Infections and Diseases

GATE preparation quiz covering infectious diseases, pathogens, transmission modes, vectors, immunology, and disease classification

14 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are not correct?

  1. Immunoglobulin E is the most abundant immunoglobulin.
  2. Immunoglobulin G is the only antibody to cross placenta.
  3. Immunoglobulin M is the largest immunoglobulin.
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Only 3
  4. 1 and 2
  5. 2 and 3
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets of diseases is prevented by CDC Vaccine?

  1. Bull neck, cholera and Hansen's disease
  2. Bull neck, Hansen's disease and lockjaw
  3. Bull neck, lockjaw and pertussis
  4. Cholera, lockjaw and pertussis
  5. Hansen's disease, lockjaw and pertussis
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are viral disease(s) transmitted through contaminated food and water?

  1. Infantile paralysis
  2. Varicella disease
  3. Balantidiasis
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Only 3
  4. 1 and 2
  5. 1 and 3
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which among the following sets contain non-communicable diseases?

  1. Diabetes mellitus, asthma, tetanus
  2. Diabetes mellitus, asthma, scurvy
  3. Diabetes mellitus, tetanus, scurvy
  4. Flu, scurvy, cholera
  5. Breakbone fever, tetanus, cholera
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a pair of transmissible diseases?

  1. Malaria and breakbone fever
  2. Scurvy and ringworm
  3. Dengue and Hansen's disease
  4. Malaria and dermatophytosis
  5. Hansen's disease and dermatophytosis
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by contact with an infected person?

  1. Variola vera
  2. Pair of leather scrolls
  3. Flu
  4. Rabies
  5. Infantile remittent fever
  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1, 3 and 5
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. 3, 4 and 5
  5. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following set of diseases are caused by the protozoans?

  1. Kala-azar, poliomyelitis, chikungunya, amoebiasis
  2. Influenza, poliomyelitis, mumps, chikungunya
  3. Measles, giardiasis, ascariasis, AIDS
  4. Anthrax, malaria, tuberculosis, diphtheria
  5. Kala-azar, giardiasis, balantidiasis, malaria,
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following set of diseases are caused by nematodes?

  1. Trypanosomiasis, giardiasis, ascariasis, amoebiasis
  2. Trypanosomiasis, balantidiasis, enterobiasis, filariasis
  3. Filariasis, ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, enterobiasis
  4. Filariasis, balantidiasis, ancylostomiasis, tuberculosis
  5. Filariasis, giardiasis, ancylostomiasis, trypanosomiasis
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which among the following set of diseases are caused by the different type of bacteria?

  1. Malaria, lockjaw, visceral leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis
  2. Anthrax, Egyptian chlorosis, malaria, cholera
  3. Ascariasis, rabies, lockjaw, trypanosomiasis
  4. Tuberculosis, anthrax, tetanus, cholera
  5. Anthrax, tetanus, trypanosomiasis, breakbone fever
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following sets of diseases, Aedes aegypti is a carrier?

  1. Breakbone fever, yellow plague, chikungunya
  2. Breakbone fever, malaria, yellow plague
  3. Breakbone fever, malaria, nervous fever
  4. Malaria, gastric fever, chikungunya
  5. Slow fever, chikungunya, yellow fever
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the column – I (disease) with column – II (vector) and select the correct option

Column – I
        </strong>|<strong>Column &#x2013; 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|

  1. P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
  2. P - 2; Q - 4; R - 3; S - 1
  3. P - 2; Q - 3; R - 4; S - 1
  4. P - 3; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 2
  5. P - 4; Q - 1; R - 2; S - 3
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases are caused by viruses?

  1. Chikungunya
  2. Kala-azar
  3. Enterobiasis
  4. Malaria
  5. Poliomyelitis
  6. Rabies
  7. Tuberculosis
  8. Enterobiasis
  9. Common cold
  1. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  2. 5, 6, 7 and 8
  3. 1, 5, 6 and 9
  4. 5, 7, 8 and 9
  5. 1, 2, 7 and 9
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the column – I (disease) with column – II (pathogen) and select the correct option

Column – I
        </strong>|<strong>Column &#x2013; 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|

  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3
  2. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4
  3. A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1
  4. A - 4, B - 3, C - 1, D - 2
  5. A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 4
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  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 the 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.