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5651.

According to ICMR project,requirements during lactation include as extra:

A. 550 Calories
B. 300 Calories
C. 900 Calories
D. 700 Calories
Answer» B. 300 Calories
5652.

Which of the following types of bias can be reduced by allowing equal interview time:

A. Selection bias
B. Interviewer bias
C. Berkesonian bias
D. Recall bias
Answer» C. Berkesonian bias
5653.

True statement regarding RNTCP includes all except:

A. Sputum microscopy
B. Exclusion of private practitioners
C. Participation of all health workers
D. Provide latest equipments
Answer» C. Participation of all health workers
5654.

Outdated drugs and cytotoxic wastes are disposed by-

A. Dumping in waste
B. store for 10 months
C. Destruction
D. Autoclaving
Answer» D. Autoclaving
5655.

In a case-control study,the most characteristic feature is

A. Odds ratio estimation
B. Problem bias
C. Yield incidence rate
D. Expensive
Answer» B. Problem bias
5656.

Rural health scheme introduced by ?

A. Bhore committee
B. Mukherjee comittee
C. Shrivastava committee
D. Mudaliar committee
Answer» D. Mudaliar committee
5657.

Incubation period of pertusis is -

A. 10-24 days
B. 7-14 days
C. 1-7 days
D. 14-28 days
Answer» C. 1-7 days
5658.

Community Diagnosis is based on all the following except:

A. Vital statistics
B. Incidence and Prevalance
C. Health care delivery
D. Age and sex distribution
Answer» D. Age and sex distribution
5659.

The Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER)is defined as:

A. The percentage of protein absorbed into the blood
B. The percentage of nitrogen absorbed from the protein absorbed from the diet
C. The gain in weight of young animals per unit weight of protein-consumed
D. The product of digestibility coefficient and biological value
Answer» D. The product of digestibility coefficient and biological value
5660.

Which of the following is the 'Least common' complication of measles ?

A. Otitis media
B. SSPE
C. Diarrhoea
D. Pneumonia
Answer» C. Diarrhoea
5661.

Healthy school environment constitutes all except -

A. Per capita space in classroom should be 5 sq.ft
B. Minus desk in began
C. One urinal for 60 students
D. Window area should be 25 % of floor area
Answer» B. Minus desk in began
5662.

Controlled Tipping is a method of disposal of

A. Sewage
B. Sullage
C. Human excreta
D. Refuse
Answer» E.
5663.

Which type of vaccine is MMR ?

A. Live attenuated
B. Killed
C. Toxoid
D. Subunit
Answer» B. Killed
5664.

Human diploid cell vaccine(HDCV) pre-exposure dosages for rabies is -

A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
Answer» C. 5
5665.

The purpose of double blinding in clinical trials is to:

A. Avoid subject bias
B. Avoid observer and subject bias
C. Achieve comparability between study and control groups
D. Avoid observer bias
Answer» C. Achieve comparability between study and control groups
5666.

Byssinosis is most commonly seen in ?

A. Spinners
B. Sugarcane induutry
C. Dyers
D. Weavers
Answer» B. Sugarcane induutry
5667.

In an epidemilogical study, the first case which comes to the attention of the investigators is -

A. Index case
B. Reference case
C. Secondary case
D. Primary case
Answer» B. Reference case
5668.

In ICDS the requirement in pregnant females is:

A. 300 cal,15 gm protein
B. 300 cal, 25 gm protein
C. 500 cal,15 gm protein
D. 500 cal, 25 gm protein
Answer» E.
5669.

All drugs are used in prophylaxis of meningococcal meningitis, except -

A. Tetracycline
B. Erythromycin
C. Rifampicin
D. Sulphadiamidine
Answer» B. Erythromycin
5670.

According to International Health Regulations,there is no risk of spread of yellow Fever if the Aedes aegypti index remains below:

A. 0.08
B. 0.1
C. 0.01
D. 0.05
Answer» D. 0.05
5671.

If the distribution of intra-ocular pressure(IOP) seen in 100 glaucoma patients has an average 30 mm with SD of 10, what is the lower limit of the average IOP that can be expected 95% of times -

A. 28
B. 26
C. 32
D. 25
Answer» B. 26
5672.

A female health worker, while prescribing OC pills should evaluated all, EXCEPT -

A. Calf tenderness
B. Convulsions
C. History of chronic headache
D. Having two live issues
Answer» E.
5673.

Trickling filter is used in -

A. Primary treatment of sewage
B. Secondary treatment of sewage
C. Oxygen ponds
D. Sewage farming
Answer» C. Oxygen ponds
5674.

Pain in the ear occurs at:

A. 80 dB
B. 120 dB
C. 140 dB
D. 160 dB
Answer» D. 160 dB
5675.

Human development index includes A/E:

A. Crude death rate
B. Education
C. Life expectancy at birth
D. GDP
Answer» B. Education
5676.

The first country in the South Wast Asian Region(SEAR) to report AIDS was -

A. Sri Lanka
B. India
C. Thailand
D. Bangladesh
Answer» D. Bangladesh
5677.

Not a feature of Rheumatic heart disease in India is -

A. CHF and cardiomegaly in most of the cases
B. Affects younger group
C. Aortic valve is most commonly affected
D. School going population is most affected
Answer» D. School going population is most affected
5678.

