Vitamins, Nutrition, Health, Disease And Treatment - Category Wise Question And Answer Practice Test With Solutions

Question : 1 [IAS Prelim]

Antigen is a substance which

a) triggers the immune system

b) lowers body temperatures

c) destroys harmful bacteria

d) is used as an antidote to poison

Question : 2 [IAS (Pre) 2003]

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) One of the symptoms of scurvy is pain in the joints

b) Vitamin-A (retinol) deficiency leads to the dry and scaly skin

c) Milk contains none of the B-vitamins

d) Vitamin $B_1$ (thiamine) deficiency can lead to heart failure

Question : 3 [IAS (Pre) 2002]

Foot and Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, is caused by

a) Protozoan

b) Bacterium

c) Fungus

d) Virus

Question : 4 [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]

E.E.G. records the activity of

a) Ear

b) Heart

c) Brain

d) Liver

Question : 5 [UPPCS (Pre) 1991]

The BCG vaccine must be proculated to a newborn baby within

a) Just after the birth

b) 6 months

c) Seven days

d) 48 days