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Secondary prevention of sexual abuse deals with

  1. Short-term consequences of violence

  2. Long-term consequences of violence

  3. Immediate consequences of victimization

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization?

  1. RAINN

  2. WHO

  3. IHS

  4. FDA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is an American nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline, as well as the Department of Defense (DoD) Safe Helpline, and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help survivors, and ensures that perpetrators are brought to justice through victim services, public education, public policy, and consulting services.

So the correct option is A.

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Act was enacted in

  1. 2013

  2. 1994

  3. 2000

  4. 2014


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 is an Act of the Indian Parliament enacted in order to stop female foeticides and control the falling sex ratio in India. This act banned prenatal sex determination. Thus the correct answer is option B.

Sita has three daughters and her mother in law accused her having daughters. But when they counseled by a doctor, she stop accusing Sita because

  1. Paternal genetic influence

  2. Maternal genetic influence

  3. Extrachromosomal inheritance

  4. Mendelian inheritance


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Paternal genetic influence is when a phenotype results from the genotype of the father, rather than the genotype of the mother. The gender of the child is determined by the father because the father's genotype is XY and that of the mother is XX. When the Y chromosome of the father fuses with the X chromosome of the mother the child will have a genotype XY and it will be a boy.  When the X chromosome of the father fuses with the X chromosome of the mother the child will have a genotype XX and it will be a girl. Hence the father is responsible for the gender of the child. This was explained by the doctor to Sita's mother in law, so she stopped accusing her of having daughters. Thus the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following technique is misused for sex determination of foetus?

  1. Chromatography

  2. Ultrasound

  3. X- ray radiography

  4. CT scan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An ultrasound scan is a medical test which uses high-frequency sound waves to capture live images from the inside of human body. It is also used for sex determination of fetus. Thus the correct answer is option B.

Assertion: Natural selection is the outcome of difference in survival and reproduction among 

individuals that show variation in one or more traits.

Reason: Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; 

less adaptive ones become less common or disappear.

  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

  2. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false

  4. If both the assertion and reason are false

  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true


Correct Option: A

The aim of primary prevention is to target certain illegal behaviour

  1. After its establishment

  2. Before its establishment

  3. From the birth of the person

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B

The negative effect of sexual abuse is

  1. Schizophrenia

  2. Sexually transmitted disease

  3. Depression

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sexual abuse is the act in which the person is forced to participate in any type of sexual activity. There are changes in the behaviour which depict that the person has been sexually abused. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which the thinking capability of the person is affected. The person may suffer from sexually transmitted disease which has been acquired during the abuse. The person may suffer from depression due to trauma of sexual act.

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

The strategy to minimize the possibility of reoccurrence of the sexual violence is 

  1. Primary prevention

  2. Secondary prevention

  3. Tertiary prevention

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sexual abuse or violence is the act in which the person is forced to participate in any type of sexual activity. The steps or the approaches which are taken after the act in order to prevent the reoccurrence of the act is known as the tertiary form of prevention. The criminals are punished and imprisoned. The victim is safeguarded and protected to prevent the act to be taken place again.

Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

The behavioural sign of sexual abuse is

  1. Night terror

  2. Unusual fear

  3. Depression

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sexual abuse is the act in which the person is forced to participate in any type of sexual activity. There are changes in the behaviour which depict that the person has been sexually abused. The person may be terrified during nights thinking or dreaming about the same situation during the abuse. This would result in the generation of a state of unusual fear. The person would suffer from depression and sadness. The person would remain isolated. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D.