Communicability of disease is assessed by ?

A. Secondary attack rate
B. Generation time
C. Serial interval
D. Incubation period
Answer» B. Generation time
5679.

Under the Colombo plan which country supplying cobalt therapy units to medical established in India.

A. Switzerland
B. France
C. Canada
D. USA
Answer» D. USA
5680.

Which of the following conditions does not have a National Screening /Control Programme?

A. Dental caries
B. Diabetes Mellitus
C. Carcinoma cervix
D. Refractive errors
Answer» B. Diabetes Mellitus
5681.

Weight of Indian reference man in kg -

A. 60
B. 55
C. 45
D. 50
Answer» B. 55
5682.

Paris green is useful for killing:

A. Adult mosquitoes
B. Culicine larvae only
C. None
D. Anopheline larvae only
Answer» E.
5683.

If means is less than the median, than the data is said to be -

A. Negatively skewed
B. Positively skewed
C. Normal distribution
D. Equitable distribution
Answer» B. Positively skewed
5684.

BCG vaccination is given -

A. Prodermally
B. Subcutaneously
C. Intramuscularly
D. Intradermally
Answer» E.
5685.

The rate adjusted to allow for the age distribution of the population is:

A. Perinatal mortality rate
B. Crude mortality rate
C. Fertility rate
D. Age-standardized mortality rate
Answer» E.
5686.

Using new technique, Hb estimated in blood sample.The test was repeated for 10 times.The reports were: 9.5, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 12.1.Accurate value of Hb was estimated by standard test to be 10.2. The new technique has -

A. High validity and high reliability
B. Low validity and low reliability
C. High validity and low reliability
D. Low validity and high reliability
Answer» C. High validity and low reliability
5687.

At subcenter level vaccine are stored at the temperature of ?

A. -15 to -25 Degree C
B. -5 to -0 Degree C
C. 0 to +2 Degree C
D. +2 to +8 Degree C
Answer» E.
5688.

Faecal contamination of drinking water is evaluated by ?

A. Klebsiella
B. E.coli
C. Proteus
D. Coagulase negative staphylococci
Answer» C. Proteus
5689.

Heat stroke is characterized by all except

A. Profuse sweating
B. Decreased consciousness
C. Drowsiness
D. Temperature above 41degree
Answer» B. Decreased consciousness
5690.

Chandler's index is -

A. No. of eggs/g of stool
B. No. of larvae/100g of stool
C. No. of larvae/g of stool
D. No. of eggs/100g of stool
Answer» B. No. of larvae/100g of stool
5691.

Dust particle,in a industry is a:

A. Biological hazards
B. Chemical hazards
C. Physical hazards
D. Mechanical hazards
Answer» C. Physical hazards
5692.

All of the following are true about the Herd Immunity for infectious diseases except:

A. It is likely to be more for infections that do not have a sub-clinical phase.
B. It refers to group protection beyond what is a afforded by the protection of immunized individuals.
C. In th case of tetanus it does not protect the individual.
D. It is affected by the presence and distribution of alternative animal hosts.
Answer» B. It refers to group protection beyond what is a afforded by the protection of immunized individuals.
5693.

True regarding fluorosis are all except -

A. Defluoridation is done by Nalgonda technique
B. Fleurosis can cause genu valgum
C. Fluorosis is the most common causes of dental caries in children
D. Fleurosis can cause fluoride deposition in bones
Answer» D. Fleurosis can cause fluoride deposition in bones
5694.

Immunity develops in...........days,after the administration of Japanese encephalitis vaccine:

A. 6
B. 80
C. 10
D. 30
Answer» E.
5695.

Soft tick transmits:

A. Tularemia
B. Indian tick typhus
C. Relapsing fever
D. KFD
Answer» D. KFD
5696.

In India,the vector of Japanese encephalitis is

A. Aedes.aegypti
B. Aedes culcifaciens
C. Culex vishnui
D. Mansonoides
Answer» D. Mansonoides
5697.

Cyclodevelopmental stage is seen in -

A. Malaria
B. Filaria
C. Plague
D. Cholera
Answer» C. Plague
5698.

A person who has lost his foot in an accident and is not able to walk is an example of -

A. Disease
B. Disability
C. Impairment
D. Handicap
Answer» C. Impairment
5699.

According to joint study 'Healthcare in India: The Road Ahead' done by CII and MekinSey and company in 2002, India's executing bed population rate is -

A. 0.777777777777778
B. 1.5 : 1000
C. 1.06944444444444
D. 2.5 : 1000
Answer» C. 1.06944444444444
5700.

Disposal method of outdated cytotoxic drug is -

A. Destruction and dumping in a secure landfill
B. Autoclave
C. Preserve for 10 years and landfill
D. Disposal in municipal waste
Answer» B. Autoclave