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This section includes 11 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Vaccination and Immunisation? |
| A. | Immunisation is the phenomena of increasing specific antibody production |
| B. | Vaccination is the process of inoculation of harmless antigenic material into the healthy person |
| C. | A single vaccination gives adequate immunity and lasts lifelong |
| D. | Immunisation is carried out through vaccination and injection of antiserum |
| Answer» D. Immunisation is carried out through vaccination and injection of antiserum | |
| 2. |
Emil Von Behring injected some toxoid serum into the patient suffering from AIDS to discover passive immunity. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 3. |
On which of the following discoveries, Von Behring was awarded the noble prize? |
| A. | For discovering passive immunity |
| B. | For discovering active immunity |
| C. | For discovering and making the first true vaccine |
| D. | For discovering methods to protect people from smallpox |
| Answer» B. For discovering active immunity | |
| 4. |
A disease against which vaccination is resorted only during epidemics is ___________ |
| A. | Diarrhoea |
| B. | Tuberculosis |
| C. | AIDS |
| D. | Cholera |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
ATS inoculation soon after injury that brings contact with soiled objects give protection against the possible attack of __________ |
| A. | Poliomyelitis |
| B. | AIDS |
| C. | Tetanus |
| D. | Influenza |
| Answer» D. Influenza | |
| 6. |
Toxoids are toxins usually inactivated by formalin which retain their antigenic property. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 7. |
What is the basic principle of immunisation and vaccination? |
| A. | It is based on the number of B and T lymphocytes |
| B. | It is based on the property of memory of the immune system |
| C. | It is based on antigen-antibody interactions |
| D. | It is based upon the number of white blood cells |
| Answer» C. It is based on antigen-antibody interactions | |
| 8. |
Why are the vaccines produced through genetic engineering considered as safe? |
| A. | They have only the coat of pathogen |
| B. | They are attenuated form of a pathogen |
| C. | They have killed form of pathogens |
| D. | They have all the genes of pathogens |
| Answer» B. They are attenuated form of a pathogen | |
| 9. |
Jenner prepared the vaccine of smallpox by using _______ |
| A. | The attenuated pathogen of smallpox |
| B. | The killed pathogen of smallpox |
| C. | The attenuated pathogen of Cowpox |
| D. | Pathogens from Cowpox pustule |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The term vaccine was introduced by ________ |
| A. | Edward Jenner |
| B. | Robert Koch |
| C. | Louis Pasteur |
| D. | Von Behring |
| Answer» B. Robert Koch | |
| 11. |
Who discovered the technique of preparing vaccine from attenuated pathogen and in which year? |
| A. | Edward Jenner, 1796 |
| B. | Louis Pasteur, 1879 |
| C. | Robert Downey, 1856 |
| D. | Von Behring, 1950 |
| Answer» C. Robert Downey, 1856 | |