vitamins, nutrition, health, disease and treatment - Category wise Question and Answer Practice Test with Solutions

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Pre) 2008]

Which one of the following is a rich source of iron?

a) Rice

b) Pea

c) Carrot

d) Spinach

Answer: (d)

Question : 2 [IAS (Pre) 1995]

Which one of the following sets is correctly matched?

a) Colour blindness, Haemophilia and Sickle cell anaemia - Hereditary

b) Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Leprosy - Sex-linked

c) AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea - Bacterial

d) Polio, Japanese B encephalitis and Plague – Viral

Answer: (a)

Question : 3 [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]

Sleeping sickness happens due to

a) Rising of blood pressure

b) Deficiency of Vitamin A

c) Deficiency of calcium in body

d) Unicellular animal named Trypanosoma

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Which one of the following is an Indian medicinal plant ?

a) Oryza sativa

b) Rauwolfia serpentina

c) Saccharum officinarum

d) Solanum melongena

Answer: (b)

Rauwolfia serpentina belong to family Apocynaceae, its roots yield a chemical useful for high blood pressure.

Question : 5

Cornea transplant in humans is almost never rejected. This is because :

a) Its cells are least penetrable by bacteria

b) It has no blood sypply

c) It is a non-living layer

d) It is composed of enucleated cells

Answer: (b)

The cornea does not have a blood supply, therefore the antigens of our blood cannot recognize self from non-self and therefore no antibodies are generated against the foreign cornea.

Thus, no rejection reaction takes place.

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