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History of Medical Practices

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Explore the evolution of healthcare through these questions on the history of medical practices. The topics cover ancient Indian texts, traditional Chinese diagnosis, and Greek medicine. This material helps build a strong foundation for history and general studies preparation.

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History of Medical Practices Questions

Multiple choice

Who wrote a treatise that contained information on surgery.

  1. Khufu

  2. Hamurabi

  3. Herodotus

  4. Celsus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Aulus Cornelius Celsus wrote De Medicina (8 books), a comprehensive Roman medical work that included detailed information on surgical techniques and procedures. Khufu was an Egyptian pharaoh, Hammurabi a Babylonian lawgiver, and Herodotus a Greek historian - none wrote medical treatises.

Multiple choice

_________ is connected with medicine.

  1. Rigveda

  2. Samaveda

  3. Yajurveda

  4. Atharvaveda
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Atharvaveda is the fourth Veda and is traditionally associated with various aspects of life, including healing, medicine, and protection from diseases.

Multiple choice

Directions: The short passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.

During the last two decades, physicians and mental health professionals have begun to discover the limitations of Western allopathic medicine. The focus is on pathology and disease rather than on prevention. The destructiveness of so many pharmaceutical and surgical remedies, the separation of physical and emotional problems, the assumptions of an asymmetrical relationship between an all powerful physician and a submissive patient have led clinics and researchers to look for answers in other cultures.

What is the theme of the passage?

  1. Western allopathic medicine has failed in totality.

  2. People have realized the serious limitations of western allopathic medicine.

  3. The narrow focus of western allopathic practices has forced the medical fraternity to search for alternative tools.

  4. Traditional medicine will come to play an increasing role in the treatment of patients assuming an emotional relation between the doctor and the patient.

  5. The traditional and the modern medical practices should go hand in hand.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Option (3) is by far the best answer choice as it covers the gist of the passage about narrow focus of allopathy forcing attention towards alternative systems. This marks option (3) as correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the given options.

Anatomy and Physiology were studied in ancient India and the principle of the _______________ of blood was suggested long before Harvey.

  1. circulation

  2. movement

  3. flow

  4. progression
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In the context of anatomy and physiology, the term circulation refers to the movement of blood through the body. This is the standard scientific term used to describe the function Harvey is famous for identifying.

Multiple choice

Avoirdupois is a

  1. medicine

  2. weight system

  3. port in Greece

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Avoirdupois is a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces, commonly used in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom for measuring non-precious goods.

Multiple choice

Acupuncture is a medical system of treatment in which

  1. herbs are used to relieve pain

  2. surgery is done to relieve pain

  3. needles are inserted into particular parts of the body to relieve pain

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves the use of sharp, thin needles that are inserted in the body at very specific points. This process is believed to adjust and alter the body's energy flow into healthier patterns, and is used to treat a wide variety of illnesses and health conditions. 

Multiple choice

What is the main focus of Sushruta's study?

  1. Pathology

  2. Surgery

  3. Dietary Science

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

Sushruta is known as the father of surgery in ancient India, and his work, the Sushruta Samhita, is a foundational text on surgical procedures.

Multiple choice

Leader of the Manhattan Project

  1. Albert Einstein

  2. Robert Oppenheimer

  3. Franklin Roosevelt

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

J. Robert Oppenheimer was the theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often called the 'father of the atomic bomb'.

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

In the absence of ______ evidence, attempts were made to stir up the memories of the ordinary people.

  1. Scientific

  2. Historical

  3. Archaeological

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

In the absence of historical evidence, attempts were made to stir up the memories of the ordinary people to unearth details about various events. They were related to the past and present events. Many a time, these memories of the incidents had religious recognition too. 

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

Historians resort to ______ descriptions to narrate the lives of ordinary people.

  1. Written

  2. Textual

  3. Oral

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

Historians resort to oral descriptions to narrate the lives of ordinary people. The history created by such oral descriptions is called Oral History. 

Multiple choice botany biotechnology and its applications biopiracy biotechnological regulations principles and process of biotechnology

A patent for "use of turmeric in wound healing " was granted by US patent office, through turmeric has been used in India for centuries this is an example of

  1. Biopatent

  2. Biopiracy

  3. Bioweapon

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

The commercial exploitation or monopolization of biological or genetic material, as medicinal plant extracts, usually without compensating the indigenous peoples or countries from which the material or relevant knowledge is obtained is called as biopiracy. In 1995, the United States awarded patent on turmeric to University of Mississippi medical center for wound healing property. The claimed subject matter was the use of "turmeric powder and its administration", both oral as well as topical, for wound healing. An exclusive right has been granted to sell and distribute. The Indian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) had objected to the patent granted and provided documented evidences of the prior art to USPTO. Though it was a well known fact that the use of turmeric was known in every household since ages in India, it was a herculean task to find published information on the use of turmeric powder through oral as well as topical route for wound healing. Due to extensive researches, 32 references were located in different languages namely Sanskrit, Urdu and Hindi. 

So the correct option is 'biopiracy'.