HIV and AIDS - Class VIII
Comprehensive quiz covering HIV transmission, prevention, symptoms, virus structure, immune system effects, and related sexually transmitted diseases for class VIII students.
Questions
Choose the correct answer among the alternatives given :
The sexually transmitted disease, that can affect both the male and the female genitals and may damage the eyes of babies born of infected mothers is
- AIDS
- Syphilis
- Gonorrhoea
- Hepatitis
Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to AIDS?
- Drug addicts are least susceptible to HIV infection
- AIDS patients are being fully cured $100\%$ with proper care and nutrition
- The causative HIV retrovirus reduces the number of T-helper lymphocytes
- HIV can be transmitted through eating food together with an infected person
Choose the correct statement/s.
I. A person suffering from AIDS may die from any disease.
II. When a person suffers from AIDS, then his/her immune system becomes stronger.
- Only I
- Only II
- Both are correct
- Both are incorrect
Which of the following diseases spreads through infected needles or blood transfusion?
- Jaundice
- AIDS
- Measles
- Polio
The most mutable virus is
- Chicken Pox Virus
- $HIV$
- Influenza Virus
- Dengue Virus
AIDS does not spread through
- Common syringes and needles
- Blood transfusion
- Sexual contact
- Sharing meals
AIDS day
- 1$^{st}$ May
- 5$^{st}$ December
- 31$^{st}$ June
- 1$^{st}$ December
Which of the below given statements are true?
- A person can contract AIDS due to unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person.
- A person can contract AIDS while getting permanent tattooing with an infected needle.
- A person cannot contract AIDS by donating blood to a HIV infected person
- All the statements are true.
Read the following statements regarding the HIV virus.
A. It is a type of retrovirus which has an envelope enclosing the diploid RNA genome
B. It multiplies in helper $T$ cells and produces progeny virus.
C. In the macrophages of the host, RNA genome of the virus replicates to form viral DNA
D. Reverse transcriptase becomes inactive in the host cell.
How many of the above statements are correct?
- One
- Two
- Four
- Three
Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative HIV?
- HIV does not escape but attacks the acquired immune response
- HIV is enveloped virus containing one molecule of single stranded RNA and one molecule of reverse transcriptase
- HIV is envelope virus that contains two identical molecules of single stranded RNA and two molecules of reverse transcriptase
- HIV is unenveloped retrovirus
Which of the following is not the mode of spread of AIDS?
- Contaminated blood transfusion
- Vertical transmission
- Contaminated water and food
- Both (b) and (c)
Only one of the following four ways through which AIDS can spread
- Infected needles and syringes
- Through mosquito bites
- Looking after AIDS patient
- Shaking hands, coughing, sneezing, hugging
AIDS is confirmed by:-
- ELISA
- Wester
- Ames test
- North
HIV decreases natural immunity of the body by destroying
- Erythrocytes
- Antibodies
- T-Lymphocytes
- B-Lymphocytes
AIDS is not a disease that can be .......... through the air or by insects.
- Circulated
- Transferred
- Transmitted
- Conducted
In AIDS, which kind of tumour is common?
- Lymphoma
- Sarcoma
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma
In context of AIDS, which of the following statement is wrong?
- It is a viral disease.
- It is sexually transmitted disease.
- It can be transmitted through blood transfusion.
- It can be transmitted by shakehand and sharing food.
If the 30 pregnant female A.I.D.S. patient are admitted in female ward in the hospital. Find out the probable number of neonates (Children) having the H.I.V. from these pregnant females.
- 30 children
- 20 children
- 10 children
- 3 children
Which one of the following is spread through sexual contact ?
- tuberculosis
- tetanus
- malaria
- AIDS.
Consider the following statements.
AIDS is transmitted
1. By sexual intercourse.
2. By blood transfusion.
3. By mosquitoes and other blood-sucking insects.
4. Across placenta.
- 1, 2 and 3 are correct
- 1, 2 and 4 are correct
- 1, 3 and 4 are correct
- All of the above
AIDS spreads through
- Blood transfusion
- Placental tissue
- Sexual intercourse
- All of the above
AIDS virus cannot be transmitted by
- Sharing needles and syringes
- Hugs and hands shakes
- Sexual contact
- Blood tranfusion
Which of the following causes AIDS?
- Sharing needles of the syringe
- Blood transfusion from infected person to healthy person
- Breast feeding to child
- All of the above
Which of these diseases are transmitted through body fluids ?
- AIDS and hepatitis-B
- Malaria and typhoid
- Influenza and cholera
- Cholera and rabies
HIV infection can be detected through
- Electron microscopy
- Endoscopy
- ELISA test
- Litnotrophy
AIDS virus contains or Human immuno deficiency (HIV) virus has protein coat and genetic material which is
- Single stranded RNA with protein
- Double stranded RNA
- Single stranded DNA with protein
- Double stranded DNA
HIV causes reduction of
- T-helper cells only
- All T-cells
- B-cells only
- Both B and T-cells
At which stage, of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS?
