Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
Q.1. Which disease is not transmitted by mosquitoes ?
(a) Dengue
(b) Malaria
(c) Brain fever or encephalitis
(d) Pneumonia
Q.2. Which one of the following is not important for individual health?
(a) Living in clean space
(b) Good economic condition
(c) Social equality and harmony
(d) Living in a large and well furnished house
Q.3. Bacterial diseases are :
(a) Typhoid fever and cholera
(b) Tuberculosis and anthrax
(c) Only (a) is correct
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct
Q.4. Identify the diseases caused by protozoan :
(a) Malaria and Kala-azar
(b) Allergy and Skin infections
(c) Cancer and AIDS
(d) Syphilis and Gonorrhoea
Q.5. Which one of the following is not a virsal disease ?
(a) Dengue
(b) AIDS
(c) Typhoid
(d) Influenza
Q.6. Which one of the following is not a bacterial disease?
(a) Cholera
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Anthrax
(d) Influenza
Q.7. AIDS cannot be transmitted by :
(a) Sexual contact
(b) Hugs
(c) Breast feeding
(d) Blood transfusion
Q.8. Making anti-viral drugs is more difficult than making anti-bacterial medicines because :
(a) Viruses make use of host machinery
(b) Viruses are on the border line of living and nonliving
(c) Viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of their own
(d) Viruses have a protein coat
Q.9. Which one of the following disease is not transmitted by mosquito ?
(a) Brain fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Typhoid
(d) Dengue
Q.10. Which one of the following disease is caused by bacteria?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Anthrax
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Malaria
Q.11. The role of an active immune system is :
(a) It recruits many cells to the affected tissue to kill off the disease causing microbes
(b) It leads to swelling and pain
(c) It causes fever
(d) It interferes with the functioning of body systems
Q.12. Microbes are classified as :
(a) Viruses or bacteria
(b) Fungi or protozoa
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) Only (a) is correct
Q.13. You are aware of Polio Eradication Programme in your city. Children are vaccinated because :
(a) Vaccination kills the polio causing microorganisms
(b) Prevents the entry of polio causing organism
(c) It creates immunity in the body
(d) All the above
Q.14. Viruses, which cause hepatitis, are transmitted through:
(a) Air
(b) Water
(c) Food
(d) Personal contact
Q.15. Which one of the following causes kala-azar ?
(a) Ascaris
(b) Trypanosoma
(c) Leishmania
(d) Bacteria
Q.16. If you live in a overcrowded and poorly ventilated house, it is possible that you may suffer from which of the following diseases:
(a) Cancer
(b) AIDS
(c) Air-borne diseases
(d) Cholera
Q.17. Diseases caused by different species of worms includes:
(a) Elephantiasis
(b) Ascariasis
(c) Intestinal infections
(d) All of these
Q.18. The vaccination given for preventing tuberculosis is :
(a) BCG
(b) DPT
(d) ATS
(c) MMR
Q.19. Which one of the following has a long-term effect on the health of an individual ?
(a) Common cold tobacco
(b) Chickenpox
(c) Chewing
(d) Stress
Q.20. Vectors can be defined as :
(a) Animals carry the infecting agents from sick person to another healthy person
(b) Microorganisms which cause many diseases
(c) Infected person
(d) Diseased plants
Q.21. During a disease :
(a) Changes occur which give rise to signs and symptoms of disease
(b) Either the functioning or the appearance of one or more systems of the body will change for the word
(c) Only (b) is correct
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct
Q.22. Choose the wrong statement :
(a) High blood pressure is caused by excessive weight and lack of exercise
(b) Cancers can be caused by genetic abnormalities
(c) Peptic ulcers are caused by eating acidic food
(d) Acne in not caused by staphylococci
Q.23. We should not allow mosquitoes to breed in our surroundings because they :
(a) Multiply very fast and cause pollution
(b) Are vectors for many diseases
(c) Bite and cause skin diseases
(d) are not important insects
Q.24. Which of the following is not an infectious disease ?
(a) Anaemia
(b) Common cold
(c) Malaria
(d) Chickenpox
Q.25. Which of the following can make you ill if you come in contact with an infected person ?
(a) High blood pressure
(b) Genetic abnormalities
(c) Sneezing
(d) Blood cancer
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