Japanese encephalitis is caused by
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Parasitic protozoan
D. Fungus
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Filaria is transmitted by
A. Aedes mosquito
B. Anopheles mosquito
C. Culex mosquito
D. swamp mosquito
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Pneumonia is a bacterial disease caused by the bacteria called . . . . . . . .
A. Bacillus
B. Cocci
C. Spirilla
D. Vibrio
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Which of the following strains of H.I.V. is dominant in India?
A. HIV Ia
B. HIV Ib
C. HIV Ic
D. HIV Id
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Rheumatic heart disease is treated with the help of
A. aspirin
B. streptomycin
C. methyl dopa
D. penicillin
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Typhoid is caused by
A. Pseudomonas
B. Staphylococcus
C. Bacillus
D. Salmonella typhi
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The organ affected by malaria is
A. heart
B. lungs
C. kidney
D. spleen
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For which disease, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched 'Test and Treat' policy?
A. Chicken pox
B. HIV
C. Polio
D. Tuberculosis
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Excess of which of the following in the blood causes the 'Blue Baby Syndrome' disease?
A. Iron
B. Lead
C. Methemoglobin
D. Nitrate
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Tobacco smoke is injurious to health because it contains
A. carbon monoxide
B. nicotine
C. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
D. melathene
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Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement I Many fungi belonging to genera Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are responsible for the disease ringworm.
Statement II Ringworm infection is generally acquired from soil or by using towels, clothes, comb, etc of infected individuals.
A. Both statements I and II are correct
B. Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect
C. Statement I is incorrect, but statement II is correct
D. Both statement I and II are incorrect
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Consider the following statements. AIDS is transmitted
1. by sexual intercourse.
2. by blood transfusion.
3. by mosquitoes and other blood sucking insects.
4. across the placenta.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 1 and 3
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Which of the following diseases are caused by the consumption of water contaminated by mercury and nitrate?
A. Minamata disease and Osteoporosis
B. Osteoporosis and Blue baby syndrome
C. Minamata disease and Blue baby syndome
D. Osteoporosis and Minamata disease
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Leptospirosis is a disease caused by
A. virus
B. fungus
C. protozoa
D. None of these
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Salk's vaccine is connected with which one of the following diseases?
A. Smallpox
B. Tetanus
C. T.B.
D. Polio
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Cerebral palsy' is a brain disorder found generally in
A. Old people
B. Drug addicts
C. Small children
D. Only ladies
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Which disease is caused by allergy?
A. Diabetes
B. Cholera
C. Ringworm
D. Asthma
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The nutritional deficiency condition that needs to be given top priority for remedial action in India today is
A. Scurvy
B. Rickets
C. Xerophthalmia
D. Pellagra
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DPT vaccine is categorised as which of the following?
A. Anti viral vaccine
B. Anti protozoan vaccine
C. Anti rickettsial vaccine
D. A combined vaccine
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Triple vaccine is administered to a newborn child to immunise it against
A. whooping cough, tetanus and measles
B. whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria
C. tetanus, diphtheria, measles and rubella
D. tetanus, diphtheria, smallpox and rubella
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