Vaccination and Immunisation

Q. TAB vaccine is useful against

1. Polio
2. Pertussis
3. Typhoid
4. Diphtheria

Q.

A person is bitten by a dog. As an immediate treatment he is first administered rabies antibodies and later rabies vaccine. What do you think is the rationale behind this?

1. To provide immediate short term immunity and then a long lasting immunity to the same pathogen

2. To provide passive immunity and then long lasting immunity against the virus

3. To provide passive immunity and active immunity

4. All of the above

Q.

Which of the following diseases have been eradicated from India by means of vaccination?

1. Smallpox

2. Polio

3. Rabies

4. Measles

Q.

What is a vaccine?

1. A liquid containing dead pathogen

2. A liquid containing a weakened pathogen

3. A liquid containing a attenuated pathogen

4. All of the above

Q.

Regarding the assertion and reason, select the right option:

Assertion [A]: Vaccination exploits the fact that the immune system’s response to a second exposure to pathogens is much faster and more vigorous than it is the first time around.

Reason [R]: Vaccines mimic live pathogens.

1. Both A and R are false

2. Both A and R are true and R explains A

3. Both A and R are true and R does not explain A

4. A is true and R is false

Q.

Which of the following can be used as vaccines?

1. Heat killed virus

2. Protein fragments from a virus

3. Virus with its DNA modified that makes it weak

4. All of the above

Q. Treatment of snakebite by antivenom is

1. Artificially acquired active immunity
2. Artificially acquired passive immunity
3. Natural acquired passive immunity
4. Special natural immunity

Q. Match each disease with its correct type of vaccine :
(a) Tuberculosis (i) Harmless virus
(b) Whooping cough (ii) Inactivated toxin
(c) Diphtheria (iii) Killed bacteria
(d) Polio (iv) Harmless bacteria

1. a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i
2. 
   a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv
3. 
   a - ii, b - i, c - iv, d - iii
4. 
   a - ii, b - i, c - iii, d - iv

Q. A person likely to develop tetanus is immunized by administering

1. Weakened germs
2. Preformed antibodies
3. Wide spectrum antibiotics
4. Dead germs

Q. Antivenom injection contains preformed antibodies while polio drops that are administered into the body contain:

1. Activated pathogens
2. Attenuated pathogens
3. Harvested antibodies
4. Gamma globulin