The chronic use of drugs and alcohol results in
A. excess mucous and blood clots
B. internal bleeding and muscular pain
C. cirrhosis and nervous system damage
D. leukaemias and lymphomas
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Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in
A. Tanneries
B. Coal mining industry
C. Distilleries
D. Glass Industry
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Which of the following is effective against tuberculosis?
A. Penicillin
B. Chloromycetin
C. Terramycin
D. Streptomycin
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Sleeping sickness happens due to
A. Deficiency of Vitamin-A
B. Deficiency of calcium in body
C. Rising of blood pressure
D. Unicellular animal named Trypanosoma
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Which one of the following diseases is caused by cadmium pollution?
A. Minamata
B. Itai-Itai
C. Fluorosis
D. Blue baby syndrome
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Which of the following are associated with diabetes mellitus, a common disease in adults?
1. Higher sugar level in blood
2. Lower sugar level in blood
3. Lower insulin level in blood
4. Higher insulin level in blood
A. Only 2 and 4
B. Only 1 and 2
C. Only 2 and 3
D. Only 1 and 3
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Of the following which set includes all viral diseases?
A. Tuberculosis, Herpes, Rabies
B. Mumps, Rabies, Herpes
C. Cancer, Tuberculosis, Poliomyelitis
D. Chicken Pox, Cancer, Tuberculosis
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Which one of the following diseases is caused by fungi?
A. Allergy
B. Colour blindness
C. AIDS
D. Baldness
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Substances which are used to bring down the temperature in high fever condition are called
A. Antiseptics
B. Pyretics
C. Antipyretics
D. Antibiotics
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The people who eat cooked food with adulterated mustard oil can cause dangerous disease (Dropsy). Which one of the following reason may not be correct (As happened in India)?
A. Adulteration in arzimon oil
B. Parts of cyanide in mustard oil
C. Concentration of rice husk in oil
D. Mixing of white colour
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Select the correct statements regarding the characteristics of acquired immunity.
1. Cell-mediated immunity is responsible for acquired immunity.
2. It produces a primary response of low intensity.
3. Active and passive immunity are types of acquired immunity.
4. Polymorphonuclear leucocytes and natural killer cells are involved in acquired immunity.
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1 and 4
D. 1 and 3
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Which disease is caused by the fungi?
A. Polio
B. Dermatitis
C. Cholera
D. None of these
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The liver disease Hepatitis-B is caused by
A. DNA Virus
B. RNA Virus
C. Bacterium
D. Platyhelminth
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Which scientist discovered the 'Penicillin'?
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Robert Koch
D. Ernst Chain
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Cancer is a disease where we find uncontrolled
A. cell division
B. cell swelling
C. cell inflammation
D. cell deformity
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An antibiotic is
A. a chemical synthesised by a human cell against an microorganism
B. a chemical synthesised by a microorganism against another microorganisms
C. a substance produced by blood cells against bacteria
D. a substance produced by blood cells against infection
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Ramu injects an injection in an excess amount. As resultants, he suffers from spasm, apoplexy and faintness and dies later. The reason is
A. Unusual glucose concentration in blood
B. Highly glucose concentration in blood
C. Lack of glycogen in blood
D. Lack of calcium ion in blood
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HIV often changes its shape due to the presence of an enzyme is called
A. Reverse Transcriptase
B. Enterokinase
C. Nucleotidase
D. Nucleoditase
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Consider the following statements.
1. A Computed Tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays to make detailed pictures.
2. A CT scan can be used to study all parts of Human body.
3. CT scan can help determine how much the cancer has spread in body. This is called staging the cancer.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
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BCG vaccination is given at the age of
A. 2-3 years
B. 10 years
C. Newborn
D. within 15 days
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