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Diseases and Health Risk Factors

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Diseases and health risk factors examine the intrinsic and environmental causes of human illnesses. This includes common cancers, heart conditions, and substance abuse indicators. These topics are essential for biology papers in medical entrance and civil services examinations.

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Diseases and Health Risk Factors Questions

Multiple choice

The most probable reason for drug addiction is

  1. changes in liver

  2. changes in brain

  3. changes in taste buds

  4. changes in stomach
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug abuse. This leads to addiction.

Multiple choice

A person is living in much stressed state for a long time. This stress makes him prone to which of the following diseases?

  1. Hypertension

  2. Obesity

  3. AIDS

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis, leading to sustained elevation of cortisol and adrenaline. This prolonged activation increases heart rate, blood pressure, and vascular resistance, directly contributing to hypertension. While stress can influence eating behaviors that may lead to obesity, hypertension is the most direct physiological consequence. AIDS is caused by HIV infection, not stress.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question that follows has a conclusion, followed by two statements (A) and (B).

Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of mortality. A. Before many deaths occur, the heart stops functioning. B. Cardiac problems are prevalent in a majority of the older population.

  1. if statements A alone is adequate to arrive at the conclusion.

  2. if statement B alone is adequate to arrive at the conclusion.

  3. if both statements A and B are required to arrive at the conclusion.

  4. if both statements are insufficient to draw the conclusion.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Failure of the vital organ before death gives us the clue.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a degenerative disease?

  1. Alzheimer's disease

  2. Diabetes

  3. Thalassemia

  4. Osteoporosis

  5. Arteriosclerosis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is an inherited blood disorder. In a degenerative disease, the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs progressively deteriorates over time, whether due to normal bodily wear or lifestyle choices such as exercise or eating habits.

Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is most likely to be developed by a worker engaged in cutting and grinding of stones for several years?

  1. Botulsim

  2. Cretinism

  3. Silicosis

  4. Asbestosis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cutting and grinding stones exposes workers to silica dust, inhalation of which leads to pulmonary fibrosis known as silicosis. Asbestosis is caused by asbestos fibers, while botulism is a foodborne toxin and cretinism is a thyroid disorder.

Multiple choice

A person was suffering from AIDS and died after few months. Which among the following could be the possible reason for his death?

  1. High blood pressure

  2. Other infections

  3. Physical trauma

  4. Inability to diagnose the disease
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. It is a disease in which a person’s immune system becomes weak and is unable to fight infections. Hence, the concerned person finally dies due to other infections like common cold, sore throat, flu, etc. At the last stage, the person suffers from physical trauma due to infection and inability to treat it.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is true about prostrate cancer in men?

  1. The lifetime risk of developing it is 10%.

  2. It is the most common cause of cancer death in males.

  3. Its incidence rate is falling.

  4. It regards for approximately 30% of all cancers in men
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is the correct statement .The lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is 30%, and it accounts for approximately 30% of all cancers in men.