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Health and diseases - Test Set 1

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20 questions

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  1. Question 1

    AIDS virus has-
    1. Single-stranded RNA
    2. Double-stranded RNA
    3. Single-stranded DNA
    4. Double-stranded DNA
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  2. Question 2

    Some viruses have RNA, but no DNA. This would indicate that-
    1. These viruses can not replicate
    2. These viruses have no heritable information
    3. RNA transmits the hereditary information in these viruses
    4. Their nucleic acids can be crystallised
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  3. Question 3

    Among the defects of eye, the short sightedness is called-
    1. Coma
    2. Hypermetropia
    3. Myopia
    4. Astigmatism
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  4. Question 4

    Which of the following is a deficiency disease?
    1. Asthma
    2. Jaundice
    3. Scurvy
    4. Cancer
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  5. Question 5

    Which one of the following element is associated with teeth disorder?
    1. Chlorine
    2. Fluorine
    3. Iodine
    4. Bromine
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  6. Question 6

    Glaucoma is a disease of the-
    1. Skin
    2. Lungs
    3. Liver
    4. Eyes
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  7. Question 7

    The sleeping sickness is caused by-
    1. Escherichia
    2. Neisseria
    3. Entamoeba
    4. Trypanosoma
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  8. Question 8

    AIDS virus destroys-
    1. Monocytes
    2. Neutrophils
    3. Basophils
    4. Lymphocytes
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  9. Question 9

    The causal organism of polio is-
    1. Worm
    2. Bacteria
    3. Fungi
    4. Virus
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  10. Question 10

    Haptens are-
    1. Antibodies
    2. Coantigens
    3. Pseudoantigens
    4. Incomplete antigens
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  11. Question 11

    Antibodies are mainly synthesised from:
    1. Megakaryocyte
    2. Monocyte
    3. Lymphocyte
    4. Histiocyte
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  12. Question 12

    Tuberculosis is transmitted through-
    1. Droplet Transmission
    2. Blood Transfusion
    3. Contaminated Water
    4. Sexual Contact
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  13. Question 13

    Rabies is a-
    1. Helminthic Disease
    2. Viral Disease
    3. Bacterial Disease
    4. Protozoan Disease
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  14. Question 14

    Penicillin was discovered by-
    1. Charles Goodyear
    2. Michael Faraday
    3. Sir Alexander Fleming
    4. William Harvey
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  15. Question 15

    Dengue is spread by-
    1. Housefly
    2. Fruitfly
    3. Mosquito
    4. Butterfly
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  16. Question 16

    Which bacterial strain developed from natural isolates by genetic manipulations can be used for treating oil spills?
    1. Agrobacterium
    2. Clostridium
    3. Nitrosomonas
    4. Pseudomonas
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  17. Question 17

    Viruses are-
    1. Cellular
    2. Acellular
    3. Unicellular
    4. Multicellular
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  18. Question 18

    All are protozoan diseases except-
    1. Elephantiasis
    2. Oriental sores
    3. Sleeping sickness
    4. Kala-azar
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  19. Question 19

    The lockjaw is a pathological condition of-
    1. Diphtheria
    2. Polio
    3. Paralysis
    4. Tetanus
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  20. Question 20

    Filaria is transmitted by-
    1. Aedes Mosquito
    2. Anopheles Mosquito
    3. Culex Mosquito
    4. Swamp Mosquito
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