79 + Interview Questions in HEALTH-AND-DISEASES IN GENERAL AWARENESS Page 2 InterviewSolution

51.	List any three preventive measures of AIDS disease.
Answer» (i) Use of disposable needles and syringes. (ii) Use of blood (during blood transfusion) which has been screened for HIV. (iii) Educating people about AIDS and its modes of transmission.

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52.	List three similaritis and three dissimilarities between AIDS and Influenza.
Answer» Similarities 1. Both are viral diseases affecting human beings. 2. Both are infectious (communicable) diseases. 3. Both the diseases affect our immune system directly or indirectly. Dissimilarities 1. Influenza is a disease having specific symptoms whereas AIDS has no specific symptoms and is termed as a syndrome (results in number of diseases). 2. Influenza is caused by influenza virus which may be transmitted from infected person to healthy person through air, physical contact etc. However, AIDS is caused by human Immunodeficiency virus and is transmitted through sexual contact with infected partner or through blood transfussion or through used needles and syringes etc. 3. Influenza is not lethal and infected person can recover in short duration. However, AIDS is lethal and infected person may suffer for long duration.

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53.	Name the plant and its part which is used to extract important antimalarial drug. Name the drug also.
Answer» (i) Bark of Cinchona plant (ii) Quinine drug.

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54.	Name the insect vector who transmits dengue in human beings.
Answer» Aedes mosquito.

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55.	Which one of the following is not a viral disease?A. DengueB. AIDSC. TyphoidD. Influenza
Answer» Correct Answer - C Typhoid is caused by a bacterium Salmonella typhi.

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56.	..... is a vector of a viral disease called dengue.
Answer» Aedes aegypti.

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57.	T.B. is a common abbreviation used for which disease ?
Answer» Tuberculosis.

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58.	What is the term used for causative agents of infections diseases ?
Answer» Answer:- Pathogens.

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59.	Name any two acute diseases.
Answer» Cold, typhoid.

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60.	Name any one disease that spreads through sexual contact.
Answer» Answer:- AIDS.

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61.	State any two conditions essential for being free of disease.
Answer» (i) Living in hygienic environment. (ii) Getting vaccinated against common infectious diseases.

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62.	What are the conditions essential for good health ?
Answer» (i) Better sanitation (i.e., clean surroundings) (ii) Availability of clean drinking water (iii) Social equality and harmony.

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63.	Name any two chronic diseases.
Answer» Tuberculosis of lungs, elephantiasis.

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64.	Name the disease that occurs due to imbalance of insulin hormone ?
Answer» Diabetes mellitus.

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65.	State any two conditions essential for good health
Answer» (i) Availability of clean drinking water. (ii) Availability of adequate, nutritious food.

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66.	Name one chronic disease associated with respiratory system.
Answer» Tuberculosis of lungs.

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67.	Name the deficiency disease caused due to deficiency of (i) Vitamin A (ii) Vitamin `B_(1)` (iii) Vitamin K
Answer» (i) Night blindness and xerophthalmia. (ii) Beriberi. (iii) Bleeding disease.

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68.	Name the disease in which paralysis of legs occurs in some cases.
Answer» Answer: - Polio.

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69.	Name the disease that occurs due to deficiency of vitamin `B_(1).`
Answer» Answer:- Beriberi.

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70.	Define health.
Answer» According to WHO, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely an absence of disease, or infirmity.

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71.	Name the type of diseases that occur since birth.
Answer» Congenital diseases.

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72.	Name the disease that occurs due to deficiency of vitamin C.
Answer» Answer:- Scurvy.

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73.	Vectors can be defined asA. animals carry the infecting agents from sick person to another healthy personB. microorganisms which cause many diseasesC. infected personD. diseased plants
Answer» Correct Answer - A

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74.	What is immunisation?
Answer» Immunization is a technique in which people are given particular vacine so that they develop temporary/permanent immunity against a particular infectious disease. In other words, immumsation is a specific way of preventing infectious diseases.

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75.	What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?
Answer» At the nearest health centre in our locality, following immunisation programmes are available : (i) for preventing polio. (ii) for preventing tetanus, diptheria and whooping cough. (iii) for preventing tuberculosis. (iv) for preventing measles. Occasionally, children suffer from measles in our area.

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76.	When was the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme launched in India ?
Answer» Answer:- 1995-1996.

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77.	You are aware of Polio Eradication Progamme in your city. Children are vaccinated becauseA. vaccination kills the polio causing micro- organismsB. prevents the entry of polio causing organismC. it creates immunity in the bodyD. all the above
Answer» Correct Answer - C

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78.	Making anti-viral drugs is more difficult than making anti-bacterial medicines becauseA. viruses make use of host machineryB. viruses are on the border line of living and non- livingC. viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of their ownD. viruses have a protein coat
Answer» Correct Answer - C

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79.	What do you mean by congenital diseases? Give one example.
Answer» These are anatomical or physiological abnormalities present since birth. Example - Colour blindness.

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List any three preventive measures of AIDS disease.

List three similaritis and three dissimilarities between AIDS and Influenza.

Name the plant and its part which is used to extract important antimalarial drug. Name the drug also.

Name the insect vector who transmits dengue in human beings.

Which one of the following is not a viral disease?A. DengueB. AIDSC. TyphoidD. Influenza

..... is a vector of a viral disease called dengue.

T.B. is a common abbreviation used for which disease ?

What is the term used for causative agents of infections diseases ?

Name any two acute diseases.

Name any one disease that spreads through sexual contact.

State any two conditions essential for being free of disease.

What are the conditions essential for good health ?

Name any two chronic diseases.

Name the disease that occurs due to imbalance of insulin hormone ?

State any two conditions essential for good health

Name one chronic disease associated with respiratory system.

Name the deficiency disease caused due to deficiency of (i) Vitamin A (ii) Vitamin `B_(1)` (iii) Vitamin K

Name the disease in which paralysis of legs occurs in some cases.

Name the disease that occurs due to deficiency of vitamin `B_(1).`

Define health.

Name the type of diseases that occur since birth.

Name the disease that occurs due to deficiency of vitamin C.

Vectors can be defined asA. animals carry the infecting agents from sick person to another healthy personB. microorganisms which cause many diseasesC. infected personD. diseased plants

What is immunisation?

What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?

When was the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme launched in India ?

You are aware of Polio Eradication Progamme in your city. Children are vaccinated becauseA. vaccination kills the polio causing micro- organismsB. prevents the entry of polio causing organismC. it creates immunity in the bodyD. all the above

Making anti-viral drugs is more difficult than making anti-bacterial medicines becauseA. viruses make use of host machineryB. viruses are on the border line of living and non- livingC. viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of their ownD. viruses have a protein coat

What do you mean by congenital diseases? Give one example.