Which of the following sets of diseases is caused by bacteria?
| 1. | Cholera and tetanus | 2. | Typhoid and smallpox |
| 3. | Tetanus and mumps | 4. | Herpes and influenza |
Which of the following diseases is caused by a protozoan?
| 1. | Syphilis | 2. | Influenza |
| 3. | Babesiosis | 4. | Blastomycosis |
Which of the following endoparasites of humans show viviparity?
| 1. | Ancylostoma duodenale | 2. | Enterobius vermicularis |
| 3. | Trichinella spiralis | 4. | Ascaris lumbricoides |
The active form of Entamoeba histolytica feeds upon:
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature, and correctly described?
| 1. | Plasmodium falciparum – a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria |
| 2. | Felis tigris – The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests. |
| 3. | E.Coli – Full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in the human intestine |
| 4. | Musca domestica – The common house lizard, a reptile |
Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that:
| 1. | Pneumonia is a communicable disease, whereas common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease |
| 2. | Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine, whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine |
| 3. | Common cold is caused by a virus, while Pneumonia is caused by a bacterium. |
| 4. | Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas common cold affects the nose and the respiratory passage but not the lungs |
Motile zygote of Plasmodium occurs in:
| 1. | Gut of female Anopheles |
| 2. | Salivary glands of Anopheles |
| 3. | Human RBCs |
| 4. | Human liver |
| A. | thymus |
| B. | bone marrow |
| C. | spleen |
| D. | lymph nodes |
| E. | Peyer's patches |