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This section includes 14620 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your NEET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 8801. |
Barley, coffee and sorghum are native of |
| A. | Afghanistan |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | Ethiopia |
| D. | Peru |
| Answer» D. Peru | |
| 8802. |
Name the crop which had its birth place in Tropical America but now the centre of production is Mid-west USA |
| A. | Maize |
| B. | Cocoa |
| C. | Pineapple |
| D. | Oil palm |
| Answer» B. Cocoa | |
| 8803. |
The centre of origin of wheat is |
| A. | South-east Asia |
| B. | South-west Asia |
| C. | Asia Minor and Afganistan |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Asia Minor and Afganistan | |
| 8804. |
Sense of hearing and smell is highly developed in |
| A. | Camels |
| B. | Donkey |
| C. | Cats |
| D. | Cows |
| Answer» D. Cows | |
| 8805. |
Which of the following animals is used for drawing sledges, tracing criminals, guarding sheep, leading the blind |
| A. | Donkey |
| B. | Horse |
| C. | Dog |
| D. | All these functions are not performed by any single animal |
| Answer» D. All these functions are not performed by any single animal | |
| 8806. |
The closest pets of human beings are |
| A. | Elephant and sheep |
| B. | Dog and sheep |
| C. | Cattle and buffaloes |
| D. | Dog and cat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8807. |
Which of the following diseases is caused by virus in man [CPMT 1979] |
| A. | Tetanus |
| B. | Dysentery |
| C. | Typhoid |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8808. |
The jaundice is a physiological liver disease. It is caused by a [CPMT 1980] |
| A. | Bacterium |
| B. | Virus |
| C. | Protozoan |
| D. | Helminth |
| Answer» C. Protozoan | |
| 8809. |
Polio immunizing vaccine was developed by [BHU 1979] |
| A. | E. Jenner |
| B. | Dr. Salk |
| C. | St. Hale |
| D. | Landsteiner |
| Answer» C. St. Hale | |
| 8810. |
Which one is a viral disease [DPMT 1985; CPMT 1989] |
| A. | Syphilis |
| B. | Measles |
| C. | Rickets |
| D. | Beri-beri |
| Answer» C. Rickets | |
| 8811. |
?Polio' is caused by [BHU 1985] |
| A. | A bacteriophage |
| B. | A virus with single strand RNA |
| C. | A virus with single strand DNA |
| D. | A virus with double strand DNA |
| Answer» C. A virus with single strand DNA | |
| 8812. |
Dengue is transmitted by [AFMC 1997; CPMT 1998] |
| A. | Culex |
| B. | Male Anopheles |
| C. | Female Anopheles |
| D. | Tse-tse fly |
| Answer» B. Male Anopheles | |
| 8813. |
?Small pox' (Variola) disease is caused by [NCERT 1980; BHU 1985] |
| A. | Virus |
| B. | Bacterium |
| C. | Protozoan |
| D. | Mosquito |
| Answer» B. Bacterium | |
| 8814. |
Which of the following disease is now considered nearly eradicated from India [CBSE PMT 1997] |
| A. | Plague |
| B. | Kala azar |
| C. | Small pox |
| D. | Poliomyelitis |
| Answer» D. Poliomyelitis | |
| 8815. |
If a person shows production of interferons in his body, the chances are that he has got an infection of [CBSE PMT 1997] |
| A. | Typhoid |
| B. | Measles |
| C. | Tetanus |
| D. | Malaria |
| Answer» C. Tetanus | |
| 8816. |
Against which of the following does interferon act [MP PMT 1998] |
| A. | Bacteria |
| B. | Virus |
| C. | Fungus |
| D. | Snake venom |
| Answer» C. Fungus | |
| 8817. |
AIDS is a [MP PMT 1997, 2000] |
| A. | Cancer |
| B. | Virus borne disease |
| C. | Bacterial disease |
| D. | Deficiency disease |
| Answer» C. Bacterial disease | |
| 8818. |
The carrier of virus causing human yellow fever is [MP PMT 1998] |
