QUIZ : 01 - Biology - Disease Special_I
1. Jaundice affects the
a) Pancreas
b) Stomach
c) Liver
d) Intestine
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2. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in
a) Tanneries
b) Coal mining industry
c) Distilleries
d) Glass industry
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3. Which of the following is a water borne disease?
a) Small pox
b) Malaria
c) Cholera
d) Tuberculosis
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4. Rickets disease is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin
a) Vitamin D
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin B
d) Vitamin E
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5. Tuberculosis is caused by
a) Bacterium
b) Virus
c) Fungus
d) Protozoan
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6. The disease caused due to deficiency of iron is
a) Colour-blindness
b) Night-blindness
c) Anaemia
d) Tuberculosis
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7. If a human disease breaks out across a large region of the world, what is it called?
a) Pandemic
b) Epidemic
c) Endemic
d) Epizootic
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8. ‘Grey-speck’ disease is caused by the deficiency of
a) Potassium
b) Manganese
c) Molybdenum
d) Zinc
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9. The reason of dental caries is
a) Viral infection
b) Contaminated water
c) Bacterial infection
d) Hereditary reason
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10. Inhaling of tobacco causes
a) Sleeplessness
b) Irregularity of heart beats
c) Dyspepsia
d) All of the above
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11. Muscle’s cramps is the result of deficiency of
a) Calcium
b) Phosphorus
c) Potassium
d) Iodine
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12. Aedes mosquitoes transmit
1) Dengue
2) Yellow Fever
3) Zika
a) Only 1 & 3
b) Only 1 & 2
c) Only 2 & 3
d) All 1, 2 & 3
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13. ‘Tetraplagia’ refers to paralysis of
a) Right hand only
b) Left hand only
c) Both legs only
d) Both hands and both legs
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14. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched
a) Pneumonia – Lungs
b) Cataract – Thyroid Gland
c) Jaundice – Eye
d) Diabetes – Liver
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15. Which of the following disease is caused by the excessive use of alcoholic beverage
a) Appendicitis
b) Viral Hepatitis
c) Gall stones
d) Liver cirrhosis
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16. What among the following is responsible for formation of stone in kidney?
a) Calcium acetate
b) Calcium oxalate
c) Sodium acetate
d) Sodium Benzoate
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17. The most important factor contributing to the loss of vulture population in India is
a) Viral infection
b) Bacterial infection
c) Administering of pain killers to cattle
d) Administering of estrogen injection to cattle
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18. Assertion (A): Colour blindness occurs with more frequency in males than in females.
Reason (R): Females have two x-chromosomes and males have only one.
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.
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19. Which of the following strains of HIV is dominant in India?
a) HIV-1A
b) HIV-1B
c) HIV-1C
d) HIV-1D
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20. Which of the following diseases can not be cured by antibiotics
a) Leprosy
b) Tetanus
c) Measles
d) Cholera
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EXPLANATIONS:
20. Antibiotics cure only bacterial diseases and they do not act on the diseases caused by viruses. Leprosy, Tetanus and Cholera are caused by bacteria.