Artemisinin is a drug that is now a worldwide standard treatment of:
1. | Rheumatoid arthritis | 2. | Lung cancer |
3. | Malaria | 4. | Plague |
Complement triggers all the following immune functions except:
1. | Phagocytosis | 2. | Inflammation |
3. | Membrane attack | 4. | Anamnestic response |
Antigen presentation is a process by which the innate immune system:
1. | Recruits immune cells to sites of infection |
2. | Activates the complement cascade |
3. | Activates the adaptive immune system |
4. | Acts as a physical and chemical barrier to infectious agents |
Pneumocystis jiroveci is a fungus that causes:
1. | Athlete’s foot in sportspersons |
2. | Pneumoconiosis in farmers |
3. | Liver infections in chronic alcoholics |
4. | Pneumonia in immune-compromised persons |
Consider the given two statements:
I: | The malarial parasite is relatively protected from attack by the body's immune system. |
II: | The parasite is enveloped in a protective protein and lipopolysaccharide layer. |
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
3. I is correct and II is incorrect.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.
Identify the incorrect statement about amphetamines:
1. | Amphetamines are synthetic drugs, structurally similar to adrenaline. |
2. | They are used to treat morbid obesity and narcolepsy. |
3. | They are frequently called “superman” drugs. |
4. | They are CNS depressants. |
The persistent conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary, is called as:
1. | Hypochondria | 2. | Neurasthenia |
3. | Phobia | 4. | Anxiety neurosis |
Overdose of morphine causes respiratory depression and coma. When this occurs, the symptoms can be reversed with an antidote called:
1. | Naloxone | 2. | Benzedrine |
3. | Protamine sulfate | 4. | Flumazenil |
Which of the following is not an expected sign in a person suffering from pneumonia?
1. | High-grade fever with chills |
2. | Sharp or stabbing chest pain during deep breaths |
3. | Decreased rate of breathing |
4. | Productive cough |
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Consider the given two statements:
I: | Viral infections of human cells are inhibited only by human interferon. |
II: | In contrast to antibodies, interferons are not virus-specific but host-specific. |
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
3. I is correct and II is incorrect.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.