General Science | Biology | Disease and Treatment - Part-1

General Science | Biology | Disease and Treatment - Part-1

Jan 31, 2025 - 14:21 Updated: Jan 31, 2025 - 16:49
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1. “It begins as a single cell and grows into a merciless disease that claims millions of lives year after year. But scientists are steadily unlocking its mysteries and the fight against it, may now have reached a dramatic turning point. New discoveries promise better therapies and hope in the war against ...". The disease referred to in the above quotation is

Cancer
AIDS
Tuberculosis
Alzheimer's disease

2. Biologically, synthesized nano particles are used as a new ecofriendly technology, which has big possibility in cancer treatment, an extracts of plants is used in this technique, this plant is

Calotropis gigantea
Parthenium hysterophorus
Rice
Lemongrass

3. Arthritis is caused by the deposition of which of the following in the joints of the body?

Urea
Uric acid
Albumin
Cholesterol

4. The people who eat cooked food with adulterated mustard oil can cause dangerous disease (Dropsy). Which one of the following reason may not be correct (As happened in India)?

Adulteration in arzimon oil
Parts of cyanide in mustard oil
Concentration of rice husk in oil
Mixing of white colour

5. Which one of the following human organs is responsible for detoxification of alcohol?

Liver
Lung
Heart
Kidney

6. The organ affected by malaria is

Heart
Lungs
Kidney
Spleen

7. Which of the following is a carrier of parasite Plasmodium?

Mosquito
Fly
Lice
All of the above

8. Which of the following disease is caused by protozoa?

Cholera
Diphtheria
Pneumonia
Malaria

9. Which disease among these is transmitted by the bite of an insect?

Scurvy
Dengue
Pneumonia
Asthma

10. Which of these decreases in human body due to dengue fever?

Platelets
Hb
Sugar
Water

11. Who was the scientist who discovered that malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasite?

J.G. Mendel
Haeckal
Sir Ronald Ross
Darwin

12. Which disease among these is spread by a parasite?

Malaria
Cholera
Jaundice
None of these

13. The sequencing of the entire genes of an organisms was done in 1996. That organism was

Albinistic mouse
Yeast
Human being
Plasmodium vivax

14. Which of the following parasites is responsible for 65% of the cases of malaria in India?

P. malariae
P. vivax
P. falciparum
P. ovale

15. Anthophobia is fear of the following.

Boss
Fire
Flowers
Dogs

16. Hydrophobia is caused by

Bacteria
Fungus
Virus
Protozoan

17. The disease caused by swelling of the membrane over spinal cord and brain is

Leukaemia
Paralysis
Sclerosis
Meningitis

18. One out of every 200 babies born in India, dies of diarrhoea caused by

Bacteria
Rotavirus
Amoeba
Fungus

19. The disease hysteria is classed in

Married women
Old women
Young women
Young men and women

20. 'SILICOSIS' is a

Kidney disease
Liver disease
Lung disease
Neurological disorder

21. Deficiency of Iodine causes

Night blindness
Cancer
Goitre
Osteoporosis

22. Iodised salt contains

Free iodine
Calcium iodide
Magnesium iodide
Potassium iodide

23. In countries where polished rice is the mean cereal in their diet, people suffer from

Pellagra
Beri-beri
Scurvy
Osteomalacia

24. BMD test is held for diagnosis of

Dengue
Malaria
Osteoporosis
AIDS

25. What is the full form of BMD test?

Bone Marrow Density
Bone Mineral Density
Bone Marrow Deficiency
Bone Marrow Differentiation

26. Food poisoning is due to

E. coli
Salmonella bacilli
Pseudomonas
Candida

27. Food poisoning (Botulism) is caused by infection of a species of

Azotobacter
Lactobacillus
Clostridium
Rhizobium

28. Ergotism is due to consumption of

Contaminated grains
Rotting vegetables
Contaminated water
Safe cooked food

29. Itai-Itai disease is caused by chronic poisoning of

Mercury
Nickel
Calcium
Lead

30. Which situation of the body is known as cancer?

End of making new cells which gradually occurs death
A collection of toxic chemicals in the body and finally death
Uncontrolled multiplication of cells by which death of sound cells and finally death
Stop working of mind due to the wound in body and finally death

