Dermataphytosis [ringworm] of finger nails, toe nails and nail bed is called as:
1. Tinea pedis
2. Tinea unguium
3. Tinea corporis
4. Tinea cruris

Myeloma is a cancer of:
1. T lymphocytes
2. Dendritic cells
3. Plasma cells
4. Bone marrow stem cells

The “Red Ribbon Express Train” was flagged off in 2007 with an intent to:
1. spread awareness about the ill effects of drug addiction amongst the youth of the country
2. spread awareness about the prevention of cancers in the country
3. spread awareness regarding the prevention of AIDS in the country
4. spread awareness regarding the ill effects of population explosion and the need for safe and effective contraception for the control of population

Any of various mental or emotional disorders, arising from no apparent organic lesion or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears, but without psychotic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations, is called as:
1. Neurosis
2. Psychosis
3. Borderline personality disorder
4. Schizophrenia

Formation of grayish white membrane especially in tonsillar area and a barking cough [croup] are important clinical sign and symptom in:
1. Measles
2. Mumps
3. Diphtheria
4. Pertussis

Aside from the irritant fibre of ..................., all carcinogens are thought to be ....................... .
1. arsenic, mutagenic
2. asbestos, virulent
3. asbestos, mutagenic
4. arsenic, virulent

The “Window Period” is especially important in the epidemiology of HIV infection as:
1. the individual is normally asymptomatic during this stage
2. the load of virus in the body is the heaviest
3. this is the only infective stage for HIV transmission
4. HIV transmission is easiest during this stage

A drug, sometimes used to overcome the problem of alcoholism, is:
1. Flumazenil
2. Disulfiram
3. Desferroxime
4. Aspirin

Identify the correct statements regarding MHC I seen on the cells of vertebrate bodies:
I. They are found on the cell surface of all nucleated cells in the bodies of vertebrates, on platelets, but not on red blood cells.
II. The function of the class I MHC is to display intracellular proteins to cytotoxic T cells (CTLs).
III. Class I MHC itself can serve as an inhibitory ligand for natural killer cells (NKs).

1. Only I and II
2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III
4. I, II and III

V[D]J recombination explains:
1. the ability of the immune system to distinguish between self and non self
2. cooperativity between innate and adaptive immune responses
3. the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
4. hyperresponse of the immune system to allergens