September 19, 2026
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Welcome to your test HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
The total number of Questions is 90
Each Question carries 4 marks
There is a 25% negative marking, i.e., -1 mark for every wrong answer
The total time for the test is 60 minutes
All the best!
1.
Monocytes and neutrophils are important cells participating in
2.
Dengue fever is caused by
3.
DPT vaccine is given to infants to immunise them against
4.
Pathogens reaching the alimentary canal along with food are destroyed by
6.
Antigens may be large molecules of
7.
Active immunity is obtained by
8.
Polio virus multiplies in
9.
Humoral immune system defends mostly against bacteria and viruses in
10.
Select the incorrect statement with respect to acquired immunity.
11.
The enzyme lysozyme in tears kills
12.
The site of B-cell maturation in human body is
13.
Which one of the following is not a water-borne disease?
14.
Molecules of antibodies are held together by
15.
Secretory antibody IgA is found in
16.
Pore forming proteins called 'perforins' are produced by
17.
Immuno-suppressants are administered to burn patients of during organ transplantation to suppress
18.
Which of the following T-cells are destroyed by HIV?
19.
Which of the following diseases is due to an allergic reaction?
20.
Among the organs of the body that are rich in mature T-cells and B-cells are the
21.
After floods the victims are usually attacked by
22.
Which of the following cells guard against the overproduction of antibodies?
23.
Typhoid fever is caused by
24.
Salk vaccine is used to protect from
25.
Anaphylactic shock occurs most commonly after
26.
The infectitious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body isDeselect Answer
28.
Identify the wrong statement with reference to immunity:
29.
Any substance that causes a rise in body temperature is called
30.
The yellowish fluid 'colostrum' secreted by mammary glands of the mother during the initial days of lactation is very essential to impart immunity to the newborn infants because it contains
31.
The drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by
32.
The first true vaccine, consisting of weakend microorganisms, against chicken cholera was developed in 1880 by
33.
Widal test is employed for
34.
Diseases which can spread through droplet infection include:
A. Typhoid
B. Pneumonia
C. Diphtheria
D. Common cold
E. Malaria
F. Ringworms
G. AmoebiasisDeselect Answer
35.
Mary Mallon was the carrier of
36.
Smoking tobacco can cause
A. Increased blood pressure and heart rate
B. Cancer of urinary bladder
C. Emphysema
D. Increased CO content
E. Oral cancer
Choose the correct statements:Deselect Answer
37.
Which is not true for AIDS?
38.
Which of the following drugs is abused by sportspersons?
39.
Symptoms of allergy can be reduced by the use of
40.
If IgE levels in blood are elevated then a person is suffering from
42.
Humoral immune system comprises of
45.
Which of the following radioactive isotopes is used in the detection of thyroid cancer?
46.
Pulse polio immunisation is being carried out with the aim to
47.
Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
48.
Passive immunity can be obtained by injected
49.
Which of the following sets of diseases is caused by viruses?
50.
The smallest virus is, which causes
51.
Which of these is oncovirus?
52.
Which among the following types of cancers do not produce tumours?
53.
The main reason why antibiotics could not solve the problems of bacterial mediated disease is
54.
Which one of the following sets includes bacterial diseases only?
55.
Internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anaemia and blockage of intestinal passage or symptoms of
56.
The number of antigen binding sites in IgM is
58.
Alcohol addiction is harmful because it causes
59.
Pick out the hallucinogenic drug from the following
60.
The part of brain affected when a person consumes alcohol leading to loss of balance is
61.
Interferon is a glycoprotein which is
62.
Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of
63.
Choose the wrong statement:
64.
Cancer cells are killed by radiations as the cancer cells are
65.
Radiation is a health hazard because it causes
66.
AIDS is called a pandemic disease because
67.
When a pathogen enters a human body for the first time, it produces a disease. When the same pathogen enters the same host subsequently, no disease is produced. This is called
68.
Choose the correct match:
69.
The cells obtained from the cancerous tumours are
70.
Suspension of attenuated pathogen that stimulates antibody formation is
71.
Food poisoning is caused by
72.
If a person shows production of interferons in his body, the chances are that he has got an infection of
74.
Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune response is responsible for such rejections?
75.
Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative agent HIV?
76.
Asthma may be attributed to
77.
If you suspect major deficiency of antibodies in a person, which of the following would you look for confirmatory evidence?
78.
What is the particular type of drug that is obtained from the plant was one flowering branch is shown below?
79.
Common cold differs from pneumonia in that
80.
Which one of the following is not a property of cancerous cells, whereas the remaining three are?
81.
Which one of the following acts as a physiological barrier to the entry of microorganisms in the human body?
82.
Select the correct statement from the ones given below:
83.
Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?
84.
The letter T in T-lymphocytes refers to
85.
Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding the particular psychotropic drug specified?
86.
Human papilloma virus may cause the cancer of
87.
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being is called
88.
AIDS day is celebrated on
89.
Inactive cancer gene is called
