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This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Name the causal organism and vector of malaria respectively. |
| Answer» Plasmodium and female Anopheles mosquito respectively. | |
| 2. |
Why we should not eat covered food? |
| Answer» It contain microbes and harmful (toxic) substances (e.g., dust). | |
| 3. |
How has WHO defined health? |
| Answer» A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity that enables one to lead a social and economically productive life. | |
| 4. |
Name the best form of relaxation. |
| Answer» Answer: - Sleep | |
| 5. |
Name any two habits, which should be avoided to keep good health. |
| Answer» Drinking alcohol and smoking. | |
| 6. |
Name the personal issues involved in health. |
| Answer» Proper balanced food, personal hygiene, timely vaccinations and personal protection from pests and vectors. | |
| 7. |
Becoming exposed to or infected with an infectious microbe does not necessarily mean developing noticeable disease. Explain. |
| Answer» An infectious microbe is able to cause a disease only if the immune system of the infected person is unable to put proper defence against it. Many persons have strong immune system or have acquired immunity against the pathogen or the intensity of pathogenic attack is quite mild. As a result, despite exposure to infective microbe, the person will not catch the disease. | |
| 8. |
Fill in the blanks, a) ……………. Disesase continues for many days and causes…………… on body. b) …………….. Disease continue for a few days and causes no longer term effect on body. c) ……………….. Is defined as physical, mental and socila well-being and comfort. d) Common cold is........... disease. e) Many skin disease ae caused by.................... |
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Answer» (a) Chronic, long term effect, (b) Acute, (c) Health, (d) Infection (communicable) or vira, (e) Fungi |
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| 9. |
Explain the statement Prevention is better than cure keeping in view the infectious diseases. |
| Answer» Diseases which are transmitted from one individual to another directly are called infectious diseases. Such diseases are acquired, not inherited. If we prevent the entry of the disease-causing pathogens into our body, then we can prevent the disease from occurring instead of curing the disease after suffering from it. | |
| 10. |
Classify the following diseases as infectious or non-infectious. a) AIDS , b) Tuberculosis, c) Cholera, d) High blood pressure, e) Heart diseases, f) Pneumonia, g) Cancer. |
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Answer» (i) Infectious diseases. AIDS, Tuberculosis, Chlorela. (ii) Non-Infectious diseases. High blood pressure, Heart disease, Pneumonia, Cancer. |
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| 11. |
What may be the symptoms of a disease if liver is infected? |
| Answer» Answer: - Jaundice | |
| 12. |
What are non-infectious diseases? |
| Answer» Non-infectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to anther. | |
| 13. |
What are signs of disease? |
| Answer» Signs are definite clues or indications of a disease. | |
| 14. |
What do you man by symptoms of a disease? |
| Answer» Symptoms are strucutal and functional manifestations of the presence of a disease. | |
| 15. |
Name the most common method to prevent infection? |
| Answer» Vaccination. | |
| 16. |
It is suggested to wear socks and full sleeves to prevent the attack from dengue. Why? |
| Answer» Dengue is an infectious disease transmitted by the mosquitoes of genus Aedes. So, wearing socks and full sleeves will prevent them form biting.Thus, it is a preventive measure against dengue. | |
| 17. |
What is correct? (a) A person strolling in the lawn of his/here house is relaxing or doing exercise. (b)Wearing socks and full sleeves at night will prevent the attack from dengue.(c) Regular use of ORS cures diarrhoea. |
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Answer» (a) Strolling is no exercise as a person moves slowly. It is way of relaxation where stress and strain can be relieved. (b) No. Dengue is caused by bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito which is active during day time only. (c) Yes. ORS prevents dehydration. Diarrhoea is generally cured automatically after 1 to 2 days because it is mostly viral infection. |
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| 18. |
Expand the following abbreviations: (1) PPIP, (2) OPV (3) NIDS |
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Answer» (1) PPIP`=` Pulse polio immunisation programe, (2) OIPV `=` Oral polio vaccine, (3) NIDS `=` National immunisation days e.g., 4 NIDs for PPIP. |
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| 19. |
Name two diseases against which vaccines are available. |
| Answer» Polio and tuberculosis (T.B.). | |
| 20. |
