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Health and diseases - Test Set 4

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15 questions

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  1. Question 1

    Which of the following disease usually spreads through air?
    1. Plague
    2. Typhoid
    3. Tuberculosis
    4. Cholera
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  2. Question 2

    Which one of these is a communicable disease?
    1. Diabetes
    2. Diphtheria
    3. Arthritis
    4. Cancer
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  3. Question 3

    Smallpox is caused by—
    1. Rubecola virus
    2. Variola virus
    3. Varicella
    4. Myxovirus
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  4. Question 4

    Typhoid is caused by—
    1. Pseudomonas
    2. Staphylococcus
    3. Bacillus
    4. Salmonella typhi
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  5. Question 5

    Which one of the following pair is correctly matched?
    1. Tetanus : BCG
    2. Tuberculosis : ATS
    3. Malaria : Chloroquine
    4. Scurvy : Thiamin
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  6. Question 6

    Yellow fever is transmitted by—
    1. Aedes
    2. Anopheles
    3. Culex
    4. All of these
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  7. Question 7

    Tetanus is caused by—
    1. Clostridium
    2. Virus
    3. Bacteriophage
    4. Salmonella
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  8. Question 8

    The vaccination against smallpox involves the introduction of—
    1. Killed germs
    2. Weakened germs
    3. Live antibodies
    4. Germs
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  9. Question 9

    Pick out the disease among the following—
    1. Hepatitis
    2. Meningitis
    3. Arthritis
    4. Nephritis
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  10. Question 10

    AIDS is a/an—
    1. Bacterial Disease
    2. Viral Disease
    3. Fungal Disease
    4. Algal Disease
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  11. Question 11

    Pellagra and Scurvy are caused by which pair of vitamin deficiency respectively ______
    1. Vitamin C and Vitamin A
    2. Vitamin C and Vitamin D
    3. Vitamin B₃ and Vitamin C
    4. Vitamin A and Vitamin B₁₂
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  12. Question 12

    What does the term 'Ebola' stand for?
    1. A viral disease outbreak in West Africa
    2. A viral disease outbreak in Bangladesh
    3. A city in Syria destroyed by ISIS.
    4. None of the these
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  13. Question 13

    The disease caused by deficiency of iodine is:
    1. Anaemia
    2. Malaria
    3. Chicken pox
    4. Goitre
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  14. Question 14

    The excess cadmium accumulation in our body damages which part of the body?
    1. Hands and feet
    2. Eye
    3. Stomach
    4. Liver and kidneys
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  15. Question 15

    Which of the following is the most important disease related to Vitamin C deficiency?
    1. Atherosclerosis
    2. Pellagra
    3. Goitre
    4. Scurvy
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