Match the disease in column-I with the appropriate items (pathogen/prevention/treatment) in column-II.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Amoebiasis | 1. | Treponema pallidum |
| B. | Diphtheria | 2. | Use only sterilized food and water |
| C. | Cholera | 3. | DPT vaccine |
| D. | Syphilis | 4. | Use oral rehydration therapy |
1. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
2. A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
3. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
4. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
Which of the following molecules are associated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)?
| a. | DNA |
| b. | RNA |
| c. | Phospholipids |
| d. | Reverse transcriptase |
1. b and c only
2. a, b and d only
3. a, b, c and d
4. b, c and d only
Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Typhoid | (i) | Wuchereria |
| (b) | Pneumonia | (ii) | Plasmodium |
| (c) | Filariasis | (iii) | Salmonella |
| (d) | Malaria | (iv) | Haemophilus |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 2. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 3. | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 4. | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
Which of the following are the reason(s) for rheumatoid arthritis? Choose the correct option.
| I. | Lymphocytes become more active |
| II. | Body attacks self cells |
| III. | More antibodies are produced in the body |
| IV. | The ability to differentiate pathogens or foreign molecules from self-cells is lost |
1. l and Il
2. II and IV
3. III and IV
4. I and III
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Filariasis | (i) | Haemophilus influenzae |
| (b) | Amoebiasis | (ii) | Trichophyton |
| (c) | Pneumonia | (iii) | Wuchereria bancrofti |
| (d) | Ringworm | (iv) | Entamoeba histolytica |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
| 2. | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
| 3. | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) |
| 4. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| Assertion (A): | Most cancers are treated by a combination of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy |
| Reason (R): | Combination therapy is curative for all types of cancers |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
| 1. | HIV is a retrovirus |
| 2. | HIV can be transmitted from an infected mother to her child through placenta. |
| 3. | The time lag between infection and the appearance of AIDS symptoms is 7-10 days. |
| 4. | HIV destroys helper T lymphocytes. |
| 1. | Bone marrow | Primary lymphoid organ |
| 2. | Thymus | Increases in size after puberty |
| 3. | Payer’s patches | Present in small intestine and appendix |
| 4. | Spleen | Has a large reservoir of RBCs |
| 1. | Wuchereria | Filariasis |
| 2. | Streptococcus | Pneumonia |
| 3. | Rhinoviruses | Common cold |
| 4. | Trichoderma | Ringworm |
| 1. | CT | Computed Tomography |
| 2. | MRI | Magnetic Radiation Imaging |
| 3. | NACO | National AIDS Control Organization |
| 4. | MALT | Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue |