Introduction to Diseases

Q. Name the following:​

A viral disease spread by the bite of a dog.

Q. Describe the ways in which communicable diseases are transmitted through various indirect methods.​

Q.

Diseases that stay for a very long period of time are called acute diseases.

1. True

2. False

Q.

Name any two viral diseases.

Q.

hepatitis disease primarily targets ______________.

Q.

Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for malaria.

1. True
2. False

Q.

In ____________(communicable/non-communicable) diseases, the germ cannot spread from a patient to another person by contact or by any other method.

Q.

Diseases can be classified into

1. Communicable and Non-Communicable

2. Indirect and Direct

3. Infectious and Non-infectious

4. None of the above.

Q.

The first clinical gene therapy was given for treating?

1. Chicken pox

2. Rheumatoid arthritis

3. Diabetes mellitus

4. Adenosine deaminase deficiency

Q.

Which among the following are communicable diseases?

1. Diabetes

2. Cholera

3. Night-blindness

4. Cancer

Q.

Name a disease in which

1. Antibiotic has no role.
2. Kissing does not spread the disease while sexual contact transfers the same.
3. Mass scale immunisation is going on.
4. Virus, bacterium and protozoan can be causal agent.

Q.

_________diseases are also called contagious diseases.

1. Communicable

2. Genetic

3. Non-communicable

4. Deficiency

Q. Which disease is caused by the deficiency of thiamine?

A. Beriberi

B. Rickets

C. Kwashiorkor

D Marasmus

Q. Non-infectious diseases are not caused by pathogens.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Depending on the duration, the diseases are classified as:

1. Acute

2. Chronic

3. Infectious

4. Non-infectious

Q.

1. What is an infectious disease?
2. What are the different means by which they spread?
3. What precautions can you take to reduce the incidence of infectious disease?

Q. Briefly write about infectious and non-infectious diseases along with examples.

Q. What is the full form of AIDS?

1. Acquired Intentional Deficiency Syndrome
2. Acquired Infectional Destructive Syndrome
3. Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
4. Acquired Immuno Deficiency Symptoms

Q. What does this ribbon represent?

1. Say NO to junk food
2. Awareness symbol for promoting education
3. Awareness symbol for fight against AIDS
4. Badge of a pharma company

Q. Which among the following pathogen causes tuberculosis?

1. Fungus
2. Protozoan
3. Virus
4. Bacteria

Q. A wound with pus is ___.

1. sign
2. symptom
3. proof of a chronic disease
4. an indication of a deadly disease

Q. Which of the following visual symptoms indicates liver failure?

1. Redness of skin in the abdomen
2. Sudden change in weight
3. Yellow colouration of the eye
4. Yellow coloured teeth

Q.

1. Hepatitis targets________.
2. Fits or unconsciousness targets ________.
3. Pneumonia targets ___________.
4. Fungal disease targets ___________.