Classification of Diseases

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Question 27
How can we prevent the following diseases?

(a) Cholera
(b) Typhoid
(c) Hepatitis A

Q.

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

1. Measles

2. Cancer

3. Heart Attack

4. Allergy

Q.

Give an example of a non-communicable disease.

Q. _______ are the agents that act as carriers of a pathogen and spread diseases.

1. DNA
2. Parasites
3. Microbes
4. Vectors

Q.

Acute diseases last for a very long time. True or False?

1. True

2. False

Q.

Diseases that stay for a longer period of time are called acute diseases. True or False.

1. False

2. True

Q.

Tuberculosis of the lungs makes us ill over the years, resulting in weight loss and continuous tiredness. Hence, tuberculosis is a ________ disease.

1. Chronic

2. Dietary

3. Acute

4. Simple

Q. A disease that lasts for a short period of time is called a/ an _______________ disease.

1. acute
2. chronic
3. congenital
4. dietary

Q. What are the differences between acute and chronic diseases?

Q. Acute diseases are mostly curable.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Choose the correct option out of the following-

A 20-year-old male with no history of any sexual contact was tested HIV positive. Which one of the following reasons could be a probable cause.

1. He would have shaken hands with an HIV positive person.

2. He would have had lunch with an HIV positive person.

3. He would have hugged an HIV positive person.

4. He would have shared a needle or razor with an HIV positive person.

Q.

Diseases that stay for very short period of time are called acute diseases. State true or false.

1. True

2. False

Q.

How is brain haemodynamics expressed?

Q.

Disease existing at or before birth is called a _____ disease.

1. Congenital

2. Communicable

3. Non-communicable

4. none of these

Q. What kind of pathogen causes common cold ?

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

Q.

Depending on the duration, the diseases are classified as:

1. Acute

2. Chronic

3. Infectious

4. Non-infectious

Q.

Disease caused by microorganisms

1. Infectious

2. Non-infectious

3. Inborn

4. None of these

Q.

All diseases affect us for long periods of time.

1. False

2. True

Q. Question 19
Give two examples for each of the following
(a) Acute diseases
(b) Chronic diseases
(c) Infectious diseases
(d) Non-infectious diseases

Q. Statement 1: Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague virus.
Statement 2: Plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals.

1. Both statements are true
2. Only statement 2 is true
3. Neither statements are true
4. Only statement 1 is true

Q.

Depending on the duration, the diseases are classified as:

1. Acute

2. Chronic

3. Infectious

4. Non-infectious

Q.

Diseases that stay for very short periods of time are called acute diseases. True or False.

1. True

2. False

Q.

Diseases that stay for very short periods of time are called acute diseases.

1. True

2. False

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HIV

Q. Which of the following are viral diseases?

1. Common cold
2. Influenza
3. Cholera
4. Malaria