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| 5451. |
All of the following statements about Japanese Encephalitis are true,Except: |
| A. | All individuals bitten by infected mosquitoes develop disease |
| B. | Two to three cases per village may suggest an Epidemic |
| C. | Ratio of in-apparent to apparent infection is > 100:1 |
| D. | Children are more frequently affected than adults |
| Answer» B. Two to three cases per village may suggest an Epidemic | |
| 5452. |
Incidence rate refers to - |
| A. | Only old cases |
| B. | Both old and new cases |
| C. | Only new cases |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 5453. |
Most sensitive test is required if following are present, except - |
| A. | False positive cases result in isolation of healthy individuals |
| B. | Confirmatory test is expansive |
| C. | Individual truly diseased are to be identified |
| D. | Resources are limited |
| Answer» B. Confirmatory test is expansive | |
| 5454. |
Mass chemoprophylaxis is not given for one of the following |
| A. | Vit A deficiency |
| B. | Scabies |
| C. | Lymphatic filariasis |
| D. | Plague |
| Answer» C. Lymphatic filariasis | |
| 5455. |
The usefulness of a 'screening test' in a community depends on its : |
| A. | Reliability |
| B. | predictive value |
| C. | Sensitivity |
| D. | Specificity |
| Answer» D. Specificity | |
| 5456. |
The following statement about DDT is false: |
| A. | It is a contact person |
| B. | pyrethrum has synergistic action |
| C. | Residual effect lasts for 18 months |
| D. | Immediately kills the pery |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5457. |
Mechanism of action of botulinum toxin- |
| A. | By blocking presynaptic release of acetylcholine in the CNS |
| B. | By blocking the release of acetylcholine at neuromuscular junction |
| C. | By inhibiting synthesis of acetylcholine in the CNS |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. By inhibiting synthesis of acetylcholine in the CNS | |
| 5458. |
If alternate of medicine were accepted as a modality of therapy, then 'Yoga' would be best described as a form of: |
| A. | Preventive Medicine |
| B. | Physiotherapy |
| C. | Caloric usurper |
| D. | Emergency Medicine |
| Answer» B. Physiotherapy | |
| 5459. |
Chandler index is used for |
| A. | Ancylostoma duodenale |
| B. | Ascariasis |
| C. | Guinea worm infestations |
| D. | Filariasis |
| Answer» B. Ascariasis | |
| 5460. |
Given three genera of mosquitoes (Culex,Anopheles and Aedes) act as vectors for which of the following diseases world wide: |
| A. | Dengue |
| B. | Malaria |
| C. | Yellow Fever |
| D. | Filariasis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5461. |
Kuppuswamy classification is based on all,except- |
| A. | Income |
| B. | Education |
| C. | Occupation |
| D. | Type of house |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5462. |
Which of the following statements about Leptospirosis is true |
| A. | Person to person Transmission is common |
| B. | Hepatorenal syndrome may occur in upto 50% of patients |
| C. | Rats are prime reservoirs |
| D. | Fluoroquinolones are the drug of choice |
| Answer» D. Fluoroquinolones are the drug of choice | |
| 5463. |
True statement about plague is: |
| A. | Most important measure to control epidemic rodent control |
| B. | Vaccine is not used to control epidemic of preneumonic plague |
| C. | Live attenuated vaccines are used |
| D. | Septicemic plague is highly infectious |
| Answer» B. Vaccine is not used to control epidemic of preneumonic plague | |
| 5464. |
Basanti a 29 yrs aged female from Bihar presents with active tuberculosis;She delivers baby;all of the following are indicated except: |
| A. | Withhold breast feeding |
| B. | Administer INH to the baby |
| C. | Ask mother to ensure proper disposal of sputum |
| D. | Give ATT to mother for 2 yrs. |
| Answer» B. Administer INH to the baby | |
| 5465. |
Under the National Programme for Control of Blindness in India,medical colleges are classified as eye care centers of: |
| A. | Primary level |
| B. | Secondary level |
| C. | Tertiary level |
| D. | Intermediate level |
| Answer» D. Intermediate level | |
| 5466. |
According to WHO, blindness is defined as a visual acuity of the better eye, less than - |
| A. | 01-06-1960 12:00:00 AM |
| B. | 01-05-1960 12:00:00 AM |
| C. | 01-04-1960 12:00:00 AM |
| D. | 01-03-1960 12:00:00 AM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5467. |
