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

Question : 6

A certain patient is suspected to be suffering from Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. Which diagnostic technique will you recommend for its detection?

a) Ultra sound

b) MRI

c) ELISA

d) Widal test

Answer: (c)

ELISA is an fundamental tool of clinical immunology and is used as an initial screen for HIV detection.

Question : 7 [IAS (Pre) 1995]

“It begins as a single cell and grows into a merciless disease that claims millions of lives year after year. But scientists are steadily unlocking its mysteries and the fight against it, may now have reached a dramatic turning point. New discoveries promise better therapies and hope in the war against ....”. The disease referred to in the above quotation is

a) Tuberculosis

b) Cancer

c) AIDS

d) Alzheimer’s disease

Answer: (b)

Question : 8 [IAS (Pre) 2001]

‘Athlete’s Foot’ is a disease caused by

a) Protozoan

b) Bacteria

c) Fungus

d) Nematode

Answer: (c)

Question : 9

Which among the following vaccines is used for preventing viral infections?

  1. Polio vaccine
  2. MMR
  3. DPT
  4. BCG
Choose the correct option :

a) 1, 2, 3

b) All of these

c) 1 and 2

d) 1 only

Answer: (c)

The MMR vaccine is an immunization vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (also called German measles). It is a mixture of live attenuated viruses of the three diseases, administered via injection.

The Polio vaccine also contains attenuated viral particles. DPT is a class of combination of vaccines against three infectious diseases namely, Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and Tetanus. Bacillus Calmette– Guérin is a vaccine against tuberculosis.

Question : 10 [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]

The pathogen responsible for the common cold is

a) Leukaemia virus

b) Orthomixo virus

c) Rhizovirus

d) Poliovirus

Answer: (c)

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