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Human Health and Diseases

Description: Model MCQ for CBSE/State Board exams and various medical entrance exams including AIPMT.
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Confirmatory test for typhoid is

  1. ELISA

  2. Western blot

  3. Widal Test

  4. ESR test


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Widal test is a confirmatory test for typhoid.

The vector of plasmodium is

  1. culex mosquito

  2. aedes mosquito

  3. anopheles mosquito

  4. sand fly


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Anopheles mosquito is the vector of malaria.

Which of the following is a genetic disorder?

  1. Typhoid

  2. Malaria

  3. Sickle cell anaemia

  4. Night blindness


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic disorder caused due to fault in haemoglobin protein expression.

What is the type of immunoglobulin produced against allergens?

  1. lgA

  2. lgG

  3. lgD

  4. lgE


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

lgE is a type of immunoglobulin produced against allergens.

Which of the following is not an infectious disease?

  1. Typhoid

  2. Pneumonia

  3. Cancer

  4. Malaria


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cancer is not an infectious disease.It is uncontrolled cell division.

Which of the following is not a secondary lymphoid organ?

  1. Spleen

  2. Tonsil

  3. Thymus

  4. Payers patches


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thymus is a primary  lymphoid organ which genertate  lymphocytes.

The expanded form of MALT is

  1. Mucosal Associated Leucocyte Tissue

  2. Mucosal Associated Lymphoid Tissue

  3. Mucosal Accelerated Lymphoid Tissue

  4. Mucosal Arranged Lymphoid Tissue


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

MALT is Mucosal Associated Lymphoid Tissue.

Study of cancer is called

  1. conchology

  2. oncology

  3. cnidology

  4. nidology


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oncology is the study of cancer.

The genetic material in human immunodeficiency virus is

  1. double-stranded RNA

  2. double-stranded DNA

  3. single-stranded RNA

  4. single-stranded DNA


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The genetic material in human immunodeficiency virus is a single-stranded RNA.

Which of the following is not a helminthic disease?

  1. Elephantiasis

  2. Ascariasis

  3. Amoebiasis

  4. Enterobiasis


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Amoebiasis is a protozoan disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica.

Chemically antibodies are

  1. vitamins

  2. lipids

  3. carbohydrates

  4. proteins


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chemically antibodies are proteins called immunoglobulins.

Which of the following is a fungal disease?

  1. Amoebiasis

  2. Ringworm

  3. Common cold

  4. Pneumonia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ringworm is a fungal disease.

Antiserum contains

  1. antigen

  2. antibodies

  3. blood cells

  4. fibrinogens


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antiserum is blood serum containing antibodies. It is usually used in passive immunisation. Antibodies are proteins produced against antigen.

The ability of cancer cells to invade into a new organ is called

  1. angiogenesis

  2. metastasis

  3. metagenesis

  4. neoplasm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The ability of cancer cells to invade into a new organ is called metastasis .

Each antibody is a four polypeptide chain with

  1. three light chains and one heavy chain

  2. one light chain and three heavy chains

  3. two light chains and two heavy chains

  4. four light chains and no heavy chain


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Each antibody is a four polypeptide chain with two light chains and two heavy chains.

Which of the following is not a cannabinoid?

  1. Charas

  2. Marijuana

  3. Hashish

  4. Morphine


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Morphine is not a cannabinoid. It is an opioid.

A bacterial disease in human which infects alveoli of the lung is

  1. common cold

  2. pneumonia

  3. emphysema

  4. dysentry


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pneumonia is a  bacterial disease in human which infects alveoli of the lung.

Malignant malaria is caused by

  1. plasmodium malariae

  2. plasmodium vivax

  3. plasmodium ovale

  4. plasmodium falciparum


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Malignant malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum.

Uncontrolled proliferation of a cell type present in blood and its precursors in the bone marrow is called

  1. sarcoma

  2. carcinoma

  3. melanoma

  4. leukaemia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Uncontrolled proliferation of a cell type present in the blood and its precursors in the bone marrow is called leukaemia.

Against which of the following diseases, a person will develop interferon in his body?

  1. Tetanus

  2. Malaria

  3. Measles

  4. Typhoid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Measles is a viral disease.Interferonis an antiviral protein produced against viral infection .

Which of the following is an autoimmune disorder?

  1. Sickle cell anaemia

  2. Haemophilia

  3. Down's syndrome

  4. Rheumatoid arthritis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder.

Diacetyl morphine is the chemical name of

  1. heroin

  2. marijuana

  3. hashish

  4. cocaine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Diacetyl morphine is the chemical name of heroin.

Humoral immune system is formed by

  1. antigens

  2. killer cells

  3. T cells

  4. antibodies


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Humoral immune system is formed by antibodies.

Which of the following is not a physiological barrier of innate immunity?

  1. Acid in the stomach

  2. Saliva in the mouth

  3. Tears in the eye

  4. Mucus in the respiratory tract


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mucus in the respiratory tract is a physical barrier of innate immunity.

Which of the following is an antiviral protein which acts as a cytokine barrier of innate immunity?

  1. Histamine

  2. Heparin

  3. Interferon

  4. Hirudin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Interferon is an antiviral protein which act as a cytokine barrier of innate immunity

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