An adult male patient presented in the OPD with complaints of cough and fever for 3 months and haemoptysis off and on.His sputum was positive for AFB.On probing it was found that he had already received treatment with RHZE for 3 weeks from a nearby hospital discontinued.How will you categorize and manage the patient? |
| A. | Category III,start 2(RHZ)3 |
| B. | Category II,start 2(RHZE)3 |
| C. | Category I,start 2(RHZE)3 |
| D. | Category II,start 2(RHZES)3 |
| Answer» D. Category II,start 2(RHZES)3 | |
| 5468. |
Taking the definition of blindness as visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye,the number of blind persons per 100,000 population in India is estimated to be: |
| A. | 500 |
| B. | 700 |
| C. | 1000 |
| D. | 1500 |
| Answer» C. 1000 | |
| 5469. |
A 30 yrs old female has sputum positive TB. Her child is 3yrs old .What is recommended chemoprophylaxis: |
| A. | INH 3mg/kg for 6 months |
| B. | INH 5mg/kg for 6 months |
| C. | INH 3mg/kg for 3 months |
| D. | INH 5mg/kg for 3 months |
| Answer» C. INH 3mg/kg for 3 months | |
| 5470. |
All are important causes of maternal mortality in India, EXCEPT - |
| A. | Abortion |
| B. | Haemorrhage |
| C. | Anaemia |
| D. | Eclampsia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5471. |
The longest and shortest incubation period of plague are 7 days and 2 days respectively.The time necessary to declare an area free from plague is |
| A. | 2 days |
| B. | 5 days |
| C. | 14 days |
| D. | 21 days |
| Answer» D. 21 days | |
| 5472. |
For the purpose of Intervention Trials, the preferred randomization unit is an individual for all of the following ,except: |
| A. | Surgery |
| B. | Health Education |
| C. | Vaccine |
| D. | Drug |
| Answer» C. Vaccine | |
| 5473. |
National Population Policy 2000 aims to achieve all except - |
| A. | Targets to be achieved by the year 2010 |
| B. | Reduction of IMR to less than 30 live births/1000 live births |
| C. | Reduction of MMR to less than 100 live births/1000 live births |
| D. | Achieve 100% registration of births, deaths, marriage and pregnancy |
| Answer» D. Achieve 100% registration of births, deaths, marriage and pregnancy | |
| 5474. |
It is probable that physician have a higher index of suspicion for tuberculosis in children without BCG scar.If this is so and an associated is found between Tuberculosis and not having BCG scar, The association may be due to - |
| A. | Selection bias |
| B. | Interviewer bias |
| C. | Surveillance bias |
| D. | Non-respose bias |
| Answer» C. Surveillance bias | |
| 5475. |
Triage is: |
| A. | Treating terminally ill patients |
| B. | Treating mentally ill patients |
| C. | Treating the most serious cases |
| D. | Categorization of patients and treating them according to the available |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5476. |
All of the following are true about Aedes mosquito'Except |
| A. | Eggs cannot survive more than one week withuot water |
| B. | Are Recurrent Day time biters |
| C. | Breed in stagnant water |
| D. | Transmits Dengue fever |
| Answer» B. Are Recurrent Day time biters | |
| 5477. |
Primary health care, true are all except - |
| A. | Health service are taken to the doors of people |
| B. | Essential health care for all |
| C. | Sectors like agricluture, animal husbandary, food industry and communication are involved |
| D. | Placing people's health in people's hand |
| Answer» B. Essential health care for all | |
| 5478. |
The study of the development and various types of social life is called - |
| A. | Sociology |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Social anthropology |
| D. | Medical sociology |
| Answer» D. Medical sociology | |
| 5479. |
A diagnostic test for a particular disease has a sensitivity of 0.90 and a specificity of 0.90. A single test is applied to each subject in the population in which the diseased population is 10%.What is the probability that a person positive to this test, has the disease - |
| A. | 0.9 |
| B. | 0.81 |
| C. | 0.5 |
| D. | 0.91 |
| Answer» D. 0.91 | |
| 5480. |
WHO STEPS is used for |
| A. | Non communicable diseases |
| B. | Communicable diseases |
| C. | Autroimmune diseases |
| D. | Immune deficient diseases |
| Answer» B. Communicable diseases | |
| 5481. |
Body volume index measures ? |
| A. | Total body volume |
| B. | Total body fat |
| C. | BMI and distribution of fat |
| D. | BMI and total body volume |
| Answer» D. BMI and total body volume | |
| 5482. |
A pregnant woman is routinely screened for which of the following disease entities ? |
| A. | Parvovirus |
| B. | Toxoplasmosis |
