GENERAL SCIENCE #38
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
of the following is not a viral disease?
(a) Dengue
(b) AIDS
(c) Typhoid
(d) Influenza
Answer:
(c)
2. Which
of the following is not a bacterial disease?
(a) Cholera
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Anthrax
(d) Influenza
Answer:
(d)
3. Which
of the following causes Kala-azar?
(a) Ascaris
(b) Trypanosoma
(c) Leishmania
(d) Bacteria
Answer:
(c)
4. AIDS
cannot be transmitted by which of the following?
(a) Sexual contact
(b) Hugs
(c) Breastfeeding
(d) Blood transfusion
Answer:
(b)
5. Which
of the following diseases is not caused by bacteria?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Anthrax
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Malaria
Answer:
(d)
6. Viruses,
which causes hepatitis are transmitted through which of the following?
(a) Air
(b) Water
(c) Food
(d) Personal contact
Answer:
(b)
7. Which
of the following is a bacterial disease?
(a) Ringworm
(b) Measles
(c) Typhoid
(d) Malaria
Answer:
(c)
8. Tuberculosis
(T.B.) is caused by which of the following?
(a) Vibrio Cholerae
(b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(c) HIV virus
(d) Salmonella typhi (bacteria)
Answer:
(b)
9. Children
are vaccinated because ...............
(a) Vaccination kills the polio causing microorganisms
(b) Prevents the entry of polio causing organisms in the
body
(c) It creates immunity in the body
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
10. Making
anti-viral drugs is more difficult than making anti-bacterial medicines because
……………
i. Viruses make use of host machinery
ii. Viruses are on the border line of living and
non-living
iii. Viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of
their own
iv. Viruses have a protein coat
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) only (iii)
(c) (ii) and (iv)
(d) only (iv)
Answer:
(b)
11. Many
of the people suffer from the problem of acnes and feel annoyed of the ugly
skin texture caused due to the acne spots. Can you guess the microorganism
causing these acne?
(a) H1N1 virus
(b) Trypanosoma
(c) Leishmania
(d) Staphylococcus
Answer:
(d)
12. If
you live in an overcrowded and poorly ventilated house, then you may suffer
from which of the following diseases?
i. Cholera
ii. AIDS
iii. Air borne disease
iv. Cancer
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (iii)
(d) only (iv)
Answer:
(c)
13. Antibiotics
are ineffective against the viral infections. For each type of the viral
infection, human body produces its own antiviral protein that is released from
the infected and dying host cells. What is this protein called?
(a) Interferon
(b) Leishmania
(c) Ascaris
(d) Pertussis
Answer:
(a)
14. Cancer
is a disease caused due to the uncontrolled growth of tissues in any part of
body. This disease comes under which of
the following types?
(a) Congenital disease
(b) Infectious disease
(c)Non-infectious disease
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
15. The
main symptoms of the HIV-AIDS infection are due to the fact that patient’s body
can no longer fight off many minor infections and hence becomes the reason of
the patient’s ultimate death. This happens because ……………
(a) HIV virus alone causes all the infections
(b) HIV virus releases a poison in the body
(c) HIV virus damages the immune system of the body
(d) HIV virus directly attacks the human nervous system
Answer:
(c)
16. Tuberculosis
is a disease which spreads from one person to another directly or indirectly is
diagnosed with the help of a protein extracted from a bacterium called
Mycobacterium tuberculosis which also causes the disease. What is the name of
this protein?
(a) Tuberlysis
(b) Rifampicin
(c) Cephalosporin
(d) Tuberculin
Answer:
(d)
17. Cholera
is an infectious, fatal disease caused by the bacterium which lives and
multiplies in the small intestine. The disease sometimes occurs in epidemic
form. Which of the following is not a reason for the spread of the disease?
(a) Breeding of the flies on the garbage heaps
(b) Use of spices in food
(c)Drinking the contaminated water
(d) Consuming the contaminated food
Answer:
(b)
18. For
the prevention of the dehydration, the patient is advised to take Oral Rehydration
Solution (ORS). What are the main components of ORS solution?
(a) Sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium
chloride, glucose, sucrose and water
(b) Sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, potassium
chloride, glucose, sucrose and water
(c)Sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium
chloride, glucose, sucrose and water
(d) Sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium
chloride, glucose, sucrose and water
Answer:
(a)
19. TAB-vaccine
is used to provide immunity against Typhoid for a period of three years. What
is the correct abbreviation of TAB?
(a) Typhoid-Paratyphoid A and B Vaccine
(b) Typhoid-Partialtyphoid A and B Vaccine
(c)Typhoid-Peroxytyphoid A and B Vaccine
(d) Typhoid-Pertyphoid A and B Vaccine
Answer:
(a)
20. Water
makes averagely about 60% part of human body and is necessary in every
biochemical reaction occurring in human body. Which of the following is a
disease that is caused due to the loss of water in the body making the patient
seriously ill in a very short time?
(a) Rehydration
(b) Hydration
(c) Dehydration
(d) Hydrolysis
Answer:
(c)
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