Which of the following is an abortion pill?

1. DMPA

2. RU486

3. NET-EN

4. Nonoxynol-9

The drug RU-486 is taken after sexual intercourse. It blocks implantation, and in this sense it prevents pregnancy_.

1. like spermicidal foam

2. in a manner similar to tubal ligation

3. like the familiar birth control pill used for the last 30 years

4 by blocking progesterone receptors in the uterus, thus preventing progesterone from maintaining pregnancy

One of the legal methods of birth control is

1. abortion by taking an appropriate medicine

2. by abstaining from coitus from day 10-17 of the menstrual cycle

3. by having coitus at the time of day break

4. by a premature ejaculation during coitus

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) is considered safe up to how many weeks of

pregnancy?

1. Twelve weeks                   

2. Eighteen weeks

3. Six weeks                         

4. Eight weeks

MTP is:

1. Medical Termination of Pregnancy           

2. Also called induced abortion

3. Both (1) and (2)                             

4. Aimed at decreasing population size

MTP was legalised in India in:

(1) 1971

(2) 1951

(3) 1981

(4) 1923

MTPs are considered relatively safe during the _______ trimester; _______ trimester abortions are riskier:

1. First, second

2. Second, first

3. Third, first

4. Third, second

MTP is practised mainly to:

1. Get rid of unwanted female child legally

2. Get rid of unwanted pregnancies due to failure of contraception or rapes

3. Both (1) and (2)

4. Decrease population size

Following statements are given regarding MTP. Choose the correct options given below:

I. MTPs are generally advised during first trimester

II. MTPs are used as a contraceptive method

III. MTPs are always surgical

IV. MTPs require the assistance of qualified medical personnel

1. I and III

2. II and III

3. I and IV

4. I and II

Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in the following statements.

A. Destruction of embryo or foetus in the uterus is called _____________.

B. Government of India legalized MTP in the year ____________.

C. Natural family planning method is also called _____________.

D. ____________ is a method in which the male partner withdraws his penis from vagina just before ejaculation.

E. ____________ is the copper releasing and is a hormone releasing intra uterine devices.

Options:

(1) A - Foeticide, B - 1961, C - Rhythm method, D - Coitus interruptus, E - Multiload 375, LNG-20

(2) A - Foeticide, B - 1971, C - Rhythm method, D - Coitus interruptus, E - Multiload 375, LNG-20

(3) A - Foeticide, B - 1965, C - Rhythm method, D - Coitus interruptus, E - Multiload 375, LNG-20

(4) A - Foeticide, B -1982, C - Rhythm method, D - Coitus interruptus, E - Multiload 375, LNG-20