| C. | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) |
| D. | Syphilis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5483. |
All of the following are advantage of case control studies except |
| A. | Relative risk can be calculated |
| B. | Useful in rare disease |
| C. | Cost-effective and inexpensive |
| D. | Odds ratio can be calculated |
| Answer» B. Useful in rare disease | |
| 5484. |
Denominator in general fertility rate is - |
| A. | All women is between 15-45 year age |
| B. | All married women is between 15-45 year age |
| C. | Total number of live births |
| D. | Total number of all births |
| Answer» B. All married women is between 15-45 year age | |
| 5485. |
Berkesonian bias refers to |
| A. | Different rates of admission on the hospital |
| B. | Interviewers bias |
| C. | Reduces bias |
| D. | Systematic difference in characteristic cases and controls |
| Answer» B. Interviewers bias | |
| 5486. |
Food with maximum Cholesterol content - |
| A. | Egg |
| B. | Coconut oil |
| C. | Hydrogenated Fats |
| D. | Ghee(Hydrogenated) |
| Answer» B. Coconut oil | |
| 5487. |
A family has score of 23 on Kuppuswamy's socio-economics status scale.That family belong to which social economics class? |
| A. | Lower middle(III) |
| B. | Upper middle(II) |
| C. | Upper(I) |
| D. | Upper lower(IV) |
| Answer» C. Upper(I) | |
| 5488. |
Under the Prevention of Food Adulteration(PFA) Act, the expected level of iodine in iodixed salt at production level is NOT less than - |
| A. | 30 ppm |
| B. | 25 ppm |
| C. | 20 ppm |
| D. | 15 ppm |
| Answer» B. 25 ppm | |
| 5489. |
Incubation period helps in determining all,except: |
| A. | Period of isolation |
| B. | Period of quarantine |
| C. | Identification of source of infection |
| D. | Immunisation |
| Answer» B. Period of quarantine | |
| 5490. |
The majority of the waste produced by health care providers is - |
| A. | Chemical waste |
| B. | Infectious waste |
| C. | General waste |
| D. | Sharps waste |
| Answer» D. Sharps waste | |
| 5491. |
Which of the following is not true of Case-control studies |
| A. | Relatively cheap |
| B. | Relative risk can be calculated |
| C. | Used for rare disease |
| D. | Odd's ratio can be calculated |
| Answer» C. Used for rare disease | |
| 5492. |
For 95% confidance limits true is: |
| A. | 1.95 of standard error of mean |
| B. | Reduces 95% of values |
| C. | 2.95 of standard error of mean |
| D. | Normal distribution+-2.5 S.D. |
| Answer» B. Reduces 95% of values | |
| 5493. |
Which of the following statements about confidence limit /interval is true: |
| A. | Sample size does not affect the confidence interval |
| B. | 95% confidence interval will cover 2 standard errors around the mean |
| C. | Smaller the confidence level larger will be the confidence interval |
| D. | Less variable the data,wider will be the confidence interval |
| Answer» C. Smaller the confidence level larger will be the confidence interval | |
| 5494. |
The content of iodine in iodized salt at consumer level should be - |
| A. | 20 parts per million |
| B. | 15 parts per million |
| C. | 50 parts per million |
| D. | 75 parts per million |
| Answer» C. 50 parts per million | |
| 5495. |
Socratic of education consists of ? |
| A. | Lecture |
| B. | Group discussion |
| C. | Seminar |
| D. | Panel discussion |
| Answer» C. Seminar | |
| 5496. |
Vegetable fat differs from animal oil in being |
| A. | More saturated |
| B. | More stable |
| C. | More atherosclerotic |
| D. | Contains less fat soluble vitamin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5497. |
A population study showed a mean glucose of 86 mg/dL.In a sample of 100 showing normal curve distribution,what percentage of people have glucose above 86%? |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» B. 65 | |
| 5498. |
Most sensitive indicator of recent transmission of malaria in a community is - |
| A. | Infant parasite rate |
| B. | Annual parasite rate |
| C. | Spleen rate |
| D. | Mosquito rate |
| Answer» B. Annual parasite rate | |
| 5499. |
All are includded in NRHM except- |
| A. | Formation of health and family welfare societies |
| B. | Strengthening of JSY (Janani Suraksha Yojna) |
| C. | Recruitment and training of ASHA |
| D. | State and district health mission |
| Answer» B. Strengthening of JSY (Janani Suraksha Yojna) | |
| 5500. |
True about case control study A/E |
| A. | less expensive |
| B. | those with disease and not diseased compared |
| C. | attributable risk is estimated |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |