 3 and 4
- 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Which of the following set of diseases are caused by the protozoans?
- Kala-azar, poliomyelitis, chikungunya, amoebiasis
- Influenza, poliomyelitis, mumps, chikungunya
- Measles, giardiasis, ascariasis, AIDS
- Anthrax, malaria, tuberculosis, diphtheria
- Kala-azar, giardiasis, balantidiasis, malaria,
Which of the following set of diseases are caused by nematodes?
- Trypanosomiasis, giardiasis, ascariasis, amoebiasis
- Trypanosomiasis, balantidiasis, enterobiasis, filariasis
- Filariasis, ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, enterobiasis
- Filariasis, balantidiasis, ancylostomiasis, tuberculosis
- Filariasis, giardiasis, ancylostomiasis, trypanosomiasis
Which among the following set of diseases are caused by the different type of bacteria?
- Malaria, lockjaw, visceral leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis
- Anthrax, Egyptian chlorosis, malaria, cholera
- Ascariasis, rabies, lockjaw, trypanosomiasis
- Tuberculosis, anthrax, tetanus, cholera
- Anthrax, tetanus, trypanosomiasis, breakbone fever
In which of the following sets of diseases, Aedes aegypti is a carrier?
- Breakbone fever, yellow plague, chikungunya
- Breakbone fever, malaria, yellow plague
- Breakbone fever, malaria, nervous fever
- Malaria, gastric fever, chikungunya
- Slow fever, chikungunya, yellow fever
Match the column – I (disease) with column – II (vector) and select the correct option
| Column – I |
</strong>|<strong>Column – II</strong>|
|P. Breakbone fever|1. Phlebotomus argentipes|
|Q. African trypanosomiasis|2. Aedes aegypti|
|R. Philariasis|3. Female culex mosquito|
|S. Visceral leishmaniasis|4. Glossina palpalis|
- P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
- P - 2; Q - 4; R - 3; S - 1
- P - 2; Q - 3; R - 4; S - 1
- P - 3; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 2
- P - 4; Q - 1; R - 2; S - 3
Which of the following diseases are caused by viruses?
- Chikungunya
- Kala-azar
- Enterobiasis
- Malaria
- Poliomyelitis
- Rabies
- Tuberculosis
- Enterobiasis
- Common cold
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
- 5, 6, 7 and 8
- 1, 5, 6 and 9
- 5, 7, 8 and 9
- 1, 2, 7 and 9
Match the column – I (disease) with column – II (pathogen) and select the correct option
| Column – I |
</strong>|<strong>Column – II</strong>|
|A. Whooping cough|1. Mycobacterium leprae|
|B. Hansen’s disease|2. Yersinia pestis|
|C. Black death|3. Bordetella pertussis|
|D. Sleeping sickness|4. Trypanosoma brucei|
- A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3
- A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4
- A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1
- A - 4, B - 3, C - 1, D - 2
- A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 4
Assertion: Human immunodeficiency virus is spherical with diameter of about 90-120 nm.
Reason: Its genome consists of single stranded DNA associated with reverse transcriptase enzyme.
Directions: In the following question there are two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R), consider both the statements independently and mark your answers as under:
1. A and R both are correct and R is correct explanation of A.
2. A and R both are correct and R is not correct explanation of A.
3. A is correct and R is incorrect.
4. A is incorrect and R is correct.
5. A and R both are incorrect.
- A and R both are correct and R is correct explanation of A.
- A and R both are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is correct and R is incorrect.
- A is incorrect and R is correct.
- A and R both are incorrect.