Name the microbes against which antibiotics are nearly ineffective. |
| Answer» Answer: - Viruses. | |
| 21. |
Name the target organs of the following diseases: (a) Hepatitis targets………………. (b) Fit or unconsciousness targets…………… (c) Pneumonia targets……………… (d) Fungal diseases targets……………… |
| Answer» (a) liver, (b) Brain, (c) Lungs, (d) Skin | |
| 22. |
Fill in the blanks: (a) Pneumonia is an example of……………….disease. (b) Many skin diseases are caused by………………. (c) Antibiotics commonly block biochemical pathways important for the growth of…………….. (d) Living organisms carrying the infectiing agents from one person to another are called................... |
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Answer» (a) Infectious (communicable) disease, (b) fungi, (c) bacteria, (d) vectors |
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| 23. |
Why are antibiotics not effective for viral disease? |
| Answer» Antibiotics are effective against bacteria and other non-viral pathogens as they block some of their biosynthetic pathways without affecting human beings. However, viruses do not their own mtabolic machinery. There are very few biochemical processes that can block viral multiplication. Antibiotics are not effective agaist them. They can be overpowered only by development of immunity against them, by the body the host. An antiviral product, called interferon is produced by the cells exposed tothe action of virus. | |
| 24. |
Name in which (a) Antibiotics has no role. (b) Kissing does not spread the disease while sexual contact transfer the same. (c) Mass scale immunisation is going on in India. (d) Virus, bacterium and protozoan can be causal agent. |
| Answer» (a) Malaria, (b) AIDS, (c) Polio, (d) Diarrhoea. | |
| 25. |
Who were awarded Nobel Prize for discovery of treatment for peptic ulcers? |
| Answer» Marshall and Warren (Got Nobel prize for physiology and Medicine, 2005). | |
| 26. |
What is infective agent of peptic ulcers? |
| Answer» Bacterium-Helicobacter pylori. | |
| 27. |
Give two examples of bacterial diseases. |
| Answer» Tuberculosis (T.B) and Typhoid | |
| 28. |
What is disease? How many types of diseases have you studied? Give examples. |
| Answer» Disease (dis = without, ease = comfor) or disorder of the body or its part. | |
| 29. |
What is chronic disease? |
| Answer» Chronic disease is a long duration slow developing, disabling disease. | |
| 30. |
What is acute disease? |
| Answer» An acute diseae is a short duration disease which often has a relatively severe course. | |
| 31. |
Why are cases of chronic diseases fewer than cases of acute disease? |
| Answer» A number of chronic diseases are metabolic disorders which appear after middle age, e.g., diabetes, hypertension. Some require a long exposure to the pathogen, e.g., leprosy. In all cases chronic diseases are slow developing diseases. Therefore, they occur in few cases as compared to acute diseases. | |
| 32. |
Name the chemical released by damaged cells which causes inflammation. |
| Answer» Answer: - Histamine. | |
| 33. |
Name the cell which causes phagocytosis. |
| Answer» Macrophages. | |
| 34. |
Write down the biochemical process, which is blocked by sulpha drugs in bacteria. |
| Answer» Folic acid synthesis. | |
| 35. |
Wrie down two principles of treatment. |
| Answer» By reducing the effect of the disease and by killing microbes. | |
| 36. |
Mention two preventive measures against rabies. |
| Answer» Rabid animals should be killed and compulsory immunisation of dogs and cats should be done. | |
| 37. |
(a) Identify the following figure (b) Label the parts marked 1 to 4. |
| Answer» (a) 1- Protein coat, 2-I Internal viral protein 3-Reverse transcriptase enzyme , 4-RNA | |
| 38. |
If a pregnant mother is suffering from AIDS, would her child get the disease via genes or placenta. |
| Answer» Placenta. (AIDS in a viral disease, it is not a genetic disease. | |
| 39. |
Why do some children fall ill more frequently than others living in the same locality? |
| Answer» Children fall ill more frquently due to (i) poor personal hygiene, (ii) poor domestic hygiene, (iii) unclean food, (iv) lack of proper nutrition and balanced diet. All these factors make the immune system weak. | |
| 40. |
Give one example of each of diseases caused by bacteria and virus. |
| Answer» Typhoid and polio respectively. | |
| 41. |
Name a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria. |
| Answer» Answer: - Syphilis. | |
| 42. |
What processes are used to clean drinking water? |
| Answer» Chlorination or ozonisation, precipitation and filtration. | |
| 43. |
Name the enzyme present in tears which prevents eye infections. |
| Answer» Answer: - Lysozyme. | |
| 44. |
Name the target organ of Japanese encephalitis and AIDS virus respectively. |
| Answer» Brain and lymph nodes respectively. | |
| 45. |
What are congenital disease? |
| Answer» congenital diseases are the diseases found in an individual right from birth. | |