Chapter: Human Health and Diseases

Match the List I with List II.
List I                                                              List II
A. Filariasis                                                  1. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Amoebiasis                                              2. Trichophyton
C. Pneumonia                                               3. Wuchereria bancrofti
D. Ringworm                                               4. Entamoeba histolytica
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Match the following columns and select the correct option from the codes given below.
Column I                                                  Column II
A. Typhoid                                                  1. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Malaria                                                  2. Wuchereria bancrofti
C. Pneumonia                                                  3. Plasmodium vivax
D. Filariasis                                                  4. Salmonella typhi

Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.
Column I                                                  Column II
A. Typhoid                                                  1. Wuchereria
B. Pneumonia                                            2. Plasmodium
C. Filariasis                                                3. Salmonella
D. Malaria                                                 4. Haemophilus

The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is

Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.

In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?

Which of the following sets of diseases is caused by bacteria?

Asthma may be attributed to

Which of the following diseases is caused by a protozoan?

Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by

Widal test is carried out to test

Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that

Ringworm in humans is caused by

Which of the following is a pair of viral diseases?

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 sterilised food and water
C. Cholera                                                  (iii) DPT vaccine
D. Syphilis                                                  (iv) Use oral rehydration therapy

Sickle-cell anaemia has not been eliminated from the African population because

Both sickle-cell anaemia and Huntington’s chorea are

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Salmonella is related with

Which of these is most infectious disease?

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a bovine disease. To which of the following human diseases it is related?

A patient suffering from cholera is given saline drip because

Koch’s postulates are not applicable to

Typhoid fever is caused by

Botulism caused by Clostridium botulinum affects the

Diphtheria is caused by

Which of the following disease is now considered nearly eradicated from India?

Which of the following pair of diseases is caused by virus?

In which one of the following pairs of diseases both are caused by viruses?

If all ponds and puddles are destroyed, the organism likely to be destroyed is

Give the correct matching of causative agent/germ and disease

The part of life cycle of malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax, that is passed in female Anopheles is

Who discovered Plasmodium in RBCs of human beings?

Malignant tertian malarial is caused by

In hot summer and cold winter, the number of malaria cases as well as Anopheles declines, reappearance of malaria in humid warm conditions is due to

Amoebiasis is prevented by

The vector for sleeping sickness is

The infective state of malarial parasite Plasmodium that enters human body is

Malaria fever coincides with liberation of

The Adenosine deaminase deficiency results into

The yellowish fluid ‘colostrum’ secreted by mammary glands of mother during the initial days of lactation has abundant antibodies (IgA) to protect the infant. This type of immunity is called as

Identify the wrong statement with reference to immunity.

Humans have acquired immune system that produces antibodies to neutralise pathogens. Still innate immune system is present at the time of birth because it

Which of the following diseases is an autoimmune disorder?

Concanavalin A is

Which of the following immune responses is responsible for rejection of kidney graft?

Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease?

MALT constitutes about …………….. per cent of the lymphoid tissue in human body.

Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient’s body. Which type of immune-response is responsible for such rejections ?

In higher vertebrates, the immune system can distinguish self-cells and non-self. If this property is lost due to genetic abnormality and it attacks self-cells, then it leads to

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

If you suspect major deficiency of antibodies in a person, to which of the following would you look for onfirmatory evidence?

Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to

Which of the following immunoglobulins does constitute the largest percentage in human milk?

The cell-mediated immunity inside the human body is carried out by

Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to immunity?

In which one of the following options the two examples are correctly matched with their particular type of immunity?

Examples                                                       Type of immunity

(P) Polymorphonuclearleukocytes and monocytes                 Cellular barriers

(Q) Anti-tetanus and anti-snake bite injections                Active immunity

(R) Saliva in mouth and tears in eyes                         Physical barriers

(S) Mucus coating of epithelium lining                     Physiological barriers
the urinogenital tract and the HCl in stomach

Consider the following four statements (I-IV) regarding kidney transplant and select the two correct ones out of these.
I. Even if a kidney transplant is proper the recipient may need to take immuno-suppresants for along time.
II. The cell-mediated immune response is responsible for the graft rejection.
III. The B-lymphocytes are responsible for rejection of the graft.
IV. The acceptance or rejection of a kidney transplant depends on specific interferons.
The two correct statements are

A person likely to develop tetanus is immunised by administering

Globulins contained in human blood plasma are primarily involved in

The letter T in T-lymphocyte refers to

Use of anti-histamines and steroids give a quick relief from

To which type of barriers under innate immunity, do the saliva in the mouth and the tears from the eyes, belong?

If you suspect major deficiency of antibodies in a person, to which of the following would you look for confirmatory evidence?

Increased asthmatic attacks in certain seasons are related to

What is true about T-lymphocytes in mammals?

The term ‘antibiotic’ was coined by

Interferons are synthesised in response to

Small proteins produced by vertebrate cells naturally in response to viral infections and which inhibit mutliplication of viruses are called

If a person shows production of interferons in his body, the chances are that he has got an infection of

Passive immunity was discovered by

Hypersensitivity to an allergen is associated with

Which of the following diseases is due to an allergic reaction?

Cells involved in immune mechanism are

Small proteins produced by vertebrate cells naturally in response to viral infections and which inhibit multiplication of viruses are called

The antibodies are

In mammals, histamine is secreted by

Interferons are

For effective treatment of the disease, early diagnosis and understanding its pathophysiology is very important. Which of the following molecular diagnostic technique is very useful for early detection?

Which of the following statements is not true for cancer cells in relation to mutations?

Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative agent HIV?

At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS?

Which one of the following is not a property of cancerous cells, whereas the remaining three are?

A certain patient is suspected to be suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Which diagnostic technique will you recommend for its detection?

Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to AIDS?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Carcinoma refers to

ELISA is used to detect viruse where the key reagent is

Cancerous cells can easily be destroyed by radiation due to

Reason of lung cancer is

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has a protein coat and a genetic material which is

Hybridoma cells are

Which of the following symptoms indicate radiation sickness ?

Which of the following will be curable in next two decades?

Retroviruses are implicated as a cause for cancer in humans because they

ldentify the incorrect pair.

Coca alkaloid or cocaine is obtained from

Drug called ‘Heroin’ is synthesised by

Which is the particular type of drug that is obtained from the plant whose one flowering branch is shown below?

Which one of the following fungi contains hallucinogens?

Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of

Select the correct statement from the ones given below.

Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding the particular psychotropic drug specified?

A person showing unpredictable moods, outbursts of emotion, quarrelsome behaviour and conflicts with others is suffering from

Which one of the following depresses brain activity and produces feelings of calmness, relaxation and drowsiness?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which of the following is an opiate narcotic?

Nicotine acts as a stimulant, because it nimics the effect of

The alkaloid ajmalicine is obtain from

Opiate narcotic is

Analgesic drugs