60+ question answer on Human Health and Human Diseases

60+ question answer related with Human Health and Human Diseases GK general knowledge

60+ question answer related with Human Health and Human Diseases GK general knowledge APSC Exam

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1Q. The reservoir of rabies is 

(a) Rabid dogs

(b) Foxes, wolves and rabid dogs 

(c) Dogs, foxes, wolves, jackals, mongooses, bats, cats, skunks and coyotes

(d) Rabid dogs and cats. 

Answer: (c) Dogs, foxes, wolves, jackals, mongooses, bats, cats, skunks and coyotes


2Q. A communicable disease, which if not 

controlled immediately, is 100% fatal 

(a) Syphilis 

(b) Kala-azar  

(c) Filariasis 

(d) Hydrophobia

Answer: (d) Hydrophobia


3Q. Rabies/Hydrophobia is caused by a

(a) Fungus 

(b) Virus 

(c) Bacterium 

(d) Protozoa

Answer: (b) Virus


4Q. A disease spread through contact with soil is 

(a) Tetanus 

(b) Rabies 

(c) Syphilis 

(d) Gonorrhoea 

Answer: (a) Tetanus 


5Q. A disease transferred from mother to child through placenta is 

(a) German measles 

(b) Syphilis 

(c) AIDS 

(d) All the above 

Ans. (d) All the above


6Q. A disease spread directly by animal bites is 

(a) Syphilis 

(b) Scarlet Fever

(c) Rabies 

(d) Malaria 

Answer: (c) Rabies


7Q. A disease spread indirectly through a vector is 

(a) Sleeping sickness 

(b) Malaria 

(c) Kala-azar 

(d) All the above 

Answer: (d) All the above 


8Q. A fomite method of transmission of disease is through 

(a) Food 

(b) Door handles 

(c) Mosquitoes 

(d) Soil

Answer: (b) Door handles 


9Q. Jenner prepared the vaccine for small pox by using 

(a) Attenuated pathogen of small pox 

(b) Smaller doses of small pox virus 

(c) Attenuated form of cow pox virus 

(d) Material from cow pox pustule. 

Answer: (d) Material from cow pox pustule.


10Q. Pathogens produce disease through 

(a) Tissue damage 

(b) Toxin production 

(c) Both a and b 

(d) Antigen production 

Answer: (c) Both a and b


11Q. An antigen is 

(a) A foreign molecule 

(b) A protein 

(c) A polysaccharide 

(d) A microorganism 

Answer: (a) A foreign molecule


12Q. World AIDS Day is observed on 

(a) 31st August 

(b) 1st December 

(c) 1st January 

(d) 31st March 

Answer: (b) 1st December 


13Q. Deficiency disease is 

(a) Non-communicable 

(b) Communicable 

(c) Contagious 

(d) Infectious 

Answer: (a) Non-communicable


14Q. Which of the following is a bacterial disease? 

(a) Measles 

(b) Chicken pox 

(c) Rabies 

(d) Tuberculosis 

Answer: (d) Tuberculosis


15Q. The disease caused by a bacterium is 

(a) Amoebic dysentery 

(b) Arthritis 

(c) Diabetes 

(d) Diphtheria

Answer: (d) Diphtheria


16Q. A bacterial disease produced by droplet 

infection is 

(a) Cholera 

(b) Bacterial diarrhoea

(c) Leprosy 

(d) Tuberculosis

Answer: (d) Tuberculosis


17Q. Gonorrhoea is a 

(a) Viral disease 

(b) Protozoan disease 

(c) Sexually transmitted disease 

(d) A disease that impairs vision

Answer: (d) A disease that impairs vision


18Q. A syndrome in which human has an extra X- chromosome is 

(a) Down's syndrome 

(b) Klinefelter's syndrome 

(c) Turner's syndrome 

(d) Bleeder's syndrome 

Answer: (b) Klinefelter's syndrome 


19Q. The disease in which thick cough stops passage of throat by forming a layer of mucous membrane is 

(a) Diphtheria 

(b) Tuberculosis 

(c) Tetanus 

(d) Pertusis 

Answer: (a) Diphtheria 


20Q. Which of the following diseases has been eradicated? 