31. A person affected by phenylketonuria disease suffers from

Kidney failure
Liver failure
Mental idiocy
Impotence

32. If a human disease breaks out across a large region of the world, what is it called?

Pandemic
Epidemic
Endemic
Epizootic

33. DPT vaccines are used for

Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
Polio, Diphtheria, T.B.
Tetanus, T.B., Polio
T.B., Typhoid, Polio

34. The Triple Antigen DPT is given to children to prevent

Diphtheria, Polio, Smallpox
Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus
Smallpox, Pertussis, Tetanus
Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

35. The 'blue baby' pollution disease is due to the excessive presence of which of the following in drinking water?

Fluoride
Chloride
Nitrate
Arsenic

36. Excess of which of the following in the blood causes the 'Blue Baby Syndrome' disease?

Iron
Lead
Methemoglobin
Nitrate

37. In medical terminology 'Golden Hour' is related with

Terminal stage of cancer
Pregnancy is detected
Heart Attack
Actual Child Birth

38. Beta-blocker is a medicine to save from

Heart attack
Enlargement of prostate gland
Chronic diabetes
None of the above

39. Which of the following is essential to regulate the heart beat?

Sodium
Sulphur
Potassium
Iron

40. If albumin is releasing with urine, then the failure of which organ may occur?

Liver
Kidney
Heart
Spleen

41. Which organ of the body is affected most on keeping fast for a long time?

Heart
Intestine
Lung
Kidney

42. Which harmone controls the quantity of urine from kidney?

TSH
ACTH
FSH
ADH

43. The radio isotope used to detect tumours is

Iodine-131
Cobalt-60
Arsenic-74
Sodium-24

44. Which one of the following radio elements is used to measure the speed of the blood flow in the human body?

Radio-Phosphorus
Radio-Iodine
Radio-Iron
Radio-Sodium

45. Yellow vein mosaic disease in okra caused by

Aphids
White fly
Leafhopper
Fungi

46. Oncogenes are associated with

Tuberculosis
Hepatitis
Cancer
Typhoid

47. The radio isotope used in the detection of tumour is

Arsenic-74
Cobalt-60
Sodium-24
Carbon-14

48. Which one of the following is used in the treatment of blood cancer?

Iodine-131
Sodium-24
Phosphorus-32
None of the above

49. Leukaemia is a type of cancer in which there is an abnormal increase in the number of

Bone cells
Platelets
Red blood cells
White blood cells

50. Which of the following can cause cancer as well as cure it depending upon its intensity and use?

Tobacco
Alcohol
Ionized radiation
Ultraviolet rays

51. Haemophilia is a genetic disease carried by

Women appear in women
Women appear in men
Men appear in women
Men appear in men

52. Haemophilia is

Caused by bacteria
Caused by virus
Caused by pollutants
A hereditary defect

53. Which one of the following genetic diseases is sex-linked?

Royal haemophilia
Tay-Sachs disease
Cystic fibrosis
Hypertension

54. Haemophilia is a hereditary disease which affects as

Lack of Hb
Rheumatoid leant disease
Lack in WBC
Absence of blood clotting

55. The heritable disease is

Haemophilia
Jaundice T.B.
Cancer
Pechish

56. Which disease among these is generated by the execution of ineffective genes present in a chromosome?

Rheumatism
Nervous shock
Muscle dystrophy
Cerebral bleeding

57. 'Cerebral palsy' is a brain disorder found generally in

Old people
Drug addicts
Small children
Only ladies

58. Recently scientists discovered protein which is responsible for Hazardous Neural Disease Alzheimer in which of the following is protein?

Amyloid monoprotein
Amyloid multiprotein
Amlyloid precursor protein
Amyloid leptic protein

59. Which one of the following human organs is less susceptible to harmful radiations?

Eyes
Heart
Brain
Lung

60. Which one of the following human organs is most susceptible to harmful radiations?

Eyes
Heart
Brain
Lungs

61. The polio virus enters into the body through

Dog bite
Mosquito bite
Polluted food and water
Saliva

62. 'POLIO' is caused by

Bacteria
Virus
Insects or Flies
Fungi

63. Who discovered the polio vaccine?

Alexander Flemming
Jones Salk
Robert Koach
Edward Genere

64. The vaccine for polio was first prepared by

Paul Ehrlich
Jones Salk
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister

65. Salk's vaccine is connected with which one of the following diseases?

Smallpox
Tetanus
T.B.
Polio

66. Against which of the following diseases has Government of India decided to given Bivalent ORV in place of Trivalent?

Diphtheria
Malaria
Typhoid
Polio

67. 'Athlete's Foot' is a disease caused by

Bacteria
Fungus
Protozoan
Nematode

68. Brain diseases are diagnosed by

E.E.G.
E.E.C.
E.M.G.
E.K.G.

