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Reducing the effect of the disease involves:

  1. Use of medicine to reduce fever or pain

  2. Complete rest to conserve energy

  3. It won't kill the disease causing organism

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Depending on the symptoms of the disease, the medicine will reduce fever and pain but it won't kill the organism completely. Therefore, (d) is the correct answer.

To kill the cause of the disease caused by virus ______ are effective.

  1. Antibiotics

  2. Antibacterial drugs

  3. Antiviral drugs

  4. Antiprotozoal drugs


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

For complete recovery, it is essential that medicine specific to disease-causing microbes is taken. A virus needs to be treated using antiviral drugs, antibiotics and antiprotozoal will have no effect on the virus. Therefore, (c) is the correct answer.

In 600 BC, non-poisonous leeches were used to prevent blood clotting in post operative cases by

  1. Atreya

  2. Taittiriya

  3. Agnivesa

  4. Susruta Samhita

  5. Charaka Samhita


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Sushruta Samhita is an important classical sanskrit text on medicine, which is considered to be one of the earliest major works related to the detailed study of medicine and surgery. Written by Sushruta, it is commonly dated to the period of 6th century BC. 

Asymptomatic treatment needs

  1. Medicines.

  2. Antibiotics.

  3. Surgery.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B

Symptomatic treatment needs which of the following procedures?

  1. Medicine

  2. Vaccine

  3. Sugery

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: D

What is the process of curing infection called?

  1. Principle of prevention

  2. Principle of treatment

  3. Principle of transmission of infection

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is used treat bacterial infection instead of medicine?

  1. Vinegar

  2. Yogurt

  3. Hydrogen peroxide

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The basic principle of treatment of disease is to

  1. Reduce symptoms of the disease.

  2. Remove the cause of disease.

  3. Prevent reappearance of the disease.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D

Antibiotics are not effective in the case of 

  1. Fungal infection.

  2. Bacterial infection.

  3. Viral infection.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: C

Antibiotics are not effective in

  1. Fungal infection

  2. Bacterial infection

  3. Viral infection

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C