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Tags: Biology Causative Agents of Diseases Disease and its Causes Disease Caused by Bacteria Principle of Prevention of Disease Modes of Transmission of Disease Direct & Indirect Disease Caused by Protozoa and Worms Principles of Treatment Relation Between Percentages and Decimals Relation Between Percentages and Fractions Finding the Ratios
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Colour blindness is a/an

  1. congenital disease

  2. acquired disease

  3. contagious disease

  4. cancer

  5. allergy

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. This disease is caused due to defective inheritance.

The factors, which make a person prone to catching the disease, are known as

  1. immediate causes

  2. hereditary causes

  3. contributing causes

  4. nutritional levels

  5. third level causes

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. The contributing causes are like, undernourishment and poor heredity.

Peptic ulcers are caused by Helicobacter Pylor, which is a

  1. virus

  2. bacteria

  3. protozoan

  4. fungus

  5. helminthes

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Small and curved bacteria are found in the area infected by peptic ulcer.

Antibiotics are used to kill bacteria. Which of the following antibiotics inhibits wall synthesis?

  1. Ciprofloxacin

  2. Penicillin

  3. Erythromycin

  4. Amoxicillin

  5. Streptomycin

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. This antibiotic inhibits wall synthesis.

Which of the following is/are direct mode(s) of transmission of communicable diseases?

  1. Vectors

  2. Contaminated food and water

  3. Air

  4. Formite borne

  5. Animal bite

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Yes, it is a direct mode of transmission. The rabies virus is injected into the human body by the bite of a rabid dog.

Which of the following is an infectious disease?

  1. Deficiency disease

  2. Metabolic disease

  3. Allergy

  4. Cancer

  5. Chicken pox

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. Chickenpox is caused by a virus called Varicella Zoster. A person with chicken pox is the most contagious during the first 2 to 5 days of being sick.

Antibiotic that inhibits DNA replication is

  1. penicillin

  2. streptomycin

  3. amoxicillin

  4. erythromycin

  5. ciprofloxacin

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. It inhibits DNA replication.

Which of the following causes black fever?

  1. Trypanosoma gambiense

  2. Staphylococcus

  3. Leishmania donovani

  4. Ascaris

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it causes kala azar or black fever.

Which of the following microbes causes sleeping sickness?

  1. Trypanosoma gambiense

  2. Leishmania donovani

  3. Ascaris lumbricoides

  4. Staphylococcus

  5. Helicobacter pylori

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is a protozoan that causes sleeping sickness.

Which of the following types of drugs produced by microbes kills or prevents the growth of other microbes?

  1. Pain killers

  2. Antibiotics

  3. Antidepressants

  4. Stimulants

  5. Hallucinogens

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. They are produced by microbes to kill other microbes.

Which of the following is not a viral disease?

  1. Jaundice

  2. Rabies

  3. Acne

  4. AIDS

  5. Polio

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

No, it is not a viral disease. Acne is a bacterial infection.

In which of the followng conditions is bed rest not recommended?

  1. When a person fractures his/her leg.

  2. When a person is weak enough to walk.

  3. When a person has a spine problem.

  4. When a person is suffering from skin disease.

  5. When a person is suffering from very high blood pressure.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

No, the patient does not need to be treated in this way.

Sometimes antibiotics are given to prevent an infection. In which of the following conditions do antibiotics have no role?

  1. Cold

  2. Tuberculosis

  3. Malaria

  4. Typhoid

  5. Cough

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In malaria, antibiotics have no role. So, this is the correct answer.

Which of the following is not a direct mode of transmission of communicable diseases?

  1. Contact with infected person

  2. Contact with soil

  3. Contaminated food and water

  4. Animal bite

  5. Transplacental transmission

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is the indirect mode of transmission, which spreads through intermediate agents. Here food and water act as intermediate agents.

Match the following diseases with their treatments.

Peptic ulcer DPT Hib
Tuberculosis Amoxicillin
Whooping cough BCG
  1. Peptic ulcer BCG
    Tuberculosis Amoxicillin
    Whooping cough DPT Hib
  2. Peptic ulcer DPT Hib
    Tuberculosis BCG
    Whooping cough Amoxicillin
  3. Peptic ulcer Amoxicillin
    Tuberculosis DPT Hib
    Whooping cough BCG
  4. Peptic ulcer Amoxicillin
    Tuberculosis BCG
    Whooping cough DPT Hib
  5. Peptic ulcer BCG
    Tuberculosis DPT Hib
    Whooping cough Amoxicillin
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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. Peptic ulcer is treated by Amoxicillin, an antibiotic. Tuberculosis is treated by BCG, and whooping cough is treated by  DPT Hib.

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