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Tachycardia means

  1. Fast heart beat

  2. Slow heart beat

  3. Irregular heart beat

  4. Failure of heart beat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tachycardia refers to an abnormally fast resting heart rate - usually at least 100 beats per minute. The threshold of a normal heart rate (pulse) is generally based on the person's age. 

Most common type of tumour in world, in males is

  1. Oral cancer

  2. Breast cancer

  3. Blood cancer

  4. Pulmonary cancer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Among men, the 5 most common sites of cancer diagnosed are lung (pulmonary), prostate, colorectum, stomach and liver cancer.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Saturated dietary fats increase the risk of heart disease by

  1. Widening arteries by thinning their walls

  2. Narrowing veins by carbohydrate deposition

  3. Narrowing arteries by fat deposition

  4. Narrowing arteries by carbohydrate deposition


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Cholesterol and other fats travel in the bloodstream in the form of lipoproteins.
  • Saturated fats in the diet raise the level of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol in the blood.
  • This LDL cholesterol is called bad cholesterol.
  • It forms a plaque-like substance on the walls of arteries which causes the narrowing of arteries.
  • Thus, it blocks the natural flow of blood and causes a severe risk for heart attack and stroke. So, the correct answer is 'Narrowing arteries by fat deposition'.

In carbon monoxide poisoning, there is

  1. Increase in carbon dioxide concentration

  2. Decrease in oxygen availability

  3. Decrease in free haemoglobin

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Carbon monoxide is a harmful gas that combines with haemoglobin to form a stable compound. It displaces the oxygen that is normally carried by the haemoglobin and reduces the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood by reducing the concentration of free hemoglobin in the blood. 

Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it

  1. Inhibits glycolysis

  2. Combines with haemoglobin

  3. Inactivates nerves

  4. Combines with oxygen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When carbon monoxide (CO) is inhaled, it combines with the haemoglobin to form a stable compound called as carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). CO displaces oxygen attached to the carrier molecule, haemoglobin. The COHb bond is over 200 times stronger than oxygen's bond with haemoglobin. The strong COHb bond makes it difficult for the body to eliminate CO from the blood. At 30-50% COHb symptoms are nausea, severe headaches, dizziness and increased pulse and respiration. COHb levels over 50% cause progressive symptoms proceeding to loss of consciousness, collapse, convulsions, coma and finally death.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

A colourless non-irritant lightly toxic gas that impairs respiration is

  1. Sulphur dioxide

  2. Nitrous oxide

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Carbon monoxide


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Carbon monoxide is a light and toxic gas which impairs the process of respiration. The affinity of the carbon monoxide towards haemoglobin is more compared to the affinity towards oxygen which results in the binding of carbon monoxide with haemoglobin, forming carboxyhemoglobin. There are very less sites for oxygen binding and transport of the oxygen is reduced in the body which is known as carbon monoxide poisoning. Due to lack of oxygen, the process of respiration is hampered.

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

Why is carbon monoxide (CO) poisonous for man?

  1. CO affects the nerves of the lungs.

  2. CO affects the diaphragm and intercostal muscles.

  3. CO reacts with oxygen reducing percentage of $O _2$ in air.

  4. Haemoglobin combines with CO instead of $O _2$ and the product cannot dissociate.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Carbon monoxide is a harmful gas that combines with haemoglobin to form a stable compound. It displaces the oxygen that is normally carried by the haemoglobin and reduces the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood. The affinity between hemoglobin and carbon monoxide is approximately 200 times greater than the affinity between hemoglobin and oxygen, so hemoglobin binds to carbon monoxide in preference to oxygen.

A chemical that prevents blood clotting is most useful in the treatment of

  1. Leukaemia

  2. Anaemia

  3. Coronary thrombosis

  4. Haemophilia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In coronary thrombosis, blood clotting occurs which becomes fatal. Physicians normally prescribe such medicines which prevent blood clotting or dissolve the clots that are formed.

Which of the following gases mixes with the blood and prevents it from carrying oxygen?

  1. Carbon monoxide

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Nitrogen oxide

  4. Nitrogen trioxide


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The hemoglobin have more affinity towards the carbon monoxide rather than the oxygen. When the air is inhaled and there is presence of carbon monoxide, the hemoglobin protein binds to the carbon monoxide. This results in the formation of complex called as carboxyhemoglobin. This is the condition in which there is reduction in the supply of oxygen to the tissues which might lead to death.

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Which one of the following doctors performed the first heart
transplant

  1. Hargovind Khurana

  2. Christian Barnard

  3. Watson

  4. William Harvey


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first human heart transplant was performed on 3rd December, 1967 by a team of 30 doctors headed by Prof. Christian Barnard on 55 years old Louis Washkansky at the Groote Schurr Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Inspite of the operation by a leading' surgeon WasEKansKy died on @Ist December, 1967.