Assertion: Blood vessels of lower limbs are blocked by filarial worm in case of elephantiasis.
Reason: Blood and lymph accumulate over time in tissues and give rise to enlarged elephant like limbs.
1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
2. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
3. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4. Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Subtopic:  Ascariasis & Filariasis |
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

Assertion: Colostrum provides naturally acquired passive immunity to the infant.
Reason: Colostrum is rich in lgA.
1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
2. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
3. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4. Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Subtopic:  Active & Passive Immunity |
 76%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

Health, for a long time, was considered as a state of body and mind where there was a balance of certain 'humors' How many of the following given below are humors?
Black bile, Chyme, Blood, Mucus
1. One
2. Four
3. Two
4. Three
Subtopic:  Introduction |
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

advertisementadvertisement

Which of the following pairs of diseases belong to the category that are easily transmitted from one person to another?
1. Cancer and pneumonia
2. AIDS and diabetes mellitus
3. Pneumonia and atherosclerosis
4. ringworm and common cold
Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction | Fungal Infection & Concept of Immunity |
 91%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

Select the disease among the following that can be transmitted through semen of an infected male.
a. Malaria b. AIDS
c. Chikungunya d. Hepatitis-B
1. a and b
2. b and d
3. c and d
4. d only
Subtopic:  AIDS |
 93%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

The ability of an organism to gain entrance and produce symptoms of disease in the host is called
1. Pathogenicity
2. Invasiveness
3. Virulence
4. Prognosis
Subtopic:  Details of Immunity |
 60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

Select the odd one among the following w.r.t. benign form of malaria.
1. Plasmodium vivax
2. Plasmodium ovale
3. Plasmodium falciparum
4. Plasmodium malariae
Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction |
 56%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

The infectious form of malarial parasite for the secondary and the primary hosts respectively are
1. Gametes and sporozoites
2. Sporozoites and gametes
3. Sporozoites and gametocytes
4. Gametocyes and sporozoites
Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction | Treatment & Life Cycle of Malaria |
 58%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

Select the incorrect match w.r.t. disease and mode of their transmission.
1. Chikungunya - Sharing tobacco smoke
2. Amoebiasis - Contaminated food and water
3. AIDS - Artificial insemination
4. Malaria - Bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito
Subtopic:  Introduction |
 65%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.

advertisementadvertisement

Select the correct option to complete the analogy.
Dengue : Aedes mosquito : : Chikungunya : _________
1. Anopheles mosquito
2. Tse-tse fly
3. Aedes mosquito
4. Housefly
 
Subtopic:  Introduction |
 73%
From NCERT
Please attempt this question first.
Hints
Please attempt this question first.