Communicable Diseases

Q. What are the different means by which infectious diseases are spread?

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What is a fomite-borne disease? Give examples.

Q. Which one of the following is a viral disease?

(a) Elephantiasis
(b) Cholera
(c) Malaria
(d) Influenza

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What is malignant tumour?

Q. A is an organism that carries from an infected person to a healthy person.

1. transporter
2. pathogens
3. vector
4. toxins

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What does the above diagram represent? ___.

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Give examples of diseases that spread through air
Can viral diseases be spread through air? [ 3 MARKS ]

Q. Fill in the Blanks

Infectious diseases are caused by .

Q. Write short note on communicable and noncommunicable disease

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Question 8
Elephantiasis is caused by

(a) Wuchereria
(b) Pinworm
(c) Planarians
(d) Liver flukes

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Which is STD responsible for the appearance of a chancre, a small, painless, reddish-brown sore on the mouth or on the sex organs?

1. Gonorrhea

2. Genital Warts

3. Chlamydia

4. Syphilis

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This diagram is representative of the spread of diseases through ___ .

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Which one of the following methods is not used for transmission of diseases by infectious agents?

1. By food

2. Direct contact

3. By air

4. By genes

Q. Communicable diseases are non-infectious.

1. True
2. False

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Which among the following are communicable diseases?

(1) Diabetes

(2) Cholera

(3) Chickenpox

(4) Cancer

(5) AIDS

(6) Scurvy

(7) Dengue

1. (1), (2), (3) and (4)

2. (2), (3), (6) and (7)

3. (2), (3), (5) and (7)

4. (1), (2), (3) and (7)

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An infectious disease is ___________ .

1. spread from person to person

2. caused only by viruses

3. spread from animal to animal

4. caused only by bacteria

Q. The microorganism that requires a host to produce _______

Q. Write down the modes of infection and the preventive measures against fungal diseases.

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Correctly chose the microbe which spreads through contaminated water/food?

1. Common cold

2. Tuberculosis

3. Cholera

4. Sleeping sickness

Q. Why are infectious diseases called communicable diseases?

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Which of the following is STD?

1. Cancer
2. Malaria
3. Pneumonia
4. Trichomoniasis

Q. ___________ is a disease characterised by uncontrolled bleeding and inability of blood to clot properly.

1. Asthma
2. Diarrhea
3. Conjunctivitis
4. Haemophilia

Q. What is a communicable disease?

1. It is a disease that can be spread to others and is contagious.
2. It is a disease that cannot be spread and is caused by health habits and behaviours.
3. It is a disease that is caused by bacteria in our environment.
4. It is a disease that can be spread through food, animals, water, and the air.

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Are zoospores airborne?

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Diseases that can spread from an infected person to a healthy person through air, water, food or physical contact are called ___diseases.

Q. What causes communicable diseases?

1. Spoiled food item
2. Pathogens
3. Dirty objects
4. Unsanitary conditions

Q. A person is suffering from a disease X. Microbes causing the disease enter the body through a mosquito bite. They reach the liver and then enter and infect the RBCs. Identify the disease X.

1. Dengue
2. Jaundice
3. Malaria
4. Japanese encephalitis

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Syphilis is spread through

1. Sharing food

2. Sexual contact

3. Shaking hands

4. Drinking contaminated water

Q. Which of the following acts state the importance of personal hygiene?

1. Cutting nails

2. Using combs used by others

3. Washing hand after using toilet

4. Using expensive clothes

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