(a) Plague 

(b) Poliomyelitis 

(c) Small pox 

(d) Kala-azar 

Answer: (c) Small pox 

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21Q. Dengue is caused by 

(a) Female Anopheles 

(b) Female Aedes 

(c) Male Anopheles 

(d) All the above. 

Answer: (b) Female Aedes


22Q. Which one is a viral disease? 

(a) Diphtheria 

(b) Typhoid 

(c) Cholera 

(d) Measles 

Answer: (d) Measles 


23Q. Diphtheria is due to toxin released by 

(a) Dead bacteria 

(b) Living bacteria 

(c) Virus 

(d) Immune cells

Answer: (b) Living bacteria 


24Q. Which of the following is cancerous state of blood? 

(a) Uraemia 

(b) Leukemia 

(c) Proteinemia 

(d) Chloremia

Answer: (b) Leukemia


25Q. Jaundice is due to 

(a) Excessive intake of Curcuma 

(b) Excessive intake of sugar 

(c) Pork 

(d) Contaminated water 

Answer: (d) Contaminated water 


26Q. Which is not a biological agent of disease? 

(a) Fungi 

(b) Mycoplasma 

(c) Pollen 

(d) Bacteria 

Answer: (d) Bacteria


27Q. AIDS Virus has 

(a) Single strand DNA 

(b) Double strand DNA 

(c) Single strand RNA 

(d) Double strand RNA

Answer: (c) Single strand RNA 


28Q. AIDS spreads due to 

(a) Homosexuality 

(b) Immoral way of life 

(c) Infected needles and syringes 

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above


29Q. AIDS was first reported in 

(a) Russia 

(b) France 

(c) U.S.A. 

(d) Germany 

Answer: (c) U.S.A


30Q. Which one is a hallucinogenic drug? 

(a) Hashish 

(b) Cocaine 

(c) Heroin 

(d) Caffeine 

Answer: (a) Hashish


31Q. Immune deficiency syndrome could develop due to 

(a) Defective liver 

(b) Defective thymus 

(c) AIDS virus 

(d) Weak immune system. 

Answer: (a) Defective liver


32Q. AIDS related complex or ARC is 

(a) Initial form of AIDS 

(b) Not linked to AIDS 

(c) Severe form of AIDS 

(d) condition caused by HIV

Answer: (d) condition caused by HIV


33Q. AIDS is 

(a) TMV 

(b) Human T-cell leukaemia virus 

(c) Bacterium 

(d) Blood cancer 

Answer: (b) Human T-cell leukaemia virus


34Q. Mumps is viral disease that causes inflammation of 

(a) Parotid gland 

(b) Sublingual gland 

(c) Submaxillary gland 

(d) Infra-orbital gland. 

Answer: (a) Parotid gland 


35Q. A bacterial eye disease is 

(a) Glaucoma 

(b) Trachoma 

(c) Xerophthaimia 

(d) Protanopia 

Answer: (b) Trachoma


36Q. Cholera is due to 

(a) Protozoan 

(b) Fungus 

(c) Virus

(d) Bacterium

Answer: (d) Bacterium


37Q. Leprosy is due to

(a) Monocystis

(b) TIM 

(c) Mycobacterium 

(d) Salmonella

Answer: (c) Mycobacterium


38Q. Congenital diseases are IS 

(a) Diseases present at birth 

(b) Deficiency diseases 

(c) Spread from one individual to another 

(d) Occur during life

Answer: (a) Diseases present at birth


39Q. Cancer cells are damaged by radiation while others are not due to cancer cells 

