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Dengue virus causes high fever, and rashes and reduces the number of a particular type of blood cells. Those blood cells are
(a) Monocytes
(b) Platelets
(c) Eosinophils
(d) Neutrophils
Option b – Platelets
Which one of the following statements about microbes is not correct?
(a) They are used in sewage treatment plants.
(b) They are used in industrial fermenters for the production of beverages.
(c) No antibiotic has been obtained from any microbe.
(d) They are used to get many bioactive molecules for the treatment of diseases.
Option c – No antibiotic has been obtained from any microbe
Western blot is the diagnostic test for
(a) Plague
(b) Leprosy
(c) HIV
(d) Typhoid
Option c – HIV
Which one of the following does not directly refer to cholesterol?
(a) Low-density lipoprotein
(b) High-density lipoprotein
(c) Rhesus factor
(d) Packaged protein coat
Option c – Rhesus factor
Which one of the following is not an epidemic disease?
(a) Cholera
(b) Malaria
(c) Smallpox
(d) Elephantiasis
Option d – Elephantiasis
In the hooch tragedy (casualty occurring due to wine poisoning) sometimes the incidents of blindness occur due to the poisonous substance :
(a) ethyl alcohol
(b) methyl alcohol
(c) amyl alcohol
(d) benzyl alcohol
Option b – methyl alcohol
Which of the following is not included in AYUSH Department under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Govt. of India?
(a) Allopathy
(b) Ayurveda
(c) Unani
(d) Sidhi
Option a – Allopathy
The use of polished rice in the human diet causes the following disease
(a) Beriberi
(b) Goitre
(c) Night blindness.
(d) Color blindness
Option a – Beriberi
Which one of the following viruses is responsible for the recent death of lions in Gir National Park?
(a) Canine Distemper Virus
(b) Nipah Virus
(c) Hendra Virus
(d) Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
Option a – Canine Distemper Virus
Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by
(a) Histomonas
(b) Trypanosoma
(c) Angomonae
(d) Naegleria
Option b – Trypanosoma
Which of the following pollutants is the major cause of respiratory diseases?
(a) Suspended fine particles
(b) Nitrogen oxides
(c) Carbon monoxide
(d) Volatile organic compounds
Option a – Suspended fine particles
Which of the following is not a water-borne disease?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Hepatitis
(c) Cholera
(d) Dengue
Option d – Dengue
Identify the air pollutant in urban areas which irritates the eyes and also the respiratory tract of human beings.
(a) Particulate matter
(b) Oxides of nitrogen
(c) Surface ozone
(d) Carbon monoxide
Option c – Surface ozone
Which of the following pollutants can cause cancer in humans?
(a) Pesticides
(b) Mercury
(c) Lead
(d) Ozone
Option b – Mercury
AIDS is caused by a virus whose genetic material is
(a) single-stranded circular DNA
(b) double-stranded DNA
(c) single-stranded RNA
(d) double-stranded RNA
Option c – single-stranded RNA
Which one of the following is the special type of milk produced by a lactating mother, is essential for the development of the immune response of newborn babies in humans?
(a) Breast milk produced after a month of childbirth
(b) Transitional milk
(c) Colostrum
(d) Mineralized milk
Option c – Colostrum
HIV that causes AIDS first starts destroying
(A) helper T-lymphocytes
(B) leucocytes
(C) B-lymphocytes
(D) thrombocytes
Option a – helper T-lymphocytes
The following are used for the detection and diagnosis of cancer
(A) MRI
(B) Computed tomography
(C) ECG
(D) Radiography
Option c – ECG
Which of the following is the vector of malaria?
(A) female Aedes mosquito
(B) Plasmodium
(C) female Anopheles mosquito
(D) Wuchereria
Option c – female Anopheles mosquito
Which of the following are infectious diseases? i. Polio ii. Diphtheria iii. Tetanus iv. Pneumonia V. Osteoporosis vi. Myasthenia gravis
(A) ii, iii and vi
(B) i, ii, iii and iv
(C) i, ii, iv and v
(D) All of these
Option b – i, ii, iii and iv
Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement I: Malarial parasite requires two hosts, humans and mosquitoes to complete their life cycle. Statement II: Haemozoin is produced on rupturing of liver cells during malarial infection.
