Diseases

Q.

A disease that lasts for a short period of time is called an acute disease.

1. False

2. True

Q.

Which one of the following is an acute disease?

1. T.B

2. AIDS

3. Elephantiasis

4. Common cold

Q.

Some diseases can spread by direct contact. Which of the following diseases is an example of this type?

1. Cancer

2. Chicken pox

3. Diabetes

4. Heart Attack

Q. Who among the following scientists discovered fermentation?

1. Edward Jenner
2. Alexander Fleming
3. Louis Pasteur
4. David Warner

Q.

How do you know if your pancreas is healthy?

Q. Which of the following is a chronic disease?

1. Common cold
2. Food poisoning
3. Typhoid
4. AIDS

Q. Symptoms of pneumonia

Q. What exactly happens when someone suffers from polio?

Q.

Read the following statements carefully.

1. Beriberi is caused due to nutritional deficiency
2. Asthma is a genetic disorder
3. Depression is a type of mental illness
4. AIDS is a protozoal disease

Which two of the above statements are correct?

1. i and ii

2. ii and iv

3. i and iii

4. ii and iii

Q. Sansa is showing the following symptoms:

• Chronic cough
• Difficulty in speaking and swallowing
• Unexplained weight loss

Which disease could she possibly have?

1. Tuberculosis
2. AIDS
3. Swine Flu
4. Cancer

Q.

Read the following statements carefully.

1. Beriberi is caused due to nutritional deficiency

2. Asthma is a genetic disorder

3. Depression is a type of mental illness

4. AIDS is a protozoal disease

Which two of the above statements are correct?

1. ii and iv

2. i and iii

3. ii and iii

4. i and ii

Q.

Pathogens of the _______________ disease enter the human body from soil through injuries.

Q.

Diseases are classified based on which of the following factors?

1. Mode of transmission

2. Cost of treatment

3. Causative agents

4. How often they can affect a person in one's lifetime

Q. Pathogens which spread through contact cause ______ borne diseases.

1. water
2. air
3. fomite
4. vector

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Q. Pathogens which spread through contact cause ______ borne diseases.

1. water
2. air
3. fomite
4. vector

Q. The metal which is present in our body in red blood corpuscles and whose deficiency in the body causes anaemia is

1. zinc
2. arsenic
3. iron
4. tin

Q. Assertion :The pathogenecity of the bacteria is due to outer membrane covering. Reason: The covering mainly consists of lipopolysaccharide.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Q.

A disease means _____. (you can choose more than one options)

1. Disturbed body structure or function

2. Discomfort

3. A cause for showing symptoms

4. Unhealthy state

Q. According to the passage, before the discovery of new techniques for detecting viral DNA, population ecologists believed that viral diseases ______

1. Were not widely prevalent among insect populations generally.
2. Affected only the caterpillar life stage of lepidoptera.
3. Were the driving force behind lepidoptera population cycles.
4. Attacked already declining caterpillar populations.
5. Infected birds and parasites that prey on various species of lepidoptera.

Q. A disease means ________ .

1. Disturbed body structure or function
2. Discomfort
3. Unusual problematic symptoms
4. An unhealthy state

Q. Write a short note on disease.

Q. When a disease affects an entire population, it is called an .

1. epidemic
2. acute
3. chronic

Q. Who among the following scientists discovered fermentation?

1. Alexander Fleming
2. Edward Jenner
3. David Warner
4. Louis Pasteur

Q. A disease in which the eyes, the skin and the urine turn yellow.