(a) Being starved 

(b) Being different in nature 

(c) Undergoing rapid division 

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Undergoing rapid division


40Q. Genes involved in cancer are 

(a) Cancer genes 

(b) Oncogene 

(c) Tumour genes 

(d) Regulator genes 

Answer: (b) Oncogene

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41Q. A water bome disease is 

(a) Small pox 

(b) Tuberculosis 

(c) Malaria 

(d) Cholera 

Answer: (d) Cholera


42Q. An endogenous chemical agent of disease is 

(a) Uric acid 

(b) Protein deficiency 

(c) Vitamin deficiency 

(d) Pollutants 

Answer: (a) Uric acid 


43Q. A biological agent of the disease is

(a) Vitamin deficiency 

(b) Virus 

(c) Spores 

(d) Carbohydrate deficiency 

Answer: (b) Virus


44Q. Heart disease is a 

(a) Infectious disease 

(b) Communicable disease 

(c) Degeneration disease 

(d) Deficiency disease

Answer: (c) Degeneration disease 


45Q. Haemophilia is a 

(a) Genetic disorder 

(b) Infectious disease 

(c) Degeneration disease 

(d) Deficiency disease

Answer: (a) Genetic disorder 


46Q. A congenital disease is 

(a) Kala-azar 

(b) Measles 

(c) Meningitis 

(d) Sickle cell anaemia

Answer: (d) Sickle cell anaemia. 


47Q. A pathogen which cannot be cultured on artificial medium is 

(a) Bacterium 

(b) Protozoan 

(c) Virus 

(d) Fungus 

Answer: (c) Virus


48Q. A carrier is a human being that 

(a) Functions as a reservoir of infection 

(b) Possesses pathogen but is not harmed (c) Contains antibodies sufficient enough to balance the antigen 

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above


49Q. Droplet infection is a mode of 

(a) Direct transmission 

(b) Indirect transmission 

(c) Pathogen spread through mosquitoes 

(d) None of the above 

Answer: (a) Direct transmission


50Q. Causative agent of T.B. is 

(a) Salmonella 

(b) Mycobacterium 

(c) Streptococcus 

(d) Pneumococcus 

Answer: (b) Mycobacterium 


51Q. A sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria is 

(a) Leprosy 

(b) AIDS 

(c) Syphilis 

(d) Pertusis 

Answer: (c) Syphilis


52Q. Sarcoma is cancer of 

(a) Epithelial tissue 

(b) Mesodermal tissue 

(c) Blood 

(d) Endodermal tissues. 

Answer: (b) Mesodermal tissue 


53Q. Jaundice is disease of 

(a) Kidney 

(b) Liver 

(c) Pancreas 

(d) Duodenum

Answer: (b) Liver 


54Q. Turner's syndrome has X chromosomes 

(a) Zero 

(b) One

(c) Two 

(d) Three. 

Answer: (b) One


55Q. T.B. is cured by

(a) Griseofulvin 

(b) Ubiquinone 

(c) Streptomycin 

(d) Eucito

Answer: (c) Streptomycin 


56Q. Which is not cancer? 

(a) Leukemia 

(b) Glaucoma 

(c) Carcinoma 

(d) Sarcoma

Answer: (b) Glaucoma 


57Q. Blood cancer is 

(a) Leukemia 

(b) Thrombosis 

(c) Haemophilia 

(d) Haemolysis

Answer: (a) Leukemia 


58Q. Which is not a symptom of Entamoeba histolytica? 

(a) Relapsing fever 

(b) Abdominal pain 

(c) Blood in stool 

(d) Irregular bowel 

Answer: (a) Relapsing fever


59Q. Small pox is due to 

(a) Virus 

(b) Bacterium 

(c) Helminth 

(d) Protozoan

Answer: (a) Virus


60Q. Which pair of disease is viral? 

(a) AIDS, syphilis 

(b) Typhoid, Tetanus 

(c) Rabies, Mumps 

(d) Cholera, T.B. 

Answer: (c) Rabies, Mumps 

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