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Why do we fall ill?

why do we fall ill

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Colour blindness is a/an

  1. congenital disease
  2. acquired disease
  3. contagious disease
  4. cancer
  5. allergy
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The factors, which make a person prone to catching the disease, are known as

  1. immediate causes
  2. hereditary causes
  3. contributing causes
  4. nutritional levels
  5. third level causes
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Peptic ulcers are caused by Helicobacter Pylor, which is a

  1. virus
  2. bacteria
  3. protozoan
  4. fungus
  5. helminthes
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Antibiotics are used to kill bacteria. Which of the following antibiotics inhibits wall synthesis?

  1. Ciprofloxacin
  2. Penicillin
  3. Erythromycin
  4. Amoxicillin
  5. Streptomycin
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are direct mode(s) of transmission of communicable diseases?

  1. Vectors
  2. Contaminated food and water
  3. Air
  4. Formite borne
  5. Animal bite
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an infectious disease?

  1. Deficiency disease
  2. Metabolic disease
  3. Allergy
  4. Cancer
  5. Chicken pox
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Antibiotic that inhibits DNA replication is

  1. penicillin
  2. streptomycin
  3. amoxicillin
  4. erythromycin
  5. ciprofloxacin
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following causes black fever?

  1. Trypanosoma gambiense
  2. Staphylococcus
  3. Leishmania donovani
  4. Ascaris
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following microbes causes sleeping sickness?

  1. Trypanosoma gambiense
  2. Leishmania donovani
  3. Ascaris lumbricoides
  4. Staphylococcus
  5. Helicobacter pylori
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of drugs produced by microbes kills or prevents the growth of other microbes?

  1. Pain killers
  2. Antibiotics
  3. Antidepressants
  4. Stimulants
  5. Hallucinogens
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a viral disease?

  1. Jaundice
  2. Rabies
  3. Acne
  4. AIDS
  5. Polio
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the followng conditions is bed rest not recommended?

  1. When a person fractures his/her leg.
  2. When a person is weak enough to walk.
  3. When a person has a spine problem.
  4. When a person is suffering from skin disease.
  5. When a person is suffering from very high blood pressure.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sometimes antibiotics are given to prevent an infection. In which of the following conditions do antibiotics have no role?

  1. Cold
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Malaria
  4. Typhoid
  5. Cough
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a direct mode of transmission of communicable diseases?

  1. Contact with infected person
  2. Contact with soil
  3. Contaminated food and water
  4. Animal bite
  5. Transplacental transmission
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following diseases with their treatments.
Peptic ulcer DPT Hib
Tuberculosis Amoxicillin
Whooping cough BCG
  1. |||
    |---|---|
    |Peptic ulcer|BCG|
    |Tuberculosis|Amoxicillin|
    |Whooping cough| DPT Hib |
  2. |||
    |---|---|
    |Peptic ulcer|DPT Hib|
    |Tuberculosis|BCG|
    |Whooping cough|Amoxicillin|
  3. |||
    |---|---|
    |Peptic ulcer|Amoxicillin|
    |Tuberculosis|DPT Hib|
    |Whooping cough|BCG|
  4. |||
    |---|---|
    |Peptic ulcer|Amoxicillin|
    |Tuberculosis|BCG|
    |Whooping cough|DPT Hib|
  5. |||
    |---|---|
    |Peptic ulcer|BCG|
    |Tuberculosis|DPT Hib|
    |Whooping cough|Amoxicillin|
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