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Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Withdrawal symptoms of drug addiction are _________________.

  1. Showed during epilepsy

  2. Unpleasent symptoms shown due to non availability of addicted drugs

  3. Unpleasent symptoms showed due to alcoholism

  4. Unpleasent symptoms showed due to narcotic drugs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Addiction is a psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance.
  • When a person has an addiction, and they stop taking the substance or engaging in the behaviour, they may experience symptoms. These symptoms include anxiety, irritability, tremors and shaking, nausea and vomiting, fatigue and a loss of appetite. 
  • Hence, Withdrawal symptoms of drug addiction are Unpleasant symptoms shown due to non-availability of addicted drugs. 
  • So, the correct answer is 'Unpleasant symptoms shown due to non-availability of addicted drugs'.
Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

The term 'Hot shot' is often used with respect to drug abuse through

  1. Injection

  2. Inhalation

  3. Drinking

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

Sometimes, an addict can get a sample of heroin, which is adulterated with a dangerous poison, strychnine. Its injection is known as 'hot shot', which can cause quick death. 'hot shot' can also occur, when an addict, used to injecting heroin 3-5% purity, gets a purer blend of the  drug.
Thus, the correct answer is option (A), 'Injection'.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Initial stage of drug addiction is referred to as

  1. Tolerance

  2. Habituation

  3. Sleep

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

Habituation is becoming accustomed to any behaviors or condition, including psychoactive substance use. It is a desire but not a compulsion to continue taking the drug for the sense of improved well-being it engenders. This habituation is the initial stage of drug addiction,
Thus, the correct answer is option (B), 'Habituation'.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Addiction to tobacco is mainly due to presence of

  1. Amphetamines

  2. Nicotine

  3. Tar

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nicotine is the primary addictive agent in cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars. Tobacco leads to nicotine dependence.
Thus, the correct answer is option (B), 'Nicotine.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Diacetylmorphine hydrochloride is 

  1. Heroin

  2. Brown sugar

  3. <span>Methadone</span>

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Diamorphine hydrochloride binds to opioid receptors in the central nervous system. It is a type of analgesic agent and a type of opiate. Also called diacetylmorphine hydrochloride and heroin. diacetylmorphine hydrochloride is also known as brown sugar.
So the correct option is B.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Impaired memory, lethargy, passivity, acute anxiety, depression and profuse sweating are symptoms associated with

  1. Alcoholism

  2. Drug addiction

  3. Mental illness

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Drug addiction psychological symptoms include:

  • Unexplained change in personality or attitude
  • Sudden mood swings, irritability, or angry outbursts
  • Periods of hyperactivity, agitation or giddiness
  • Lack of motivation, appears lethargic
  • Appears fearful, anxious, or paranoid with no reason.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

A person's reduced/diminished response to a drug is called

  1. Withdrawal

  2. Addiction

  3. Rebound effect

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

Tolerance is the resistance of a person when addicted to a drug and can withstand even in higher doses. Hence, the correct option is D.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

Assertion- Codeine causes addiction.
Reason- Codeine is an opium-derivative.

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

  2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

  3. Assertion is true but Reason is false.

  4. Both Assertion and Reason are false.

  5. Assertion is false but Reason is true.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Codeine is a moderately strong opiate drug that is used in pain relief and for the suppression of coughs. But strong or weak, it is still an addictive drug with many symptoms of use in common with other opiates. The road to addiction to codeine usually starts with an increasing tolerance to the drug.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice evs - i community health and hygiene drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption addiction and dependence important stages in agricultural development disorders of nervous system

The drug useful to increase cardiovascular effects in human beings is

  1. Cocaine

  2. Barbiturate

  3. Benzodiazepine

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

Cocaine is a powerful CNS( central nervous system) stimulant, which induces a sense of well-being and pleasure and delays fatigue. It causes lack of sleep, loss of appetite, headache, convulsions, insomnia, respiratory or cardiac failure and may lead to mental disorder.