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Why Do We Fall Ill

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Which of the following diseases is spread by microbes?

  1. Diabetes

  2. Beriberi

  3. Low blood pressure

  4. Athelete's foot

  5. Cancer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Athlete's foot (colloquially known as ringworm of the foot, is a common and contagious fungal infection of the skin that causes scaling, flaking, and itching of the affected areas.

Diseases are classified as chronic or acute depending upon their______________.

  1. symptom

  2. source

  3. duration

  4. symptom and source

  5. source and duration


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Diseases are classified as chronic or acute depending upon their duration. For eg.,  an acute disease is a short-lived disease, like the common cold. A chronic disease is one that lasts for a long time, usually at least six months. Thus, this is the correct option.

Which of the following diseases are called viral diseases?

  1. Dengue, influenza and typhoid

  2. Common cold, typhoid and anthrax

  3. Anthrax, influenza and typhoid

  4. Anthrax, common cold and influenza

  5. Common cold, influenza and dengue


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

All these are caused by viruses. Common cold, influenza and dengue are viral diseases. Thus, this option is correct.

Which of the following organism is responsible for sleeping sickness?

  1. Amoeba

  2. Plasmodium

  3. Bacillus

  4. Cocci

  5. Trypanosoma


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Sleeping sickness in caused by trypanosoma.

Which of the following are the cause for common skin diseases?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Virus

  3. Protozoa

  4. Fungi

  5. Worms


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer.

Which of the following diseases is likely to spread in absence of safe drinking water?

  1. Cholera

  2. Japanese encephalitis

  3. Anthrax

  4. Eczema

  5. Tetanus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Transmission of cholera occurs primarily by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated by the feces (waste product) of an infected person, including one with no apparent symptoms.

Antibiotic penicillin acts against bacteria by which of the following ways?

  1. Killing the bacteria.

  2. Blocking nutritional pathways for the bacteria.

  3. Neutralizing the bacteria.

  4. Blocking biochemical pathways important for bacteria.

  5. Reducing the effect of the bacteria.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Antibiotic penicillin blocks biochemical pathways important for bacteria. This inhibits the growth of bacteria or kills it.

Infectious diseases can be prevented by which of the following?

  1. Reducing exposure to sunlight

  2. Physical contact

  3. Immunisation

  4. Sexual contact

  5. Increasing dosages of penicillin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Immunisation against many communicable diseases can reduce the chances of falling ill.

Which of the following diseases are caused by a pathogen?

  1. Cholera and malaria

  2. Malaria and cancer

  3. Cancer and diabetes

  4. Cancer and influnza

  5. Influenza and high blood pressure


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A pathogen is used to mean an infectious agent. They are both caused by pathogens or microbes. 

Outbreak diseases that attack many people at the same time and spread very quickly are called ______________.

  1. acute illnesses

  2. chronic illnesses

  3. communicable illnesses

  4. deficiencies

  5. epidemics


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Epidemics are outbreak diseases that attack many people at the same time and spread very quickly.

Japanese encephalitis is spread by which of the following?

  1. Dog bite

  2. Sexual act

  3. Air

  4. Water

  5. Mosquito


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Japanese encephalitis virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.

What are those organisms called that carry microbes from a sick person to a healthy person?

  1. Microbes

  2. Epidemics

  3. Vectors

  4. Antibiotics

  5. Vaccines


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Organisms that carry microbes from a sick person to a healthy person are called vectors.

Which of the following diseases are transmitted by sexual contact?

  1. Syphilis and typhoid

  2. Encephalitis and typhoid

  3. Encephalitis and syphilis

  4. Syphilis and gonorrhoea

  5. Gonorrhoea and encephalitis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Syphilis and gonorrhoea are sexually transmitted diseases.

Which of the following would help in bringing down the incidence of diseases? (a) Avoiding accumulation of garbage and stagnant water. (b) Care of personal hygiene. (c) Use of exposed food and unfiltered water. (d) Use of spray to kill mosquitoes.

  1. both a and b

  2. both a and c

  3. a, b and c

  4. a, b and d

  5. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Avoiding accumulation of garbage and stagnant water, taking care of personal hygiene and use of spray to kill mosquitoes will help in keeping down the incidence of diseases occurring frequently. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Match the two columns.

Disease
Target organ
a. Jaundice 1. Lung
b. Typhoid 2. Liver
c. Tuberclosis 3. Gut lining
  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3

  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

  3. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3

  4. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2

  5. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is matched correctly. Jaundice affects the liver. Typhoid affects the gut lining. Tuberclosis affects the lungs.

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