(A) Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect.
(B) Statement II is correct and statement I is incorrect.
(C) Both statement I and statement II are correct.
(D) Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.
Option a – Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect.
When the immune system of higher vertebrates cannot distinguish self-cells and non-self-cells due to a genetic abnormality and attacks self-cells, this leads to
(A) graft rejection.
(B) allergic response
(C) active immunity
(D) auto-immune disease
Option d – auto-immune disease
Identify the INCORRECT statement regarding the antibodies.
(A) They induce antigen formation.
(B) Antibodies are proteins secreted by B-lymphocytes
(C) They are made up of two light chains and two heavy chains.
(D) They are found in the bloodstream.
Option a – They induce antigen formation.
Select the CORRECT set of diseases that are transmitted through insect vectors.
(A) Filariasis and Chikungunya
(B) Dengue and Ascariasis
(C) Filariasis and Amoebiasis
(D) Malaria and Pneumonia
Option d – Malaria and Pneumonia
The common cold is caused by
(A) Rhinoviruses
(B) Streptococcus
(C) Salmonella
(D) Trichophyton
Option a – Rhinoviruses
Allergy is due to the release of chemicals like ……… from the mast cells.
(A) Melatonin and Adrenalin
(B) Histamine and Serotonin
(C) Calcitonin and Serotonin
(D) Anti-Histamine and Melatonin
Option b – Histamine and Serotonin
AIDS is caused by
(A) Oncogenic viruses
(B) Rhinoviruses
(C) Human immunodeficiency virus
(D) Haemophilus influenzae
Option c – Human immunodeficiency virus
Amoebiasis is caused by
(A) E. coli
(B) Streptococcus pneumonia
(C) Entamoeba histolytica
(D) W. bancrofti
Option c – Entamoeba histolytica
Identify the function of enzyme reverse transcriptase in an HIV virus.
(A) Synthesis of viral mRNA from DNA genome
(B) Synthesis of viral DNA from DNA genome
(C) Synthesis of viral DNA from the RNA genome
(D) Synthesis of viral RNA from DNA genome
Option c – Synthesis of viral DNA from the RNA genome
……… the most common infectious disease is in man caused by Trichophyton.
(A) Ascariasis
(B) Amoebiasis
(C) Pneumonia
(D) Ringworm
Option d – Ringworm
Humoral immunity is mediated by
(A) L lymphocytes
(B) T lymphocytes
(C) B lymphocytes
(D) P lymphocytes
Option c – B lymphocytes
Which of the following species of Plasmodium causes malignant malaria that can be fatal?
(A) Plasmodium vivax
(B) Plasmodium falciparum
(C) Plasmodium ovale
(D) Plasmodium malariae
Option b – Plasmodium falciparum
Entamoeba histolytica is a human parasite usually found in the
(A) large intestine
(B) liver
(C) kidney
(D) stomach
Option a – large intestine
Gambusia fish is introduced into the ponds in order to check the vector-borne disease such as
(A) dengue
(B) malaria
(C) chikungunya
(D) all of these
Option d – all of these
Identify the parasite that blocks the intestinal passage and whose eggs are excreted along with the fecal matter of the infected person.
(A) Gambusia
(B) Ascaris
(C) W. malayi
(D) Plasmodium
Option b – Ascaris
Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement I: The genera Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton belong to the kingdom Fungi. Statement II: These fungi require heat and moisture to grow and thus, thrive in the groin or between the toes.
(A) Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect.
(B) Statement II is correct and statement I is incorrect.
(C) Both statement I and statement II are correct.
(D) Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.
Option c – Both statement I and statement II are correct.
Typhoid is caused by
(A) Wuchereria
(B) Salmonella
(C) Streptococcus
(D) Escherichia
Option b – Salmonella
……… is an autoimmune disorder.
