General Science #38 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL SCIENCE #38

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

General Science : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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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