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Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Generally, a $3\%$ rise in industrial production is accompanied by a ________ in energy consumption.

  1. $0\%$ increase
  2. $1\%$ increase
  3. $2\%$ increase
  4. $3\%$ increase
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is a specific empirical observation often cited in development economics textbooks regarding the energy intensity of industrial growth in developing economies.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Which of the following diseases is showing an increasing trend in the recent past?

  1. Small Pox

  2. AIDS

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Polio
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While diseases like Small Pox have been eradicated and Polio has been largely controlled, HIV/AIDS has historically shown an increasing trend in many regions over the past few decades.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Over the years the number of Health Centers has ______________.

  1. increased

  2. decreased

  3. remained constant

  4. doubled
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Government policy in India has consistently focused on expanding the network of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and Community Health Centers (CHCs) to improve rural healthcare access.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Which of the following disease has been totally eradicated as an epidemic?

  1. Cancer

  2. AIDS

  3. Blindness

  4. Small Pox
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Small Pox was declared globally eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, making it the only human disease to be completely eradicated.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Over the years, the incidence of Malaria(cases in million) has ____________.

  1. reduced

  2. increased

  3. remained the same

  4. doubled
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Public health interventions, including vector control and improved treatment, have led to a significant reduction in the incidence of malaria in India over the years.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Over the years, the number of Polio cases has ___________.

  1. increased

  2. reduced

  3. remained the same

  4. doubled
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Due to massive immunization campaigns like the Pulse Polio program, the number of polio cases in India has been drastically reduced, leading to the country being declared polio-free.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government energy and health infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

NRLM has now been renamed as ______.

  1. Janani Shishu Karyakaram

  2. Indira Awas Yojana

  3. Aajeevika

  4. Aajeevika swarozgar Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was rebranded as 'Aajeevika' to better reflect its focus on providing sustainable livelihoods to the rural poor.

Multiple choice zoology immune system vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy are all except:

  1. Rubella vaccine

  2. Hepatitis B vaccine

  3. Tetanus vaccine

  4. Influenza vaccine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy include rubella vaccine, small pox vaccine and oral polio-myelitis vaccine

So, the correct answer is 'Rubella vaccine'

Multiple choice zoology immune system vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccine is

  1. Live oral pathogen

  2. Inactivated antigen

  3. Inactivated pathogen

  4. Complete pathogen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing micro-organism and is often made from weakened (attenuated) or killed forms of the pathogen, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.