| A. | Mosquito |
| B. | Bug |
| C. | Louse |
| D. | Beetle |
| Answer» B. Bug | |
| 8819. |
In human beings retrovirus is considered as a cause of cancer because [CBSE PMT 1996] |
| A. | In their genome oncogene is present |
| B. | Their hereditary material made up of single stranded RNA |
| C. | They have a gene for reverse transcryptase |
| D. | In their genome there may be cellulor proto oncogene |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8820. |
Which one of the following is a pair of viral disease [CBSE PMT 1996] |
| A. | Tetanus and typhoid |
| B. | Syphillis and AIDS |
| C. | Whooping cough and sleeping sickness |
| D. | Measles and rabbies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8821. |
Pulse-Polio programme is organised in our country [AFMC 1996] |
| A. | To cure polio |
| B. | To eradicate polio |
| C. | To spread polio |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. To spread polio | |
| 8822. |
Which of the following is a carrier of 'dengue fever' [CPMT 1989; RPMT 1999] |
| A. | Anopheles |
| B. | Culex |
| C. | Aedes |
| D. | Musca |
| Answer» D. Musca | |
| 8823. |
A cell-coded protein that is formed in response to infection with most animal viruses is called [CBSE PMT 1994] |
| A. | Antigen |
| B. | Interferon |
| C. | Histone |
| D. | Antibody |
| Answer» C. Histone | |
| 8824. |
Mumps is a [KCET 1994] |
| A. | Viral disease |
| B. | Fungal disease |
| C. | Bacterial disease |
| D. | Protozoan disease |
| Answer» B. Fungal disease | |
| 8825. |
The pathogen of bubonic plague is transmitted through the bite of [CPMT 1993] |
| A. | Pediculus humanis |
| B. | Glossina palpalis |
| C. | Aedes |
| D. | Xenopsylla cheapis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8826. |
The biological agents of disease include |
| A. | Minerals, vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates |
| B. | Viruses, bacteria, fungi, helminths and other organisms |
| C. | Heat, cold, humidity pressure, radiations |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Heat, cold, humidity pressure, radiations | |
| 8827. |
Common symptoms of measles are |
| A. | Dew drop-like rashes on skin and high fever |
| B. | Erupting of small red spots and inflammation of mucous membrane of nose |
| C. | Lacerating ulcers |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Lacerating ulcers | |
| 8828. |
The region in the body where the polio virus multiplies is |
| A. | Nerve cells |
| B. | Intestinal cells |
| C. | Muscle cells |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Muscle cells | |
| 8829. |
Interferons are [AFMC 2002; Pb. PMT 2000; DPMT 2003] |
| A. | Antiviral proteins |
| B. | Antibacterial proteins |
| C. | Anticancer proteins |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Antibacterial proteins | |
| 8830. |
Interferons curb infection of |
| A. | Bacteria |
| B. | Fungi |
| C. | Cancer |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8831. |
The smallest virus one, which causes |
| A. | Measles |
| B. | Mumps |
| C. | Rabies |
| D. | Poliomyelitis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8832. |
Which virus, for the first time, was synthesised in the form of non-living crystals [MP PMT 1994] |
| A. | Bacteriophage |
| B. | Flu virus |
| C. | Pox virus |
| D. | Tobacco mosaic virus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8833. |
Which of the following is a communicable disease [DPMT 1992] |
| A. | Phenylketoneuria |
| B. | Cancer |
| C. | Rabies |
| D. | Alkaptoneuria |
| Answer» D. Alkaptoneuria | |
| 8834. |
Which one of the following is a common disease caused by virus [CPMT 1992, 93, 94] |
