Damage to thymus in a child may lead to

1. A reduction in haemoglobin content of blood
2. A reduction in stem cell production
3. Loss of antibody mediated immunity
4. Loss of cell mediated immunity

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Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is

1. caused by a Gram-negaive bacterium

2. not an infectious disease

3. viral disease

4. caused by a Gram-positive bacterium

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Maturation of lymphocytes takes place in

1. thymus 2. Bone marrow
3. Liver 4. Both 1 and 2
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Which of the following represents the form of Plasmodium that is released from the erythrocyte by lysis?

1. Trophozoite

2. Schizont

3. Merozoite

4. Macrogametocyte

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Which of the following is very effective sedative and pain killer?

1.  Cocaine.

2.  Heroin.

3.  Morphine.

4.  Cannabis extract.

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Cellular oncogenes can be best explained as

1.  Mutated gene.

2.  Present in normal cells.

3.  Present only in the cells of benign tumour.

4.  Genes due to which cells loose the property of contact inhibition.

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Vaccines are available for the disease like

I.   Polio.

II.  Diphtheria.

III. Pneumonia.

IV. Tetanus.

1.  I, II, III & IV

2.  I and IV only

3.  I only

4.  I, II & IV only

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Odd one out?

1.  PMNL-neutrophils.

2.  Monocytes.

3.  Natural killer cells.

4.  Interferons.

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The mode of transmission for all the following human diseases is primarily by droplet infection except for:

1.  Pneumonia

2.  Diphtheria

3.  Influenza

4.  Polio

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Select the option where all columns are correctly matched:

Disease

Causative organism

Feature

1.

Malignant malaria

Plasmodium ovale

Cerebral involvement

2.

Typhoid

Salmonella typhi

Confirmed by the VDRL test

3.

Elephantiasis

Wuchereria bancrofti

Waterborne disease

4.

Ringworm

Microsporum

Intense itching

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