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The incorrect match among the following regarding the disease and it's symptoms is:

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  1. Leprosy - spasms of body muscles

  2. Cancroid - ulcer appears at the site of infection

  3. Scarlet fever - high fever, rash on the body

  4. Diptheria - difficulty in breathing

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leprosy or Hansen's disease is characterized by symptom of light colored patches on skin.

So, the correct answer is 'Leprosy-spams of body muscles'

Which statement does not holds true for non-communicable disease?

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  1. Diabetes mellitus is a non-endocrine disorder of pancreas

  2. Hypertensive heart disease includes arteriosclerosis and hypertension

  3. Myocardial infraction is a type of Coronary heart disease

  4. Rheumatic heart disease is called poor person's disease

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine disorder of pancreas

So, the correct answer is 'Diabetes mellitus is a non-endocrine disorders of pancreas'

Health is

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  1. Weight of body according to height

  2. Absence of disease or infirmity

  3. State of complete physical, mental and social well being

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. It depends on three parameters physical, mental and social. It is a dynamic condition resulting from a body's constant adjustment and adaptation in response to stresses and changes in the environment for maintaining an inner equilibrium called homeostasis.

The definition of health is given by

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  1. WHO

  2. UNICEF

  3. ICD

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in its 1948 constitution. 

The ability of individuals to adapt to changes in the environment can be considered as

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  1. Diseased

  2. Unhealthy

  3. Healthy

  4. Adaptation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 An adaptation is a change in organisms (plants and animals) that help to survive in their particular habitat and reproduce in the changing environment. It is necessary for organisms to survive if its surrounding change. Thus, the correct option is D.

Which of the following diseases is due to an allergic reaction ?

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  1. goitre

  2. enteric fever

  3. skin cancer

  4. hay fever.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hay fever is a form of allergy due to the pollen of grasses, trees, and other plants, characterized by inflammation of the membrane lining the nose and sometimes of the conjunctiva.

All acute diseases are not 

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  1. Severe

  2. Unhealthy

  3. Short duration

  4. Harmful

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An acute disease is a disease which mainly occurs for very short duration and it is not severe. It can be easily cured by regular treatment and it is not life threatening. Example- cough and cold.

Which of the following disease are caused due to the defects that are present from birth?

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  1. Deficiency

  2. Hormonal

  3. Infectious

  4. Congential

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The diseases which are present from the birth of an organism is known as congenital disorders. These diseases have genetic causes and are transmitted from parents to offsprings. Hence, these disorders are inherited from the parents within the womb or after the birth of the organism. Thus the correct answer is option D.

____________  is the spread of disease from animal to a person.

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  1. Non-communicable

  2. Endemic

  3. Communicable

  4. Pandemic

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Communicable diseases spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The terms infectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease. For example- HIV/AIDS. 

Which of these organs, when infected shows symptoms of cough and breathlessness?

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  1. Heart

  2. Stomach

  3. Lungs

  4. Kidney

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The lungs may be infected due to the bacterial agent causing Pneumonia. This is the infection in which there is a production of large amount of mucus and so the person suffers from coughing and breathlessness, due to blockage of the air ways.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.