| A. | Yellow fever |
| B. | Typhoid |
| C. | Syphilis |
| D. | Tetanus |
| Answer» B. Typhoid | |
| 8835. |
The disease caused by viruses is [CPMT 1991] |
| A. | Tuberculosis |
| B. | Small pox |
| C. | Cholera |
| D. | Typhoid |
| Answer» C. Cholera | |
| 8836. |
'Dengue fever' is caused by [CBSE PMT 1993] |
| A. | Bacteria |
| B. | Plasmodium |
| C. | Virus |
| D. | Entamoeba histolytica |
| Answer» D. Entamoeba histolytica | |
| 8837. |
'Encephalitis' in man is a viral disease and is transmitted by [CMC Vellore 1993] |
| A. | Anopheles |
| B. | Culex |
| C. | Aedes |
| D. | Culex and Aedes |
| Answer» C. Aedes | |
| 8838. |
Out of the following one disease is caused by virus [DPMT 1974; CPMT 1979] |
| A. | Malaria |
| B. | Influenza |
| C. | Diphtheria |
| D. | Typhoid |
| Answer» C. Diphtheria | |
| 8839. |
'Chicken pox' is caused by [CBSE PMT 1992] |
| A. | Adeno virus |
| B. | Varicella virus |
| C. | SV-40 virus |
| D. | Bacteriophage T-2 |
| Answer» C. SV-40 virus | |
| 8840. |
'Paraplegia' refers to the paralysis of |
| A. | Both legs |
| B. | Both upper limbs |
| C. | The entire body |
| D. | Only one limb |
| Answer» B. Both upper limbs | |
| 8841. |
'Mumps' is a viral disease caused due to inflammation of |
| A. | Submaxillary gland |
| B. | Parotid gland |
| C. | Sublingual gland |
| D. | Infraorbital gland |
| Answer» C. Sublingual gland | |
| 8842. |
The toxin produced by tetanus germs effects |
| A. | Voluntary muscles |
| B. | Involuntary muscles |
| C. | Both voluntary and involuntary muscles |
| D. | Jaw bones |
| Answer» B. Involuntary muscles | |
| 8843. |
'Hydrophobia' (Rabies) is a disease caused by [DPMT 1985] |
| A. | Virus |
| B. | Nematode |
| C. | Helminth |
| D. | Protozoan |
| Answer» B. Nematode | |
| 8844. |
Malarial parasites could be best obtained from a patient |
| A. | An hour before rise of temperature |
| B. | When temperature rises with rigor |
| C. | When temperature comes to normal |
| D. | Few hours after the temperature reaches to normal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8845. |
'Glossina palpalis' is a vector for [CBSE PMT 1992] |
| A. | Dengue |
| B. | Filariasis |
| C. | Gambian fever |
| D. | Plague |
| Answer» D. Plague | |
| 8846. |
The disease caused by Entamoeba gingivalis is transmitted by [DPMT 1985] |
| A. | Flies |
| B. | Kissing |
| C. | Using the same bowl |
| D. | Kissing and using the same bowl |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8847. |
All the diseases are spread by housefly except [CBSE PMT 1992] |
| A. | Leprosy |
| B. | Dysentery |
| C. | Typhoid |
| D. | Sleeping sickness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8848. |
Fever in malaria is due to [CPMT 2004] |
| A. | Entry of sporozoites into blood capillaries |
| B. | Entry of merozoites into liver cells |
| C. | Release of merozoites from red blood cells |
| D. | Entry of cryptomerozoites into red blood cells |
| Answer» D. Entry of cryptomerozoites into red blood cells | |
| 8849. |
Which of the following is not correctly matched [CBSE PMT 2004] |
| A. | Aedes aegypti - Yellow fever |
| B. | Anopheles culifacies - Leismaniasis |
| C. | Glossina palpalis - Sleeping sickness |
| D. | Culex pipiens - Filariasis |
| Answer» C. Glossina palpalis - Sleeping sickness | |
| 8850. |
'Amoebiasis' (Amoebic dysentery) is caused by [CPMT 1977. 78, 95; MP PMT 1993, 95; CBSE PMT 1992; RPMT 1995; BVP 2004] |
| A. | Plasmodium vivax |
| B. | Entamoeba gingivalis |
| C. | Entamoeba histolytica |
| D. | Trypanosoma gambiense |
| Answer» D. Trypanosoma gambiense | |