Strategies for Reducing Infectious Diseases

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What is molecular taxonomy?

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What is meant by personal hygiene ?

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What precautions can be took to justify “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE ”?

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What are the different biosafety levels?

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What measure would you take to prevent water-borne diseases?

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What are the various public health measures, which you would suggest as safeguard against infectious diseases ?

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Social hygiene is equally important as personal hygiene. Give reason.

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What measure would you take to prevent water- borne diseases ?

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In which way has the study of biology helped us to control infectious diseases?

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How can you manage stress?

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Match the disease in Column I with the appropriate items (pathogen/prevention/treatment) in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) Amoebiasis (i) Treponema pallidum
(B) Diphtheria (ii) Use only sterilized food and water
(C) Cholera (iii) DPT vaccine
(D) Syphilis (iv) Use oral rehydration therapy

1. A = (ii), B = (i), C = (iii), D = (iv)

2. A = (ii), B = (iii), C = (iv), D = (i)

3. A = (i), B = (ii), C = (iii), D = (iv)

4. A = (ii), B = (iv), C = (i), D = (iii)

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Comment: "Prevention is better than cure ".

Q. Where is the hunger centre located in the human brain?

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In which way has the study of biology helped us to control infectious diseases ?

Q. Define sanitation.

1. Hygienic practices to promote health
2. Unhygienic practices for unhealthy life
3. Unhygienic practices to promote health
4. Both A and B

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What kind of first aid is given in case of animal bites?

Q. The fish useful in malaria control is:

1. Catla
2. Rohu
3. Gambusia
4. Scoliodon

Q. Of the following, what is the main purpose of sanitation?

1. To provide luxurious lifestyle
2. To provide healthy environment
3. To provide healthy food and water
4. None of the above

Q. The spread of mosquito-borne diseases can be controlled by introducing vector control fish such as:

1. Gambusia
2. Labeo
3. Hilsa
4. Catla

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Which is an effective method to control mosquito breeding?

1. Use of mosquito repellents

2. Cultivation of Gambusia fishes that eat the larvae of mosquitoes

3. Antimalarial drugs

4. Regular cleaning of ponds and lakes

Q. Muscles that act to cause similar movements are called _____.

1. antagonists
2. origins
3. insertions
4. synergists

Q. Read the following statements (i - iv) related to diseases and identify the correct statements.

(i) Droplet infection and animal bite are direct modes of transmission of diseases.
(ii) Tobacco smoke causes lung cancer.
(iii) Vectors like mosquitoes carry pathogens and infect people with waterborne diseases.
(iv) Proto oncogenes when activated can turn normal cells into cancerous cells.

1. (i), (ii) and (iii)
2. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
3. (ii) and (iii)
4. (ii) and (iv)

Q. The disease like malaria and filariasis is transmitted through insect vectors; vectors can be controlled by introducing fish:

1. Labe
2. Gambusia
3. Hilsa
4. Catla

Q. What is triple antigen? Name the three diseases which, can be prevented by using it.

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Do asthmatics have a weak immune system?

Q. Public hygiene is equally important as personal hygiene. Give reasons.

Q. Personal hygiene includes ________.

1. Bathing
2. Brushing of teeth
3. Both A and B
4. Cutting of hair

Q. Suppose n different games are to be given to n children. In how many ways can this be done so that exactly one child gets no game.

Q. The simple basic practice of sanitation is

1. Industrial cleaning
2. Personal hygiene
3. Surrounding hygiene
4. None of the above

Q. Which of the following is effective in prevention and cure of Malaria

1. Quinoline derivatives
2. Primaquine and Chloroquine
3. Control of mosquito breeding
4. All of the above