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Infectious Diseases (MP DMAT)

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In which of the following diseases is Loeffler's syndrome observed?

  1. Filariasis

  2. Oxyuriasis

  3. Taeniasis

  4. Ascariasis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is observed in eosinophillic pneumonia.

Which of the following fungal diseases is observed in people with deficit immune system?

  1. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

  2. Active invasive aspergillosis

  3. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

  4. Aspergilloma


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Acute invasive aspergillosis occurs in people who have deficit immune system.

Which disease spreads never or very rarely through contaminated food and water?

  1. Cholera

  2. Plague

  3. Typhoid

  4. Polio


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plague can be spread in the air.

Which is the causative agent of chancroids?

  1. Haemophilus pertussis

  2. Helicobacter pylori

  3. Haemophilus ducreyi

  4. Treponema pallidum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chancroid is a bacterial infection caused by the fastidious gram-negative streptobacillus Haemophilus ducreyi.

Which bio-weapon is considered as an incapacitating agent?

  1. Francisella tularensis

  2. Clostridium botulinum

  3. Anthrax

  4. Brucellosis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Brucella sps is a non-spore forming bacterium.

Which type of toxin produced by S.aureus causes toxic shock syndrome?

  1. A-B enterotoxin

  2. Super-antigen toxin

  3. Enterotoxin B

  4. Verotoxin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Enterotoxin B secreted by S.aureus causes toxic shock syndrome. 

Which of the following strains of E.coli causes traveller's diarrhoea?

  1. Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

  2. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)

  3. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

  4. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causes traveller's diarrhoea.

Which organism is the causative agent of paratyphoid?

  1. S. typhi

  2. S. dublin

  3. S. enterica

  4. S. typhimurium


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

S. enterica serotype Paratyphi A, Paratyphi B or Paratyphi C causes paratyphoid in humans.

Which organism is associated with Baylisacaris infection?

  1. B K Virus

  2. Roundworm

  3. Tapeworm

  4. Hookworm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Baylisascaris infection is caused by Baylisascaris, which is a roundworm. 

Which body part is affected by botulism?

  1. Lymph glands

  2. Spleen

  3. Intestine

  4. CNS


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Botulism affects central nervous system.

Which part of the body gets affected in onchomycosis?

  1. Hair

  2. Nail

  3. Skin

  4. Glottis


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Onchomycosis is a fungal infection of nails.

Which of the following organisms can be linked to irritable bowl syndrome?

  1. B K virus

  2. Piedraia horte

  3. Blastocystis

  4. Bacillus cereus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Blastocystis is a single-celled parasitic protozoan.

Alphaviruses are associated with which of the following diseases?

  1. Buruli ulcer

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Chikungunya

  4. Creutzfeldt Jakob disease


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Alphaviruses are associated with Chikungunya.

Which bacterium resides as obligate intracellular parasite?

  1. Nocardia

  2. Chlamydia

  3. Brucella

  4. Yersinia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chlamydia resides as an obligate intracellular parasite. 

Who is the causative organism of glinchrist disease?

  1. Blastocystis hominis

  2. Blastomyces dermatidis

  3. Machupo virus

  4. Brucella sps


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Blastomyces dermatidis causes Gilchrist disease. 

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