69. E.E.G. records the activity of

Heart
Brain
Ear
Liver

70. The pathogen responsible for the common cold is

Orthomixo virus
Rhizovirus
Leukaemia virus
Poliovirus

71. Anosmia is

Loss of the sense of taste
Loss of the sense of smell
Loss of the sense of touch
Loss of the sense of heat

72. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, which is caused due to

Due to changes in the number of the chromosomes
Due to changes in the structure of the chromosome
Due to changes in the structure of D.N.A.
Due to changes in the structure of R.N.A.

73. The liver disease Hepatitis-B is caused by

DNA Virus
RNA Virus
Bacterium
Platyhelminth

74. The organ of the human body directly affected by the disease of hepatitis is

Liver
Lungs
Heart
Brain

75. Which of the following disease is caused by a virus?

Diphtheria
Malaria
Cholera
Hepatitis

76. Sulpha drugs are effective against diseases caused by

Bacteria
Worms
Vitamin deficiency
Glandular upsets

77. Which one of the following antimicrobial drugs, is suitable for treatment of both tuberculosis and leprosy?

Isoniazid
P-amino salcicylic acid
Streptomycin
Rifampicin

78. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the disease which causes the death of the largest number of people today is

AIDS
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Ebola

79. Every year 5 lacs of Indians die of a disease. Identify it

Encephalitis
AIDS
Cancer
Tuberculosis

80. Which one of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?

Tuberculosis
Influenza
Polio
Malaria

81. Tuberculosis is caused by a

Bacterium
Virus
Fungus
Protozoan

82. A specific test for detection of tuberculosis is

Robert's Test
Widal's Test
Kahn's Test
Montoux Test

83. The disease 'Tetanus' is also known as

Gangrene
Shingles
Lock jaw
Whooping cough

84. Minamata disease was caused by toxic quantities of the following metal.

Boron
Nickel
Arsenic
Mercury

85. Minamata disease is caused due to

Arsenic poisoning
Lead poisoning
Mercury poisoning
Cadmium poisoning

86. The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by

Nickel
Lead
Mercury
Cadmium

87. Which disease is caused by allergy?

Diabetes
Cholera
Ringworm
Asthma

88. If a person only takes milk, egg bread in diet, so he may suffer from the disease

Scurvy
Rickets
Night blindness
Marasmus

89. Which one of the following is useful in the treatment of scurvy disease?

Mango
Papaya
Gooseberry
Ber

90. The Defence Research Develop-ment Organisation (DRDO) has developed a drug named, 'Lukoskin'. It is being used in the treatment of ......

Leucoderma
Leukorrhea
Leukaemia
Lung cancer

91. The disease caused by nematodes

Filaria
Fluorosis
Encephalitis
Leprosy

92. 'Yellow Vein Mosaic' is a serious disease of

Brinjal
Okra
Pea
Cabbage

93. Astigmatism is a disease of the

Ears
Eyes
Nose
Throat

94. Myopia is the disorder of which organ?

Heart
Ear
Eye
Kidney

95. A person with vision defect 'Myopia' can see

Nearby objects clearly
Distant objects clearly
Nearby as well as distant objects clearly
Neither nearby nor distant objects clearly

96. The person is suffering from forsightedness face difficulties in

To see distant object clearly
To see close object clearly
To see both close and distance object clearly
None of the above

97. In which part of eye 'blind spot' and 'yellow spot' are found?

Cornea
Lens
Iris
Retina

98. The retina is outgrowth of the

Pons varoli
Mesencephalon
Diencephalon
Telencephalon

99. In human eye, light rays get transformed into neural impulses at

Cornea
Pupil
Retina
Lens

100. If the lens in eye becomes opaque, the disease is called

Myopia
Astigmatism
Glaucoma
Cataract