Section A: Multiple Choice Questions — Answers (1 Mark
Each)
1. As per the WHO, health is a state of complete _______
well-being.
(a) Physical (b) Physical and mental (c) Physical, mental
and social (d) Mental only
Answer: (c) Physical, mental and social
2. Which of the following is NOT a communicable disease?
(a) Measles (b) Diabetes (c) Chickenpox (d) Typhoid
Answer: (b) Diabetes
3. Disease-causing organisms are called:
(a) Vectors (b) Pathogens (c) Antibodies (d) Antibiotics
Answer: (b) Pathogens
4. Which organism causes malaria?
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus (c) Protozoa (d) Worm
Answer: (c) Protozoa
5. Insects that spread pathogens from an infected person
to a healthy person are called:
(a) Hosts (b) Vectors (c) Carriers (d) Parasites
Answer: (b) Vectors
6. The first vaccine in the world was discovered by:
(a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Louis Pasteur
(d) Robert Koch
Answer: (b) Edward Jenner
7. Edward Jenner's vaccine gave protection against:
(a) Polio (b) Smallpox (c) Measles (d) Tuberculosis
Answer: (b) Smallpox
8. Penicillin, the first antibiotic, was discovered by:
(a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Kamal
Ranadive (d) Maharaj Kishan Bhan
Answer: (b) Alexander Fleming
9. Antibiotics are effective against:
(a) Viruses (b) Bacteria (c) Protozoa (d) All pathogens
Answer: (b) Bacteria
10. The traditional Indian practice of using material
from a smallpox sore to build immunity was called:
(a) Ayurveda (b) Variolation
(c) Vaccination (d) Immunisation
Answer: (b) Variolation
11. What a person feels, such as pain or tiredness, is
called a:
(a) Sign (b) Symptom (c) Disease (d) Vector
Answer: (b) Symptom
12. Something that can be seen or measured, such as fever or rash, is called a:
(a) Symptom (b) Sign (c) Pathogen (d) Vector
Answer: (b) Sign
13. Diseases caused due to lack of specific nutrients in the diet are called:
(a) Communicable diseases (b) Deficiency diseases (c) Chronic diseases (d) Vector-borne diseases
Answer: (b) Deficiency diseases
14. Diseases that persist for more than three months are called:
(a) Acute diseases (b) Chronic diseases (c) Communicable diseases (d) Deficiency diseases
Answer: (b) Chronic diseases
15. Which of the following is an example of a non-communicable disease
(a) Cholera (b) Cancer (c) Hepatitis A (d) Dengue
Answer: (b) Cancer
16. Kamal Ranadive's biomedical research mainly focused on the link between cancer and:
(a) Vaccines and antibiotics (b) Hormones and certain viruses (c) Vectors and pathogens (d) Diet only
Answer: (b) Hormones and certain viruses
17. Maharaj Kishan Bhan played a key role in developing the:
(a) Smallpox vaccine (b) Rotavirus vaccine (c) Penicillin (d) Insulin
Answer: (b) Rotavirus vaccine
18. Which index helps us know how clean the air is?
(a) BMI (b) Air Quality Index (AQI) (c) GDP Index (d) WHO Index
Answer: (b) Air Quality Index (AQI)
19. Cholera and typhoid mainly affect the:
(a) Lungs (b) Liver (c) Intestine (d) Skin
Answer: (c) Intestine
20. Tuberculosis (TB) mainly affects the:
(a) Intestine (b) Lungs (c) Skin (d) Liver
Answer: (b) Lungs
21. Hepatitis A mainly affects the:
(a) Lungs (b) Liver (c) Intestine (d) Blood
Answer: (b) Liver
22. Ascariasis (roundworm infection) is caused by:
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus (c) Worms (d) Protozoa
Answer: (c) Worms
23. Dengue fever is also known as:
(a) Break bone fever (b) Yellow fever (c) Scarlet fever (d) Typhoid fever
Answer: (a) Break bone fever
24. The natural ability of the body to fight diseases is known as:
(a) Immunisation (b) Immunity (c) Vaccination (d) Antibiotic resistance
Answer: (b) Immunity
25. Protection developed in the body after exposure to a pathogen or a vaccine is called:
(a) Natural immunity (b) Acquired immunity (c) Passive immunity (d) Innate immunity
Answer: (b) Acquired immunity
26. Bacteria that survive and multiply despite treatment with a given antibiotic show:
(a) Immunity (b) Antibiotic resistance (c) Vaccination (d) Acquired immunity
Answer: (b) Antibiotic resistance
27. Which of these is a traditional medicine system used in India?
(a) Allopathy (b) Ayurveda (c) Homeopathy only (d) None of these
Answer: (b) Ayurveda
28. As per WHO, the three aspects of health are physical, mental and:
(a) Financial (b) Social (c) Spiritual (d) Educational
Answer: (b) Social
29. Which of the following diseases spreads mainly through contaminated water?
(a) Chickenpox (b) Cholera (c) Measles (d) Common cold
Answer: (b) Cholera
30. A tetanus shot, given after an injury, contains:
(a) A live bacterium (b) An inactivated bacterial toxin c) An antibiotic (d) A vitamin
Answer: (b) An inactivated bacterial toxin
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