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Disease Vectors and Pathogens

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Disease vectors and pathogens examine how organisms like Plasmodium and Leishmania transmit infections. Test items require matching vectors to specific diseases. Studying these life cycles is essential for scoring well.

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Disease Vectors and Pathogens Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases are covered under the overall umbrella of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)?

  1. Japanese Encephalitis
  2. Chikungunya
  3. Filaria
  4. Kala Azar
  5. Dengue

  1. 2, 3, 5

  2. 1, 3, 4, 5

  3. 1, 2, 3, 5

  4. All of them
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is the central nodal agency for the prevention and control of vector borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Lymphatic Filariasis, Kala Azar, Japanese Encephalitis and Chikungunya in India. 

Multiple choice

Hepatitis virus is transmitted through

  1. anopheles mosquito

  2. aedes mosquito

  3. culex mosquito

  4. housefly

  5. contaminated water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Hepatitis viruses are transmitted through contaminated water.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (7). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).

  1. disseminate

  2. disaggregate

  3. debilitate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 1 is to transmit.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (6). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).

  1. prolific

  2. malefic

  3. deific
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 2 is harmful.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (5). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).

  1. fatigue

  2. ardour

  3. verve
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 1 is tiredness.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (9). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).

  1. multiplication

  2. desertification

  3. reforestation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 3 is to grow the forest again.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (8). Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that causes fever and _____ (5) and can prove _________ (6). It's one of a handful of diseases carried by ticks that are increasingly infecting people in the US. "Deer are very important in the life cycle of the ticks that _________ (7) the diseases because they provide a place for the ticks over winter to survive, to _________ (8) and to feed. And deer have markedly increased over the past 50 years in the northeast of the United States due to _________ (9).

  1. preserve

  2. proliferate

  3. diffuse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 1 is to reproduce.

Multiple choice

On the basis of nutrition, Comandra umbellata is characterised as

  1. holoparasite

  2. hemiparasite

  3. endoparasite

  4. rootparasite
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Comandra umbellata is characterised as a hemiparasitic plant. It just obtains water and mineral nutrients from the host plant. The host includes Acer, Antennaria, Aster, Betula, Carex, Solidago, Fragaria, Populus, Oaks, Rosa, Rubus, Vaccinium and some grasses.