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Human Disease

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All of the following diseases are caused by virus, except

  1. typhoid

  2. jaundice

  3. mumps

  4. influenza


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Typhoid fever is a severe infection caused by a bacterium, Salmonella typhi. S. typhi is in the same family of bacteria as the type spread by chicken and eggs, commonly known as salmonella poisoning or food poisoning. S. typhi bacteria do not have vomiting and diarrhea as the most prominent symptoms of their presence in humans. Instead, persistently high fever is the hallmark of S. typhi infection.

Pea soup diarrhea is the feature of which disease?

  1. Typhoid fever

  2. TB

  3. Cholera

  4. Malaria


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pea soup diarrhea is the feature of Typhoid fever. This is an acute bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi. Typhoid germs are passed in the feces and, to some extent, the urine of infected people. The germs are spread by eating or drinking water or food contaminated by feces (or urine) from the infected individual.

If one can diagnose urethritis and cervicitis, the disease is most likely to be

  1. Bells palsy

  2. Syphilis

  3. Hyper sclerosis

  4. Gonorrhea


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

If one can diagnose urethritis and cervicitis, the disease is most likely to be Gonorrhea. Most of the time, a urine test can be used to test for gonorrhea. However, if a person has had oral and/or anal sex, swabs may be used to collect samples from the throat and/or rectum. In some cases, a swab may be used to collect a sample from a man's urethra (urine canal) or a woman's cervix (opening to the womb).

In certain diseases, antibiotics are administered. The object is to

  1. produce toxins against bacteria

  2. stimulate production of white blood cells are fighting the diseases

  3. inhibit the growth of bacteria

  4. stimulate the production of antibodies


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Antibiotics refer to drugs that are used to treat infectious diseases in humans, animals or plants.  They work by inhibiting the growth of or killing microorganisms causing the disease.  Antimicrobials is a broader term that  refers  to any compound, including antibiotics, sanitizers, disinfectants, a number of food preservatives and other substances, that acts to inhibit the growth of or kill microorganisms.

If a woman gets a gonorrhea infection, the most probable site of the infection is

  1. rectum

  2. vagina

  3. cervix

  4. vulva


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium. Gonorrhea can grow easily in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including the cervix (opening to the womb), uterus (womb), and fallopian tubes (egg canals) in women, and in the urethra (urine canal) in women and men. The bacterium can also grow in the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus.

The depletion of ozone layer in the stratosphere causes

  1. lung cancer

  2. skin cancer

  3. bone cancer

  4. leukemia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The layer of ozone gas is what which protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiations of the sun. The ozone layer absorbs these harmful radiations and thus prevents these rays from entering the earth’s atmosphere. The depletion of ozone layer in the stratosphere causes skin cancer.

Renal calculi are most likely to develop in

  1. graves disease

  2. hyperparathyroidism

  3. scurvy

  4. diabetes


Correct Option: B

If a person is complaining that he always wants to drink a lot of water, then it is a symptom of

  1. Hyperthyroidism

  2. Pheochromocytoma

  3. Diabetes Insipidus

  4. Cushion's syndrome


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Diabetes Insipidus

What is the state called in which one cannot see both the vertical and horizontal lines simultaneously?

  1. Presbyopia

  2. Cataract

  3. Astigmatism

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An optical system with astigmatism is one where rays that propagate in two perpendicular planes have different foci. If an optical system with astigmatism is used to form an image of a cross, the vertical and horizontal lines will be in sharp focus at two different distances. Astigmatism is a state in which one cannot see both the vertical and horizontal lines simultaneously.

Which of the following deficiencies may develop in a strict vegetarian?

  1. Nicotinic acid

  2. Protein

  3. Thiamine

  4. Cyanocobalamine


Correct Option: D

Triple Antigen vaccine is given to children to protect them against

  1. Polio

  2. Contagious diseases

  3. Whooping cough

  4. Tuberculosis


Correct Option: C

Widal test is used to diagnose

  1. Typhoid Fever

  2. Bells Palsy

  3. Malaria

  4. Lyme Disease


Correct Option: A

Match the following:

 
Column I
Column II
A. Cataract
1. Tongue
B. Jaundice
2. Eye
C. Diabetes
3. Liver
D. Stomatitis
4. Pancreas
  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4

  2. A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1

  3. A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2

  4. A - 4, B - 1, C - 2, D - 3


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A. Cataract- Eye (reduce your vision)

B. Jaundice- Liver (you become jaundiced through a damaged liver)
C. Diabetes-Pancreas (people with chronic inflammation of the pancreas can develop a type I type of diabetes.) D. Stomatitis- Tongue (Stomatitis is an inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth, which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue, lips, and roof or floor of the mouth. The word stomatitis literally means inflammation of the mouth)

Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

  1. Tapeworm: Pig

  2. Plague: Rat

  3. Poliomyelitis: Monkey

  4. Rabies: Dog


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Poliomyelitis: Monkey

In the balanced diet for a day of an adult working man, weight of carbohydrate food and total protein food (both superior and inferior) should be in the order of

  1. 420 gm and 600 gm respectively

  2. 600 gm and 600 gm respectively

  3. 420 gm and 420 gm respectively

  4. 600 gm and 420 gm respectively


Correct Option: D
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