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Which of the following disease is 100% fatal and mode of transmission is through infected animals?

  1. AIDS

  2. Rabies

  3. Tetanus

  4. Hepatitis-B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

AIDS is transmitted sexually or through blood transfusion or from mother to fetus.
Tetanus is not transmitted from person to person or from animal to person.
Hepatitis-B is transmitted through blood and infected bodily fluids.
Rabies is a fatal viral disease of mammals, most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal.
Therefore, the correct answer is option b.

Which one of the following is an example of zoonosis disease?

  1. Measles

  2. Diptheria

  3. Leprosy

  4. Rabies


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A zoonotic disease is a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. They can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi. Measles is a viral disease in humans. Diptheria is caused by bacterium Corynebacterium diptheriae. Leprosy is chronic infection caused by bacteria Mycobacterium leprae.
Rabies is one such zoonotic disease caused by the rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus.
Thus, the correct answer is option (D), 'Rabies'.

Dengue fever is transmitted by

  1. Aedes aegypti

  2. Culex fatigans

  3. Anopheles

  4. Aedes donovoni


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue virus. There is a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. It is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, mainly Aedes aegypti.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

The vector of 'break bone fever' is

  1. Culex

  2. Aedes

  3. Anopheles

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Break bone fever is another name for dengue fever. It is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. It is transmitted by several species of the mosquito within the genus Aedes aegypti.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Influenza is caused by 

  1. Virus

  2. Bacteria

  3. Algae

  4. Fungus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Influenza is commonly known as 'flu' and is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each year.

Dengue is transmitted by

  1. Aedes

  2. Male Anopheles

  3. Female Anopheles

  4. Tsetse fly


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aedes aegypti, the principal mosquito vector of dengue viruses is an insect closely associated with humans and their dwellings. People not only provide the mosquitoes with blood meals but also water-holding containers in and around the home needed to complete their development. The mosquito lays her eggs on the sides of containers with water and eggs hatch into larvae after a rain or flooding. A larva changes into a pupa in about a week and into a mosquito in two days. 

Match the following with refernce to the insects and diseases.

List I List II
(A) Aedes (I) Dermatobiasis
(B) Cimex (II) Typhoid
(C) Psorophora (III) Encephalitis
(D) Musca (IV) Bubonic plague
(V) Break bone fever

Identify the sequence of list II with respect to List I.

  1. A- (V), B- (I), C- (III), D- (II)

  2. A- (IV), B- (V), C- (III), D- (I)

  3. A- (V), B- (IV), C- (I), D- (II)

  4. A- (V), B- (IV), C- (II), D- (I)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit the viruses that cause dengue fever or breakbone fever.
Psorophora columbiae mosquito is a known vector of encephalitis.
Diseases carried by house flies (musca domestica) include typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
Cimex (bed bug) causes dermatobiasis.

Which of the following disease is now considered nearly eradicated from India?

  1. Plague

  2. Kala azar

  3. Small pox

  4. Influenza


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Smallpox is a very serious illness caused by a virus, called the variolavirus. Smallpox gets its name from the pus-filled blisters (or pocks), that form during the illness. Small pox is an acute highly communicable disease. It is caused by virus named variolavirus. Now it is nearly eradicated from India.

What are plant-like protists collectively called?

  1. Protozoans

  2. Algae

  3. Fungi

  4. Pseudopodia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The five kingdom classification was proposed by R. H. Whittaker which classifies all the living organisms into these five kingdoms. The Protista is a kingdom of simple single-celled eukaryotic organisms. They have well-developed cell organelles on the basis of which they have been classified into plant and animals like protists. The plant-like protists have chlorophyll, can perform photosynthesis and are collectively known as protists.
Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

A group of biology students were studying about the algae. They prepared a sample slide using a water sample drawn from a puddle. While observing the sample under microscope, they noted that those were living in the colony and the colony was coated with a jelly-like substance. Using these hints identify the organism.

  1. Ulva

  2. Sargassum

  3. Volvox

  4. Diatom


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Volvox is a freshwater green alga. It is found in multicellular colonies. These colonies are known as "coenobium". They also move together in colonies.

So, in this case, option C " Volvox" is the correct answer.