Detecting Viable Pregnancy

Q.

Amniocentesis is used to detect

1. Sickle cell anemia

2. Down’s Syndrome and klinefelter's syndrome

3. Phenylketonuria

4. All the above

Q. Which of the following cannot be considered as advantage of amniocentesis?

1. Prenatal diagnostics
2. Detection of abnormalities
3. Detection of congenital defects
4. Determination of sex to abort female foetus

Q. The test which is misused for determining the sex of an unborn baby is ___.

1. Chorionic villi test
2. Amniocentesis
3. Ultrasound
4. Angiogram

Q. The following pedigree chart is regarding a particular Mendelian disorder. Select the correct option regarding the disorder and genotype of the particular individual taken into consideration?
[0.7 mark]

1. Colour blindness; $F_2\left(III\right)–X^{C}XorXX$
2. Sickle cell anaemia; $F_1\left(V\right)–Aa$
3. Haemophilia; $F_1\left(VI\right)–X^h{X}^h$
4. Phenylketonuria; $F_1\left(II\right)–AaorAA$

Q. Amniocentesis is a technique of drawing amniotic fluid and testing it. Which of the following is not a property of amniocentesis ?

1. It is used for detecting congenital diseases
2. It is used to find metabolic disorders
3. It is a postnatal diagnostic technique
4. This technique can be used to detect the sex of the developing baby

Q. Amniocentesis detects

1. Deformity in brain
2. Deformity in heart
3. All of these
4. Hereditary disease

Q. Amniocentesis for sex determination is banned in our country. Is this ban necessary? Comment.

Q.

Which of the following is used for detecting viable pregnancy?

1. USG

2. Amniocentesis

3. Foetoscopy

4. Chorionic villi

Q.

Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding amniocentesis and chorionic villi technique for foetal disease detection?

1. Both amniocentesis and chorionic villi techniques are used to diagnose genetic disorders.

2. Amniocentesis is done by abdominal puncture while chorionic villi sample is taken through viginal insertion.

3. Amniocentesis uses placental cells while chorionic villi technique uses skin and respiratory cells from the foetus.

4. Both can potentially be used to detect sex of the foetus.

Q.

Which of the following is not a use of USG technique?

1. Detecting foetal heartbeat

2. Genetic disorders in foetus

3. Measuring Nuchal translucency

4. Extracting chorionic villi cells

Q. Which of the following cannot be detected in a developing fetus by amniocentesis?

1. Klinefelter syndrome
2. Sex of the foetus
3. Down's syndrome
4. Jaundice

Q. The technique which makes use of amniotic fluid for the detection of prenatal disorder is called

1. laparoscopy
2. amniocentesis
3. endoscopy
4. ultrasound

Q. Which of the following abnormalities can be detected by amniocentesis?

1. Neural tube defect
2. Down's syndrome
3. Obesity
4. Both A and B

Q. Amniocentesis is

1. Digestion of amino acid
2. Taking out of amniotic fluid
3. Conversion of glucose to amino acids
4. Female foeticide

Q. Amniocentesis is the withdraw of amniotic fluid in?

1. Menopause
2. initial stages of pregnancy
3. later stages of Pregnancy
4. Lactation

Q. In context of amniocentesis, which of the following statements is incorrect?

1. It helps to determine fertility of the mother
2. It is usually done when a woman is between 14 – 16 weeks pregnant.
3. It can be used for the detection of Down Syndrome
4. It can be used for detection of cleft palate

Q. Which of the following is a complication associated to amniocentesis?

1. Preterm labour
2. Miscarriage
3. Infection
4. All of the above

Q. Which of the following can be detected by the amniocentesis?

1. Metabolic disorder
2. Congenital diseases
3. Chromosomal abnormalities
4. All of the above

Q.

Which of the following event marks the second stage of labour ?

1. Expulsion of the placenta

2. Baby moves out of the birth canal

3. Amniotic sac rupture

4. Increased contraction during transition

Q. What is amniocentesis? Name any two disorders that can be detected by amniocentesis?

Q. What is amniocentesis? Why is there a statutory ban on this?

Q. Amniocentesis is

1. Withdrawal of allantoic fluid from pregnant women
2. Analysis of chemical composition of fluids of pregnant woman
3. An in vivo diagnosis
4. Culturing of cells and study of metaphase chromosomes from amniotic fluid to identify chromosomal abnormality

Q. The main idea of the passage is to ______

1. show that speech recognition tests in fetuses are a valid method to test the impact of the womb on the fetus.
2. demonstrate that Chinese researchers are as good as American researchers.
3. show that experiences in the womb help shape newborn preferences and behaviour.
4. statistically validate the speech recognition tests.

Q. Amniocentesis is one of the methods

1. Adapted for MTP
2. For fetal sex determination
   
3. Used for diagnosis for safe parturition
   
4. All of the above

Q. What is the height and weight of twelve weeks old human embryo?

1. 7.5 cm, 650 grams
2. 7.5 cm, 14 grams
3. 42 cm, 1800 grams
4. 32 cm, 650 grams

Q. MTP is a

1. Malthusian treatise on population
2. Multi trade practices
3. Multiple temporary frequency
4. Medical termination of pregnancy

Q. (a) Mention the problems that are taken care of by Reproduction and Child Health Care programme.
(b) What is amniocentesis and why there is a statutory ban on it?

Q.

Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding amniocentesis and chorionic villi technique for foetal disease detection?

1. Amniocentesis is done by abdominal puncture while chorionic villi sample is taken through viginal insertion.

2. Amniocentesis uses placental cells while chorionic villi technique uses skin and respiratory cells from the foetus.

3. Both can potentially be used to detect sex of the foetus.

4. Both amniocentesis and chorionic villi techniques are used to diagnose genetic disorders.

Q. Assertion :Amniocentesis is a process of foetal sex determination. Reason: Metabolic errors and other diseases can be diagnosed prenatally by this process.

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. Which of the following cannot be detected in a developing fetus by amniocentesis?

1. Klinefelter syndrome
2. Jaundice
3. Sex of the foetus
4. Down's syndrome