Communicability of disease depends upon the availability of a 

1. pathogen 

2. parasitic

3. healthy person 

4. susceptible person

Subtopic:  Introduction |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Which of the following is used to make vaccines?

1. Activated pathogen

2. Pathogen blocked by antibody 

3. Attenuated pathogen 

4. None of the above

Subtopic:  Active & Passive Immunity |
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Level 1: 80%+
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An organism which has been used as a weapon in biological war causes which of the

following disease?

1. malaria

2. common cold

3. influenza

4. anthrax

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Level 3: 35%-60%
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Opium is obtained from which part of the plant Papaver somniferous?

1. Inflorescence

2. Male part (dried)

3. Fruit (unripe)

4. Seeds

Subtopic:  Drugs & Alcohol Abuse |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Malaria infection can be transmitted by 

1. the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquito

2. vertical transmission through placental defect

3. blood transfusion 

4. all of these.

Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Memory cells are stored in

1. spleen

2. lymph nodes

3. both 1. and 2.

4. a specialised area of brain tissue

Subtopic:  Human Immune System |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
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The highly pathogenic influenza A (H5NI) virus infects 

1. poultry 

2. ducks

3. migratory birds

4. all of these.

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Level 2: 60%+
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Enteric fever is caused by

1. Salmonella enteritidis

2. S. typhi

3. S. typhimurium

4. none of the above

Subtopic:  Typhoid Fever |
 56%
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Stem cells arise from

1. bone marrow

2. yolk sac

3. foetal liver

4. all the above.

Subtopic:  Human Immune System |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Ingestion of food and water contaminated with infective eggs is the primary route of infection for 

1. Taenia solium
2. Wuchereria bancrofti
3. Trichinella sp.
4. Ascaris lumbricoides
Subtopic:  Ascariasis & Filariasis |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
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