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Health and diseases - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    Which virus is responsible for causing the common cold?
    1. Rhinovirus
    2. Hepatitis A
    3. Influenza
    4. Coronavirus
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  2. Question 2

    Pellagra is a deficiency disease that usually occurs due to lack of which of the following nutrients?
    1. Iodine
    2. Riboflavin
    3. Vitamin E
    4. Niacin
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  3. Question 3

    Green vegetables are good source of:
    1. Vit-A
    2. Vit-C
    3. Minerals
    4. Carbohydrates
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  4. Question 4

    ______ is an antivitamin (of folic acid)
    1. Beta carotine
    2. Methyl cobalamine
    3. Pyrithiamine
    4. Folic acid
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  5. Question 5

    The disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin B₁₂:
    1. Aplastic anaemia
    2. Sickle cell anaemia
    3. Normocytic anaemia
    4. Pernicious anaemia
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  6. Question 6

    Which of the following vitamin is most easily destroyed by heat and air?
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
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  7. Question 7

    The scientific name of Vitamin C is:
    1. Acetic acid
    2. Muriatic acid
    3. Ascorbic acid
    4. Lactic acid
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  8. Question 8

    Which of the following vitamins forms the prosthetic group of Acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase?
    1. Nicotinic acid
    2. Pyridoxine
    3. Pantothenic acid
    4. Riboflavin
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  9. Question 9

    Iodine is administered to patients suffering from:
    1. Goitre
    2. Night blindness
    3. Ricket
    4. Rheumatism
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  10. Question 10

    Deficiency of Vitamin-D results in:
    1. Night blindness
    2. Rickets
    3. Scurvy
    4. Hairfall
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  11. Question 11

    The vector of Kala-Azar is-
    1. Anopheles Mosquito
    2. Culex Mosquito
    3. Tse-Tse Fly
    4. Sandfly
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  12. Question 12

    Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterised by abnormal increase of the-
    1. Red blood cells
    2. White blood cells
    3. Blood platelets
    4. Blood plasma
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  13. Question 13

    Which one of the following is a water borne disease?
    1. Diabetes
    2. Cholera
    3. Smallpox
    4. Malaria
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  14. Question 14

    The vector of disease sleeping sickness is-
    1. Sandfly
    2. Housefly
    3. Fruitfly
    4. Tse-tse fly
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  15. Question 15

    Penicillin is isolated from-
    1. Fungi
    2. Algae
    3. Virus
    4. Bacteria
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  16. Question 16

    Ringworm is disease spread by-
    1. Bacterial
    2. Protozoan
    3. Viral
    4. Fungal
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  17. Question 17

    Tuberculosis infection is caused by means of-
    1. Mycobacterium avonin
    2. Staphylococcus
    3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    4. Streptococcus
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  18. Question 18

    The disease that is caused by virus is-
    1. Typhoid
    2. Cholera
    3. Common cold
    4. Malaria
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  19. Question 19

    Mumps is a viral disease that causes inflammation of-
    1. Parotid Gland
    2. Sublingual Gland
    3. Submaxillary Gland
    4. Infra-orbital Gland
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  20. Question 20

    Which of the following causes malaria?
    1. Insect
    2. Bacteria
    3. Protozoa
    4. Virus
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