(A) Haemophilia
(B) AIDS
(C) Myasthenia gravis
(D) Typhoid
Option c – Myasthenia gravis
Cocaine is obtained from
(A) Atropa belladonna
(B) Papaver somniferum
(C) Erythroxylum coca
(D) Cannabis sativa
Option c – Erythroxylum coca
Which of the following pairs contains an infectious and a non-infectious disease respectively?
(A) Typhoid and AIDS
(B) AIDS and Cancer
(C) Cancer and Malaria
(D) Cancer and AIDS
Option b – AIDS and Cancer
Which one among the following water-borne diseases is not caused by bacteria?
(a) Cholera
(b) Typhoid
(c) Bacillary dysentery
(d) Hepatitis A
Option d – Hepatitis A
After entering the human body through a mosquito bite, the malarial parasite (Plasmodium) shows initial multiplication in
(a) the Spinal cord
(b) Blood
(c) the Liver
(d) the Spleen
Option c – the Liver
Which of the following systems in man is affected by the bite of the cobra?
(a) Digestive
(b) Nervous
(c) Excretory
(d) Circulatory
Option b – Nervous
Ephedrine obtained from the stem of the Ephedra is given to cure
(a) asthma
(b) respiratory disorder
(c) cold and cough
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Acupuncture is a medical system of treatment in which
(a) herbs are used to relieve pain
(b) needles are inserted into particular parts of the body to relieve pain
(c) surgery is done to relieve pain
(d) none of these
Option b – needles are inserted into particular parts of the body to relieve pain
When a person, after a certain degree of exertion, suffers from pain in the chest or below the collar bones, in the events of inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscles, he is said to suffer from
(a) coronary thrombosis
(b) myocardial infarction
(c) angina pectoris
(d) arteriosclerosis
Option c – angina pectoris
The disease caused by swelling of the membrane over the spinal cord and brain is
(a) leukemia
(b) paralysis
(c) sclerosis
(d) meningitis
Option d – meningitis
Apart from quinine, which one of the following herbal drugs is used to cure malaria?
(a) Arteether
(b) Glace
(c) Lutivit
(d) Cineraria
Option a – Arteether
Which one of the following is a hereditary disease?
(a) Cataract
(b) Haemophilia
(c) Pellagra
(d) Osteoporosis
Option b – Haemophilia
Which one of the following insects spreads Kala-azar?
(a) Fruit fly
(b) Tsetse fly
(c) Sandfly
(d) Mosquito
Option c – Sandfly
Jaundice in human beings is the result of
(a) incomplete metabolism of biliverdin
(b) complete metabolism of biliverdin
(c) incomplete metabolism of bilirubin
(d) complete metabolism of bilirubin
Option c – incomplete metabolism of bilirubin
Sickle-cell anemia is a disease caused due to abnormality in
(a) white blood cells
(b) red blood cells
(c) thrombocytes
(d) blood plasma composition
Option b – red blood cells
Which one of the following is useful in the treatment of the scurvy disease?
(a) Mango
(b) Papaya
(c) Aonla
(d) Ber
Option c – Aonla
In countries where polished rice is the mean cereal in their diet, people suffer from
(a) Pellagra
(b) beri – beri
(c) Scurvy
(d) Osteomalacia
Option b – beri – beri
Salk’s vaccine is connected with which one of the following diseases?
(a) Smallpox
(b) Titanus
(c) T. B.
(d) Polio
Option d – Polio
Which of the following drugs has been recently reported to be responsible for the decline of the population of Vultures?
(a) Aspirin
(b) Chloroquine
(c) Diclofenac sodium
(d) Penicillin
Option c – Diclofenac sodium
AIDS is the short form of which of the following diseases?
(a) Acquired Immune Deformity Syndrome.
(b) Anticipated Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(c) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(d) Abnormal Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Option c – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Which one of the following diseases can not be controlled by vaccination?