- Within 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person
- When the infecting retrovirus enters host cells
- When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase
- When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and starts to reduce the number of T$ _H$ cells by destroying them.
People who are at high risk for HIV infection are
- Individuals who have multiple sexual partners
- Drug addicts who take drugs intravenously
- Individuals who require repeated blood transfusions
- All of the above
Choose the wrong statement.
- HIV virus has RNA as its genetic material.
- HIV virus replicates in TH lymphocytes.
- Anti-retroviral drugs are only partially effective for AIDS treatment.
- HIV spreads by sexual contact or sharing needle with the infected person and not by mere touch of physical contact.
- The time-lag between the infection and appearance of AIDS symptom may vary from few hours to a week.
$HIV$ causes immunodeficiency in
- Multiplicative state
- Single strand $DNA$ state
- $RNA$ state
- Provirus state
Which one of the following does not follow the central dogma of molecular biology
- HIV
- Pea
- Mucor
- Chlamydomonas
Which one of the following does not follow central dogma of molecular biology
- Mucor
- Chlamydomonas
- HIV
- Pea
AIDS virus found in India is
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- HIV-3
- HIV-4
AIDS is transmitted through
- Hand shake
- Courtship
- Blood transfusion
- All of the above
HIV has a protein coat and a genetic material which is
- ss DNA
- ds DNA
- ss RNA
- ds RNA
A disease transferred from mother to child through placenta is
- German measles
- Syphilis
- AIDS
- All of the above
AIDS does not spread
- By sexual intercoure
- By hand shake
- Through blood
- From mother to baby
HIV decreases natural immunity by
- Attacking B-lymphocytes
- Destroying antibodies
- Attacking T-lymphocytes
- Destroying erythrocytes
AIDS is caused by HIV that principally infects
- All lymphocytes
- Activator B-cells
- Cytotoxic T-cells
- T-4 helper lymphocytes
After entering T-cell, HIV first forms
- m RNA
- ss DNA
- ds DNA
- ds RNA
AIDS does not spreads through
- Using a syringe used by an AIDS patient
- Through contact with clothes of an AIDS patient
- Through mother with AIDS to the foetus during pregnancy
- Through the breast feeding by AIDS suffering mother to a child
At which stage of HIV infection does the patient shows symptoms of AIDS
- HIV replicates repidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages a large number of them
- within 15 days o sexual contact with an infected person
- When an infecting retrovirus enters host cells
- When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase
which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative HIV
- HIV does not escape but attacks the acquire immunity response
- HIV is enveloped virus containing one molecule of single RNA and one molecule of reverse transcriptase
- HIV is enveloped virus that contains two identical molecules of single stranded RNA and two molecules of reverse trancriptase
- HIV is uneneveloped retrovirus
Which one of the following belongs to retrovirus group?
- Dengue virus
- Hepetitis virus
- Influenza virus
- HIV
AIDS cannot be transmitted by
- Sexual contact
- Hugs
- Breast feeding
- Blood transfusion
Which of the following diseases spread through infected needles or by blood transfusion?
- Measles
- Mumps
- AIDS
- Kalazar
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus causes AIDS by
- depleting $CD _{4}^{+}$ T-helper lymphocytes
- increasing $CD _{4}^{+}$ T-helper lymphocytes
- depleting $CD _{4}^{+}$ T- helper erythrocytes
- increasing $CD _{4}^{+}$ T- helper erythrocytes
HIV selectively targets.
- B - memory cells
- B - effector cells
- T - cytotoxic cells
- T - helper cells
Which of the following cells are infected in case of HIV infection?
- $T _H$-cells
- Macrophages
- $CD^+ _4$ cells
- All of the above
Consider the following statements and select the option which correctly identifies true(T) and false(F).
AIDS virus kills WBC and reduces immunity of the body.
- True
- False
Identify the incorrect statement about the HIV virus.
- The viral nucleotides contain ribose.
- HIV contains uracil, not thymine.
- HIV infection begins with the entrance of the virus into the host when the gp 120 and gp 41 function to pull the virus across the plasma membrane.
- HIV makes the host cell produce reverse transcriptase.
- Immunization against HIV has proven difficult because the virus mutates so rapidly.
The HIV virus compromises the immune system mainly by infecting:
- Cytotoxic 1-cells
- Helper T-cells
- Suppressor T-cells
- Plasma cells
HIV infects all of the following except
- Monocytes
- T-cells
- Macrophages
- B-cells
The human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) is a living entity because it can
- Undergoes reproduction in the host cell
- Disturb host cell respiration
- Excrete in human serum
- Move from one cell to another
At which stage of HIV infection does on usually show symptoms of AIDS?
- When the infecting retrovirus enters host cells
- When vital DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase
- When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damage large number of these
- Within $15$ days of sexual contact with an infected person
AIDS is caused by
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Human immuno deficiency virus
- Rubella virus
- Varicella virus
AIDS days is on?
