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In bipolar mood disorder, there is

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  1. Prolonged depression

  2. Anxiety and avoidance behavious

  3. Obsession to perform a compulsive ritual

  4. Depression alternates with mania

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Bipolar mood disorder is also known as manic depression. It is a disorder of brain in which there are extreme mood shifts. There is alternation of mania and depression. Mania is a condition in which the person gets over excited and confident. In depression, the person gets very sad and feels upset. Mania and depression may last for few weeks or even years. The person loses interests in daily activities and feels demotivated. Some people even get suicidal thoughts.
So, the correct answer is 'depression alternates with mania'.

Which one is not a hereditary disease?

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  1. Cystic fibrosis

  2. Cretinism

  3. Thalassaemia

  4. Haemophilia

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Congenital hypothyroidism, previously known as cretinism, is a severe deficiency of thyroid hormone in newborns. It causes impaired neurological function, stunted growth, and physical deformities. It occurs due to lack of nutrition and hence it is not a hereditary disease.
So, the correct answer is 'Cretinism'.

Serious type mental deorientation is

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  1. Neurosis

  2. Psychosis

  3. Mental disability

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Psychosis results from mental or physical illness or any other trauma due to which thoughts and emotions are affected to such an extent that contact is lost with reality. The people interpret the things around them in a different way. Hallucinations and delusions also occur in the affected person. The person make false imaginations and can't distinguish between what is real and what is not. 
So, the correct answer is 'Psychosis'.

Hemophilia is a 

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  1. Genetic disorder

  2. Infectious disease

  3. Degeneration disease

  4. Deficiency disease

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Haemophilia is an inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to promote blood clot formation. The formation of blood clots is necessary to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding longer after an injury, and an increased risk of bleeding inside joints or the brain. There are two main types of haemophilia i.e., haemophilia A, which occurs due to insufficient clotting factor VIII, and haemophilia B, which occurs due to insufficient clotting factor IX. They are typically inherited from one's parents through an X chromosome with a nonfunctional gene.

So, the correct answer is 'Genetic disorder'.

A child would develop mental illness, if one does not get

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  1. Affection

  2. Encouragement

  3. Guidance and discipline

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Children are emotionally very sensitive. During the years of growth, when the children are undergoing physical and mental development, they need affection, love and care from parents. They should be guided and made aware of discipline so that they can know what is good or bad for them. They should be encouraged for concentrating on their studies and decisions towards their future.
So, the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

Which of the following is not a mental disease?

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  1. Guot

  2. Epilepsy

  3. Neurosis

  4. Psychosis

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Gout is a form of arthritis and also known as gouty arthritis. It is characterized by severe pain in joints. There is deposition of crystals of uric acid in the joints due to which inflammation, swelling and severe pain occurs in joints. This occurs when high levels of uric acid are there in blood. Uric acid is formed from the breakdown of purines. Hence, gout is a physical disease not a mental.
So, the correct answer is 'Gout'.

Trembling, depression, fear and phobia are signs of

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  1. Epilepsy

  2. Parkinson's disease

  3. Mental sickness

  4. Alzheimer's disease

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Mental sickness includes many conditions in which mood, behaviour and thinking of a person are affected. The person suffers from depression and anxiety. The person is disturbed emotionally and psychologically. The person also suffers from worries and fears and often gets phobia. Trembling or shaking also occurs in some conditions.
So, the correct answer is 'Mental sickness'. 

A congenital disease is 

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  1. Kalaazar

  2. Measles

  3. Meningitis

  4. Sickle cell anaemia

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A congenital disease, also known as a birth defect is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. Sickle cell anaemia is a blood disorder which is typically inherited from person's parents.  It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to a rigid, sickle-like shape RBC. Kala-azar, measles and meningitis are the diseases caused by pathogens.

So, the correct answer is 'Sickle cell anaemia'.

Which one of the following is a genetic disease?

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  1. Scurvy

  2. Leukemia

  3. Goitre

  4. Haemophilia

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
In Haemophilia, the blood fails to clot when exposed to air and even a small skin injury results in continuous bleeding and can lead to death from loss of blood.
Haemophilia is a well-known disorder which is a sex-linked recessive condition. The recessive X-linked gene for haemophilia shows characteristic Criss cross inheritance. A single recessive gene in man results in haemophilia whereas a woman needs two sets of genes for the same.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Haemophilia'


A type of mental illness in which patients lose touch with reality is

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  1. Neurosis

  2. Epilepsy

  3. Psychosis

  4. Sedative

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Psychosis is used to describe conditions that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During a period of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are disturbed and the individual may have difficulty understanding what is real and what is not.  
  • Symptoms of psychosis include delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear). Other symptoms include incoherent or nonsense speech, and behavior that is inappropriate for the situation. 
  • A person in a psychotic episode may also experience depression, anxiety, sleep problems, social withdrawal, lack of motivation, and difficulty functioning overall.
So, the correct option is 'Psychosis'