(a) Diabetes
(b) Polio
(c) Whooping cough
(d) Smallpox
Option a – Diabetes
Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B4
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin E
Option a – Vitamin A
Iodine is administered to patients suffering from
(a) Rheumatism
(b) Night blindness
(c) Rickets
(d) Goitre
Option d – Goitre
Sleeping sickness happens due to
(a) a Deficiency of vitamin A
(b) a Deficiency of calcium in the body
(c) Rising Blood pressure
(d) Trypanosoma
Option d – Trypanosoma
The radioisotope used to detect tumors is
(a) Iodine-131
(b) Cobalt-60
(c) Arsenic-74
(d) Sodium-24
Option c – Arsenic-74
The blue baby pollution disease is due to the excessive presence of which of the following in drinking water?
(a) Fluoride
(b) Chloride
(c) Nitrate
(d) Arsenic
Option c – Nitrate
Which of the following strains of H.I.V. is dominant in India?
(a) HIV IA
(b) HIV IB
(c) HIV IC
(d) HIV ID
Option c – HIV IC
Consider the following statements and choose the correct code. Assertion (A): Osteoporosis is a reduction in bone mass causing weakness of skeletal bones. Reason (R): It is caused by excessive resorption of calcium and phosphorus from the bone. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) Both A and R are false.
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Consider the following statements and choose the correct ones. 1. Once HIV gains a foothold, it can never be eradicated from the body. 2. Many HIV patients, however, can manage the infection with a cocktail of drugs. 3. It is very mutable and infects the respiratory system itself.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) None
(d) All are correct
Option d – All are correct
Consider the following statements: 1. Progeria is a genetic disease associated with fast ageing. 2. Progeric patients never live beyond the early years of 5 or 6. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option a – 1 only
Which of the following statements is correct? 1. Stewart’s disease of corn is caused by Erwinia stewartii. 2. The primary vector of Erwinia stewartii is the corn flea beetle Chaetocnema pulicaria.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option c – Both 1 and 2
Consider the following statements: 1. Hashimoto disease results in thymosin deficiency. 2. Cretinism in children occurs due to thyroxine deficiency. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option b – 2 only
Consider the following statements: 1. ECG is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart. 2. ECG is not used to measure the rate and regularity of heartbeats. Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Option a – 1 only
Consider the following statements: 1. Swine flu is also called swine influenza. 2. It is an infection caused by swine influenza viruses. 3. Swine flu is transmitted from person to person by inhalation or ingestion of droplets containing the virus from people sneezing or coughing. 4. It is also spread by eating cooked pork. Which of the statements given above is correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Option b – 1, 2 and 3 only
AIDS is transmitted by 1. Sexual intercourse 2. Blood transfusion 3. Mosquitoes and other blood-sucking insects 4. Across the placenta Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Option b – 1 and 2
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option a – 1 only
Consider the following statements: 1. ELISA test is employed as the first and most basic test for an individual to detect cancer. 2. Almost 50% of human beings have Rh+ blood while the remaining have Rh blood. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option d – Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following diseases are infectious in milch animals? 1. Hand diseases 2. Anthrax 3. Black quarter 4. Cowpox Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2,3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Option b – 2,3 and 4
Consider the following statements: 1. Meningococcal meningitis is transmitted from person to person by mosquito bites. Vomiting and neck pain are two of the symptoms of meningococcal meningitis. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither I nor 2
Option b – 2 only
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below: Assertion (A): If somebody stops taking green vegetables, he will suffer from night blindness. Reason (R): He will suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Consider the following statements: 1. Dengue is a protozoan disease transmitted by mosquitos. 2. Retro-orbital pain is not a symptom of dengue. 3. Skin rash and bleeding from the nose and gums are some of the symptoms of dengue. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
Option b – 2 only
The main reason why antibiotics could not solve all the problems of bacterial diseases is ( Human Health and Disease Class 12 NEET MCQs )
(a) the Insensitivity of the individual following prolonged exposure to antibiotics
(b) the Inactivation of antibiotics by bacterial enzymes
(c) Decreased efficiency of the immune system
(d) The development of mutant strains resistant to antibiotics
Option d – The development of mutant strains resistant to antibiotics
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below: Assertion (A): In filariasis, the lower legs and scrotum are swelled to an unproportionate level Reason (R): The filarial worms block the lymph vessels and lymph node. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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