- $1$st November
- $10$ December
- $1$st December
- $4$th June
In India, AIDS was reported in
- 1932
- 1986
- 1990
- 1992
World AIDS Day is celebrated on
- 1 December
- 29 December
- 3 October
- 22 March
AIDS can be transmitted through
- Blood transfusion
- Hand shake
- Courtship
- All of the above
Who discovered ''reverse transcription''?
- Watson and Crick
- Beadle and Tatum
- Temin and Baltimore
- Khorana
Number of AIDS patients believed to be present in India is currently
- 20,000
- 2,00,000
- 20,00,000
- 3,000,000
AIDS was first reported in U.S.A in
- 1981
- 1971
- 1984
- 1986
AIDS is a
- Contagious
- Infectious
- Non-contagious
- Both B and C
Approximate number of AIDs patients worldwide is
- 2 million
- 36.9 million
- 200 million
- 300 million
AIDS virus enter the human body through
- Food
- Kissing
- Water
- Blood
Choose the wrong statement.
- Time lag between infection and appearance of AIDS is a few hours to a week.
- The genetic material of HIV is RNA.
- HIV replicates in T$ _4$ lymphocytes.
- ARV drugs are only partially effective in AIDS treatment.
- HIV spreads through sexual contact and sharing a needle and not by a mere touch or physical contact.
Which of the following statements is correct with respect to AIDS ?
- Drug addicts are least susceptible to HIV infection.
- AIDS patients are being fully cured cent percent with proper care and nutrition.
- The causative HIV retroviruses enters helper T-lymphocytes thus reducing their number.
- HIV can be transmitted through eating food together with an infected person.
AIDS virus has
- Single strand DNA
- Double strand DNA
- Single strand RNA
- Double strand RNA
Choose the wrong statement regarding AIDS
- It is an immunodeficiency diease
- It is an caused by retrovirus HIV
- HIV selectively infects and kills B-lymphocytes
- Genome RNA replicates via DNA intermediate
- Viral RNA genome is converted into copy DNA by reserve transcriptasea
At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS
- When infective retro-virus enters in host cells.
- When HIV damages large number of helper T-lymphocytes.
- When the viral DNA is produced by reverse transcription.
- Within 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person.
In AIDS patient, a reduction of 10% weight indicates
- ARC
- Acute infections stage
- Symptomatic stage
- Nonsymptomatic stage
Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative agent HIV?
- HIV is enveloped virus containing one molecule of single-stranded RNA and one molecule of reverse transcriptase
- HIV is enveloped virus that contains two identical molecules of single-stranded RNA and two molecules of reverse transcriptase
- HIV is unenveloped retrovirus
- HIV does not escape but attacks the acquired immune response
Which of the following is an example of acquired disease:
- Albinism
- AIDS
- Cat Eye syndrome
- Down syndrome
AIDS related complex or ARC is
- Initial form of AIDS
- Not linked to AIDS
- Severe form of AIDS
- Non of the above
Among the following, most dangerous STD is caused by
- Treponema pallidum
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Hepatitis B virus
Match the columns
| i) Yeast | a) Causing AIDS |
|---|---|
| ii) Virus | b) Baking of bread |
| iii) Rhizobium | c) Fixing nitrogen |
- I- c, II- b, III- a
- I- a, II- b, III- c
- I- b, II- a, III- c
- I- b, II- c, III- a
Gonorrhoea is caused by
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Fungi
- Protozoa
Organ that can be affected by untreated syphilis is
- Heart
- Brain
- Liver
- Both A and B
Which of the following is STD?
- Cancer
- Malaria
- Pneumonia
- Trichomoniasis
A sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria is
- Leprosy
- AIDS
- Syphilis
- Pertussis
Which of the following STDs are not completely curable?
- Chlamydiasis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis
- Chancroid, syphilis, genital warts
- AIDS, syphilis, hepatitis B
- AIDS, genital herpes, hepatitis B
Confirmatory test for STDs is
- ELISA
- PCR
- DNA hybridisation
- all of these
It is normally a rare cancer but became a marker of AIDS/ HIV patients.
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Lukaemia
Which one of the following statements is correct regarding sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
- A person may contact syphilis by sharing milk with one already suffering from the disease.
- Haemophilia is one of the STDs.
- Genital herpes and sickle-cell anaemia are both STDs.
- The chances of a 5-years boy contracting a STD are very rare.
The smear of herpes virus is stained blue with
- 1% methylene blue
- 1% alcian blue
- 1% toluidine blue
- 1% coomassie blue
To avoid transmission of STDs we should
(i) Avoid sex with multiple partners
(ii) Always have unprotected sex
(iii) Use condoms during coitus
(iv) Avoid sex with unknown partners
(v) Avoid sharing of needles
- (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
- (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
- (i), (ii) and (iii)
- (i), (ii) and (iv)