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Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Use of iodised salt is to prevent

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Goitre

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

Goiter is the condition caused by the deficiency of thyroid hormone. The thyroid gland (a gland in the neck that produces hormones) needs iodine that helps to manufacture thyroid hormones (chemicals released into the bloodstream that controls the body's growth and metabolism). If our body doesn't receive enough iodine, our thyroid gland becomes underactive and increases in size called as goiter.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Chronic diseases are a major cause of

  1. Growth retardation

  2. Death

  3. Dullness

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

Ailments which can last for a long time, as much as a lifetime are called as chronic diseases. These are mainly caused due to severe metabolic disorder. The term chronic is usually applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months. chronic diseases constitute a major cause of mortality, chronic non-communicable conditions to be by far the leading cause of mortality in the world.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

Can lead to rise in the risk of chronic diseases ?

  1. Obesity

  2. Heart attack

  3. Fever

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A particular concern is the rising rates of overweight and obesity. Obesity itself is a medical condition and not a disease, but it constitutes a major risk factor for developing chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, stroke etc. Therefore, (a) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases

How non-infectious disease is wrongly compared to chronic disease ?

  1. Because chronic disease are only infectious

  2. Non-infectious disease does not cause death

  3. Duration is not always long in non-infectious disease

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

Sometimes, NCDs result in rapid deaths as seen in certain diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, cancers etc. NCDs are distinguished only by their non-infectious cause, and not necessarily by their duration. Therefore, (c) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice zoology our health harmful microorganism for humans microbes and diseases categories of diseases
 Column I Column II 
 I.    Chronic disease    (i) Ebola
  II. Acute disease    (ii) Asthma
  III. Communicable disease     (iii) Osteoporosis
 IV. Non-communicable disease  (iv) Common cold
Match the given column I with suitable options in column II.

  1. I- (i), II- (ii),III- (iii), IV- (iv)

  2. I- (ii), II- (iv), III- (i), IV- (iii)

  3. I- (iii), II- (i), III- (iv), IV- (ii)

  4. Both B and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer is 'both B and C'

Both asthma and osteoporosis are long-standing chronic illnesses which are disorders of metabolism and cannot spread between people making them non-communicable diseases.
Both Ebola and common cold are short-lasting acute diseases which can spread from one person to another making them communicable diseases.