Infectious Diseases

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What is the conclusion on health and hygiene?

Q.

Define an infectious agent.

Q. Which of the following is a disease caused by protozoans?

1. Typhoid
2. Polio
3. Tuberculosis
4. Malaria

Q.

Rahul’s father is suffering from malaria. In which category will you put this disease?

1. Acute disease

2. Chronic disease

3. Cannot be predicted from the given information

4. Both chronic and acute

Q. Infectious diseases are caused by .

1. filtered water
2. pathogens
3. food allergy

Q.

An infectious disease is one that:

1. is caused only by viruses

2. is transferred by mosquitoes

3. spreads from person to person

4. is caused only by bacteria

Q.

Infectious diseases are caused by __.

Q.

Some diseases can spread by direct contact. Which of the following is a means of direct contact?

1. Shaking hands

2. Sneezing

3. Sweating

4. Coughing

Q.

Which of the following are viral diseases?

1. Poliomyelitis

2. Filariasis

3. Tetanus

4. Malaria

Q.

Personal hygiene is basic to prevent infectious diseases.

1. False
2. True

Q.

Which of the following are communicable diseases?

1. Diabetes

2. Diphtheria

3. Hypertension

4. Kwashiorkor

Q.

DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct options.
Which of the following statement shows that common cold is different from pneumonia?

1. Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium Haemophilum influenza
2. Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs
3. Pneumonia is a communicable disease whereas the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease
4. Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine

Q. Out of the following, pick the name of a communicable disease.

1. Small pox
2. Helminth
3. Diabetes
4. Beri beri

Q. The interval between infection and appearance of a disease is known as

1. Inoculation
2. Penetration
3. Infection period
4. Incubation period

Q. The granulocyte to arrive first at the site of an infection is

1. Eosinophil
2. Neutrophile
3. Basophil
4. All of these

Q. Insect that spreads plague is

1. Yersinia
2. Pediculus
3. Xenopsylla
4. Anopheles

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

1. True
2. False