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Vaccination and Immunity

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This hub presents questions focused on vaccination and human immunity. It covers essential topics such as herd immunity, non-specific immunity, antigens, and historical vaccine developments. These concepts are crucial for general science sections in medical and civil service exams.

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Vaccination and Immunity Questions

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

.................. provides active acquired immunity from a particular disease.

  1. Alcohol

  2. Vaccine

  3. Medicine

  4. All of the above

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

A vaccine can be defined as a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened (attenuated) or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and keep a record of it, so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these micro-organisms that it later encounters. 

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

DPT vaccine is given for preventing

  1. Tetanus, polio and plague

  2. Diphtheria, whooping cough and leprosy

  3. Diphtheria, pneumonia and tetanus

  4. Diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus

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

DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis (wP).

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

Vaccines are prepared from 

  1. Vitamins

  2. Blood

  3. Attenuated bacteria or inactivated viruses

  4. Plasma

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

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. Generally, vaccines are composed of the surface proteins of the virus, extracted from the blood serum of the infected patients.
Thus, the correct answer is option (C), 'Serum'.

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

Inoculation of a suspension of killed or attenuated pathogenic micro-organisms to stimulate the formation of antibodies is known as

  1. Vaccination

  2. Antibiotic treatment

  3. Serum therapy

  4. Transplantation

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

A vaccine contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbes, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it and keep a record of it so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these microbes that it later encounter.
Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial, used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection.
The serum is the clear yellowish fluid which is obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot.
Antitoxins are antibodies that counteract a toxin.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Safe and effective means of producing artificial immunity against small pox by vaccine was first discovered by

  1. Edward Jenner

  2. Haffkine

  3. Dr. Salk

  4. L. Pasteur

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.
  • Smallpox vaccine was discovered by Edward Jenner. It was the first successful vaccine ever to be developed and remains the only effective preventive treatment for the fatal smallpox disease.
  • Hence Safe and effective means of producing artificial immunity against smallpox by the vaccine was first discovered by Edward Jenner.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Edward Jenner'.
Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccines are

  1. treated bacteria or viruses or one of their proteins

  2. MHC proteins

  3. the same as monoclonal antibodies

  4. all of the above

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

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins. 


So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

A vaccine is usually given?

  1. At any time

  2. At the time disease causing germs enters the body

  3. Before the symptoms of the disease appeared

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides acquired immunity to a particular disease. Vaccines are made from microbes. The antigen in the vaccine is the same as the antigen on the surface of the disease-causing microbe. The vaccine stimulates the body to produce antibodies against the antigen in the vaccine. The antibodies created will be the same as those produced if the person was exposed to the pathogen. When the vaccinated person comes into contact with the disease-causing microbe, the antibodies recognize the pathogen and act against to it. Hence, the vaccine should be given before attacking of the disease. 

So, the correct answer is option C.
Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

What is a vaccine?

  1. Treated bacteria, virus or protein

  2. Treated algae

  3. Activated fungi

  4. Plant preparation

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

A vaccine is a biological preparation which provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened (attenuated) or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it and keep a record of it so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these microorganisms that it later encounters.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Consider the following statements (a-e) each with one or two blanks.


a. Lactobacillus promotes the curdling of milk by creating a (1) environment.
b. Vaccines employ the use of (2). They give protection against (3) diseases.
c. The (4) Anopheles mosquitoes are carriers of malaria and dengue is spread by (5) Aedes mosquito.
d. The crops that require more water for growth and are sown in the month of June are called (6) crops, while those that require less water for growth and are grown during the winter season are called (7) crops.
e. Manual scattering of seeds in the field is called __(8)_.

Select the correct option to fill any four or five blanks.

  1. (1) Acidic , (2) antibodies, (3) bacterial, (4) female

  2. (1) Alkaline, (4) female, (5) male, (6) kharif, (7) rabi

  3. (1) Acidic, (6) kharif, (7) rabi, (8) winnowing

  4. (2) Weak germs, (4) female, (5) female, (6) kharif, (7) rabi

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

Lactobacillus promotes curdling of milk by creating an acidic environment. A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. It is made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles. Dengue is spread through the bite of the female mosquito (Aedes aegypti). Kharif crops are those crops which are grown in monsoon season from the month of June to September. They need more water than rabi crops for their growth and development. Broadcasting is the method of random scattering of seeds on the surface of the seedbed. It can be done manually or mechanically.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice

What discovery led to the development of modern vaccines?

  1. Immunology

  2. Pasteurization

  3. Germ Theory of Disease

  4. Vaccination

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

The discovery of the germ theory of disease by Louis Pasteur in the 19th century led to the development of vaccines, which have saved millions of lives.

Multiple choice

The development of mRNA vaccines in the early 21st century marked a significant advancement in the fight against infectious diseases. Which company is credited with developing the first mRNA vaccine approved for use against COVID-19?

  1. Pfizer

  2. Moderna

  3. Johnson & Johnson

  4. AstraZeneca

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
Correct answer
Explanation

Pfizer and Moderna, American pharmaceutical companies, are credited with developing the first mRNA vaccines approved for use against COVID-19 in 2020. mRNA vaccines work by introducing genetic material that encodes for a specific protein found on the surface of the virus, triggering an immune response without the need for a live virus. This breakthrough in vaccine technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we prevent and treat infectious diseases.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of a preventive measure in public health?

  1. Vaccinations

  2. Antibiotics

  3. Surgery

  4. Chemotherapy

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

Vaccinations are a preventive measure that helps to protect individuals from infectious diseases by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies against specific pathogens.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of vaccine?

  1. Live attenuated vaccine

  2. Inactivated vaccine

  3. Toxoid vaccine

  4. mRNA vaccine

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

Toxoid vaccines are not a type of vaccine. They are used to prevent diseases caused by toxins, rather than viruses or bacteria.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for preventing the spread of infectious diseases?

  1. Handwashing

  2. Social distancing

  3. Vaccination

  4. Using antibiotics

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

Antibiotics are not effective against viruses, which cause many infectious diseases. Handwashing, social distancing, and vaccination are all effective strategies for preventing the spread of infectious diseases.