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ICSE Board Exam Practice - Health, Disease, and Prevention MCQs

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

AIDS caused by HIV is transmitted in many ways. Which of the following is not a mode of transmission of HIV?

  1. Sharing a syringe
  2. Transfusion of contaminated blood
  3. Sexual contact with infected person
  4. Sharing contaminated razors
  5. Shaking hands with infected person
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the most suitable definition for health?

  1. Health means the absence of disease.
  2. Health is a reflection of happiness.
  3. Health is a state of balanced body and mind.
  4. Health is a symbol of economic well being.
  5. Health is a state of physical, mental and social well being.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The malarial parasite plasmodium is transmitted from one person to another through an insect vector. Identify the vector.

  1. Male culex mosquito
  2. Female culex mosquito
  3. Male anopheles mosquito
  4. Female anopheles mosquito
  5. Female aedes mosquito
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a gastrointestinal disorder?

  1. Jaundice
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Constipation
  4. Vomiting
  5. Pneumonia
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following substances causes inflammatory response?

  1. Heparin
  2. Hirudin
  3. Antithrombin
  4. Histamine
  5. Prothrombin
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Vitamin A --- Antixerophthalmic vitamin
  2. Vitamin C --- Healing of wound
  3. Vitamin D --- Antisterility vitamin
  4. Vitamin E --- Beauty vitamin
  5. Vitamin K --- Antihemorrhagic vitamin
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases cannot be treated by using antibiotics?

  1. Pneumonia
  2. Typhoid
  3. Syphilis
  4. Tuberculosis
  5. Common cold
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is not caused by virus?

  1. AIDS
  2. Rabies
  3. Poliomyelitis
  4. Mumps
  5. Tetanus
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a sex linked genetic disease?

  1. Sickle cell anaemia
  2. Downs syndrome
  3. Beriberi
  4. Haemophilia
  5. Diabetes
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body such as skin, nails and scalp are the main symptoms of fungal disease. These lesions are accompanied by intense itching and irritation. Identify the disease.

  1. Aspergillosis
  2. Dandruff
  3. Scabies
  4. Ring worm
  5. Amoebiasis
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cretinism in children is caused by hyposecretion of a hormone. Which of the following is that harmone?

  1. Calcitonin
  2. Growth hormone
  3. Parathormone
  4. Thyroxine
  5. Insulin
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Human diseases are broadly classified into infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Which of the following is/ are non-infectious diseases?

  1. Haemophilia
  2. Common cold
  3. Tetanus
  4. Sickle cell anaemia
  5. Rabies
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 2, 3 and 5
  4. Only 1 and 4
  5. Only 3 and 4
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

AIDS is a dreaded disease of present century. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding AIDS?

  1. It is caused by HIV- a retrovirus.
  2. Retroviruses have RNA genomes that replicate through DNA intermediate.
  3. AIDS is an immuodeficiency disorder.
  4. Viral RNA genome is converted into DNA copy with the help of reverse transcriptase.
  5. HIV infection can be controlled by using immunosupressents.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Vector borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya are common in many parts of India. Which of the following is the vector?

  1. Culex mosquito
  2. Anopheles mosquito
  3. Aedes mosquito
  4. Tiger mosquito
  5. Female culex
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sometimes readymade antibodies obtained from animal serum are injected into human body to develop immunity. This type of immunity is called ___________.

  1. active immunity
  2. autoimmunity
  3. humoral immunity
  4. passive immunity
  5. cell mediated immunity
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Some diseases like elephantiasis last for a long time, even as much as a lifetime. Such diseases are known as __________.

  1. infectious diseases
  2. non infectious diseases
  3. acute diseases
  4. chronic diseases
  5. communicable diseases
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chronic inflammation of the organs, abnormal swelling of lower limb, scrotum, penis, etc. are the symptoms of a disease caused by a disease caused by a worm called wucheraria. Which of the following is this disease?

  1. Malaria
  2. Ascariasis
  3. Taeniasis
  4. Filariasis
  5. Enterobiasis
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases can completely be eradicated by vaccination?

  1. Polio
  2. Chicken pox
  3. Rabies
  4. Small pox
  5. Mumps
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is caused by hormonal imbalance?

  1. Haemophilia
  2. Sickle cell anaemia
  3. Malaria
  4. Cretinism
  5. Night blindness
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is caused by virus and is transmitted through mosquito bite?

  1. Malaria
  2. Filariasis
  3. Yellow fever
  4. Plague
  5. Elephantiasis
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