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Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Severity of disease symptoms depends upon

  1. number of microbes

  2. target organ

  3. both of these

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

The severity of the disease manifestations depends on the number of microbes present in the body. Smaller is the number of microbes in the body, lesser are the symptoms of a disease. On the contrary, if microbe exists in large number in the body, disease can be severe and life-risking.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Which of the statements listed below is true about a common cold ?

  1. common cold is not contagious

  2. the common cold virus does not have its own RNA

  3. common cold usually takes two months to clear up

  4. the common cold virus can leave the body through the mucus of infected people.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Common cold spreads through the mucus of the infected people during sneezing and coughing.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

  1. Common cold

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Cancer

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Communicable diseases are the disease that can spread from one person t another by any means of body or blood contact common cold can spread by sneezing in public without covering mouth and chicken pox spreads in the same manner as the cold by sneezing it can also spread through the fluid from the blisters.

So the correct option is D.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Which of the following is non-communicable disease?

  1. Allergy

  2. Malaria

  3. Diarrhoea

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

An allergy is a non-communicable disease and is a medical condition that makes a person feels unwell, when they eat or come in contact with a particular substance like itchy ears and eyes, eating of food like milk and egg. It occurs when the body’s immune system overreacts to a normally harmless substance.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

  1. Phenylketoneuria

  2. Cancer

  3. Rabies

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

Communicable diseases spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The terms infectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

An infectious disease which is vector borne and is transmited to vertebrates by another animal is 

  1. Polio

  2. Mumps

  3. Cholera

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

Rabies is caused by rabies virus. It is caused due to an animal bite which readily transfers the pathogens to the blood of the infected. Saliva from an infected animal can also transmit rabies if the saliva comes into contact with the mouth, nose, or eyes. Infected vertebrates like birds, rodents, other larger animals mainly dogs are the most common animal involved. The rabies virus travels to the brain by following the peripheral nerves and affect the neurological junctions.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Thiamine deficiency produces

  1. Pellagra

  2. Osteomalacia

  3. Scurvy

  4. Beriberi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Vitamin B-1 (thiamine) deficiency causes Beriberi. There are two types of the disease, wet beriberi and dry beriberi. Wet beriberi can affect heart function and, in the most extreme cases, heart failure. Dry beriberi damages the nerves and can lead to a loss of muscle strength and, eventually, muscle paralysis. If left unchecked and untreated, beriberi can cause death.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.
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Of the following diseases, which one is least infectious?

  1. Leprosy

  2. Tuberculosis

  3. Conjunctivitis

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

Leprosy is an infectious disease. It affects the peripheral nerves, skin, upper respiratory tract, eyes, and nasal mucosa. It is caused by a bacillus bacterium known as Mycobacterium leprae. It can be considered as a mild infection because it can be easily cured by the drugs like dapsone. 

Pulmonary TB (in the lungs) is highly contagious. It spreads when a person who has active TB breathes out air that has the TB bacteria in it and then another person breathes in the bacteria from the air. Conjunctivitis can be caused by an infection (virus or bacteria), which is highly contagious. People can develop conjunctivitis if someone comes into contact with discharge from the eyes, nose or throat of an infected person through touch, coughing and sneezing. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). It is usually spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with infected faeces.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.