Tag: public health and the government

Questions Related to public health and the government

Activity/service by ___________  organisation/s is held with a profit motive.

  1. Public

  2. Private

  3. Both public and private

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Foreigners who come to this country specifically for medical treatment are called ________.

  1. adventure tourists

  2. medical tourists

  3. eco tourists

  4. film tourists


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is the full form of ASHA, a scheme of the Govt of India in the field of health and family welfare?

  1. Accredited Social Health Activist

  2. American Social Health Association

  3. Association of Social Health Activists

  4. American Social Helpers Association


Correct Option: A

State whether True or False.
Public health service is a chain of health centres and hospitals run by the government.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

PHC stands for __________.

  1. Preventable health centre

  2. Primary health centre

  3. Primary health council

  4. Poors health centre


Correct Option: B

'ASHA' is a scheme for providing which of the following services to the people in India?

  1. Health service

  2. Clean water

  3. Primary education

  4. Employment for 100 days


Correct Option: A

Private health facility is not owned by an individual or company but by the government.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is true in relation to the current state of health infrastructure?

  1. Central Council of Health and Family Welfare collects information and renders financial and technical assistance to government

  2. India has built up a vast health infrastructure and manpower at different levels

  3. India has a large number of hospitals run by voluntary agencies and the private sector

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Consider the following statements regarding Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.
(A) The scheme started rolling from $1$st April $2008$
(B) The beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalisation coverage up to Rs. $50,000$ for most of the diseases that require hospitalisation.
(C) The maximum age limit to be enrolled into RSBY is $65$ years.
Which of the statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (A) and (B)

  3. Only (A) and (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)


Correct Option: A