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Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

Which of the following changes would you find in the disease polycythemia?

  1. Increase in total WBCs

  2. Decrease in total RBCs

  3. Increase in total RBCs

  4. Decrease in total WBCs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Polycythemia is a disease state in which the hematocrit (the volume % of RBC in the Blood) is elevated.It can be due to an increase in the number of RBC ("absolute polycythemia") or to a decrease in the volume of plasma ("relative polycythemia").

So, he correct option is C. ( Increase in total RBC )

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

'Philadelphia chromosome' is found in the patient suffering from

  1. Insomnia

  2. Leukaemia

  3. Hepatitis

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

'Philadelphia chromosome' is found in the patient suffering from leukaemia. The main cause is a genetic abnormality in chromosome 22 of leukaemia cancer cells. The chromosome is short due to a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and chromosome 22 and contains a fusion gene called BCR-ABL1 which is juxtaposed onto the BCR gene of chromosome 22, coding for a hybrid protein, a tyrosine kinase signalling protein which causes rapid multiplication of the cell.

So, the correct answer is 'Leukaemia'.

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

Causative agents of cancer are termed 

  1. Oncogenes

  2. Radiogens

  3. Estrogens

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

Oncogenes are genes that has the potential to cause cancer.
Estrogens are a group of hormones that are important for female sexual and reproductive development.
Carcinogens are substances, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

UV radiations affects human being by causing

  1. Skin cancer

  2. Peptic ulcer

  3. Kidney problems

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

The ozone layer is present in the stratosphere above the Earth. The layer of ozone is responsible for the absorption of the harmful ultraviolet radiations from the solar radiations. These radiations are prevented from entering the Earth's atmosphere to prevent the development of skin cancer. The radiations can also damage the eye and other exposed parts of the body. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

The substance that tends to produce cancer is known as

  1. Oncogene

  2. Carcinoma

  3. Carcinogen

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

Carcinogen is a substance or agent that can cause cells to become cancerous by altering their genetic structure so that they multiply continuously and become malignant. Asbestos, DDT, and tobacco smoke are examples of carcinogens.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

Cancer is not a contagious disease instead, it is an error in cellular regulation.
Why is it that cancer can spread so quickly throughout a living organism?

  1. Some cancer cells can produce their own growth factor to pass cell cycle checkpoints.

  2. Cancer cells reproduce by going through the phases of the cell cycle in the wrong sequence.

  3. Cancer cells are developed by natural selection due to overuse of antibiotics.
  4. Cancer cells spend most of their time in the G$ _0$ phase of the cell cycle.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cell cycles are regulated by cyclins and Cyclin dependent kinases (CDK). In cancer cells this regulatory mechanism is lost, thus the cells divide or proliferate in an uncontrolled manner after a certain stage, they produce growth factors and respond to them in an autocrine manner. Since, they are the body cells they are not destroyed by the immune system. They are capable of separating from the parent tumor and establishing else where in the body, a process called metastasis.

So, the correct answer is 'Some cancer cells can produce their own growth factor to pass cell cycle checkpoints'

Multiple choice biology health and diseases non-infectious diseases non infectious diseases categories of diseases

Use of artificial sweetener saccharin has been discontinued because it is

  1. Carcinogenic

  2. Liable to decompose in hot weather of tropics

  3. Bitter in the beginning

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Saccharin is a artificial sweetener. It is thermostable and remains inert at high temperature. It was discovered in 1879. It helps to control weight and its good for diabetes patients. It was used as sugar substitute in place of sucrose. It has been discontinued because it was considered a carcinogenic agent by FDA.

So, the correct answer is option A.