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| 5901. |
What is false about pertusis - |
| A. | Maternal antibody provides protection in infants |
| B. | Fomites plays a small role in spread of disease |
| C. | Commonly seen in infants |
| D. | Males and females are equally affected |
| Answer» B. Fomites plays a small role in spread of disease | |
| 5902. |
In WHO 'Road to Health' chart, upper and lower limit of represents - |
| A. | 30 percentile for boys 3 percentile of girls |
| B. | 50 percentile for boys 3 percentile of girls |
| C. | 30 percentile for boys 5 percentile of girls |
| D. | 50 percentile for boys 5 percentile of girls |
| Answer» C. 30 percentile for boys 5 percentile of girls | |
| 5903. |
Thiamine deficiency is seen in all except - |
| A. | Homocystinemia |
| B. | Food faddist |
| C. | Chronic diarrhoea |
| D. | Chronic alcoholism |
| Answer» D. Chronic alcoholism | |
| 5904. |
True about ASHA (accredited social health activist) is - |
| A. | Involved in minimum need program |
| B. | Mental health worker |
| C. | To replace Anganwadi worker in ICDS program |
| D. | Deployed 1/1000 population |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5905. |
The standard normal distribution: |
| A. | Has standard deviation=0.0 |
| B. | Has variance=1.0 |
| C. | Is skewed to the left. |
| D. | Has mean=1.0 |
| Answer» C. Is skewed to the left. | |
| 5906. |
Treatment of choice for sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis detected in 1st trimester of pregnancy: |
| A. | Start cat. I immediately |
| B. | Defer till second trimester |
| C. | Start cat. III immediately |
| D. | Start cat. II immediately |
| Answer» B. Defer till second trimester | |
| 5907. |
Indian factories act prohibits the employment of children below the age of: |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 18 | |
| 5908. |
Lead time is: |
| A. | Time between onset of disease and its usual time of detection |
| B. | Time between critical period of diagnosis and usual outcome |
| C. | Time between first possible diagnosis and usual time of detection |
| D. | Presymptomatic period of disease |
| Answer» D. Presymptomatic period of disease | |
| 5909. |
Most common complication of IUCD is - |
| A. | Bleeding |
| B. | Pain |
| C. | PID |
| D. | Abortion |
| Answer» B. Pain | |
| 5910. |
Association between low birth weight and maternal smoking during pregnancy can be studied by obtaining smoking histories from women at the time of the parenatal visit and then subsequently correlating birth weight with smoking histories.what type of study is this? |
| A. | Clinical trial |
| B. | Cohort (Prospective) |
| C. | Clinical trial |
| D. | Case-control(retrospective) |
| Answer» C. Clinical trial | |
| 5911. |
Specificity increase with - |
| A. | Increase in false positive |
| B. | Increase in false negative |
| C. | Increase in true positive |
| D. | Increase in true negative |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5912. |
In Guinea worm prophylaxis, all are true, except - |
| A. | Acute search of new cases |
| B. | Identification of carriers |
| C. | Mass treatment with Mebendazole |
| D. | Health education to people to use a sieve for straining drinking water |
| Answer» D. Health education to people to use a sieve for straining drinking water | |
| 5913. |
Reservoir of Indian Kala azar is: |
| A. | Man |
| B. | Rodent |
| C. | Canine |
| D. | Equine |
| Answer» B. Rodent | |
| 5914. |
Lathyrism is due to consumption of - |
| A. | Red gram dhal |
| B. | Contaminated ground nuts |
| C. | Bengal gram dhal |
| D. | Khesari dhal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5915. |
Which of the following is determinant of Coefficient of Variance |
| A. | Central tendency |
| B. | Dispersion |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Probability |
| Answer» C. Median | |
| 5916. |
When variables are NOT measurable, which of the following is used to represent - |
| A. | Variation |
| B. | Ordinal |
| C. | Nominal |
| D. | Ratio |
| Answer» D. Ratio | |
| 5917. |
According to the world Health Organization,the definition of blindness is: |
| A. | Visual acuity < 6/60 in the better eye with best correction |
| B. | Visual acuity < 3/60 in the better eye with best correction |
| C. | Visual acuity < 6/60 in the better eye with available correction |
| D. | Visual acuity < 3/60 in the better eye with available correction |
| Answer» C. Visual acuity < 6/60 in the better eye with available correction | |
| 5918. |
The drug of choice in the treatment of carrier state of typhoid is |
| A. | Chloramphenicol |
| B. | Ampicillin |
| C. | Tetracycline |
| D. | Cloxacillin |
| Answer» C. Tetracycline | |
| 5919. |
For a typhoid endemic country like India,the immunization of choice is: |
| A. | TAB vaccine |
| B. | Typhoral 21A oral vaccine |
| C. | Monovalent vaccine |
| D. | Any of these |
| Answer» D. Any of these | |
| 5920. |
Which of the following is true regarding treatment of malaria- |
| A. | All new anti malarial are safe in pregnancy |
| B. | Loading dose is 20mg/kg. body weight |
| C. | Sporonticidal drugs prevent relapse |
| D. | Drugs preventing exocrythrocytic cycle prevent relapse |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5921. |
Specificity is related to - |
| A. | True positive |
| B. | True negative |
| C. | False positive |
| D. | False negative |
| Answer» C. False positive | |
| 5922. |
The most common cancer,affecting Indian urban women in Delhi,Mumbai and Chennai,is: |
| A. | Ovarian cancer. |
| B. | Cervical cancer. |
| C. | Uterine cancer. |
| D. | Breast cancer. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5923. |
Which of the following represents a non deliberate cultural practice leading to anti-mosquito effect: |
| A. | Use of bed nets |
| B. | Use of repellents |
| C. | Use of alkaline detergent |
| D. | Use of larvicidal agents |
| Answer» D. Use of larvicidal agents | |
| 5924. |
Late expanding stage of population in India is due to ? |
| A. | Death rate declines more than birth rate |
| B. | Birth rate stationary death rate continues to fall |
| C. | Birth rate is less than death rate |
| D. | Birth rate declaines, death rate same |
| Answer» B. Birth rate stationary death rate continues to fall | |
| 5925. |
Obesity is defined as BMI more than: |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5926. |
Most important factor for a test to be a good screening test is ? |
| A. | Specificity |
| B. | Sensitivity |
| C. | Reliability |
| D. | Predictive value |
| Answer» C. Reliability | |
| 5927. |
All of the following are zoonosis Except: |
| A. | Japanese Encephalitis (JE) |
| B. | Plague |
| C. | Tuberculosis (TB) |
| D. | HIV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5928. |
Community physician takes action based on - |
| A. | Population attributable risk |
| B. | Relative risk |
| C. | Attributable risk |
| D. | Odds ratio |
| Answer» B. Relative risk | |
| 5929. |
Basic need programme includes all, except - |
| A. | Educating of adult and child |
| B. | Doctor and nurse ratio |
| C. | Water supply |
| D. | Sanitation |
| Answer» C. Water supply | |
| 5930. |
A randomized trial shows that a new thrombolytic agent reduces total mortality in the first 30 days after a suspected myocardial infraction by 30 percent compared with a placebo(p |
| A. | What was the power of study? |
| B. | What happened to surviving patients in next year? |
| C. | What percentage of patients in each group actually had a myocardial infraction? |
| D. | Was the trial blinded? |
| Answer» C. What percentage of patients in each group actually had a myocardial infraction? | |
| 5931. |
Leprosy is considered a public health problem if the prevalence of leprosy is more than: |
| A. | 5 per 10,000 |
| B. | 10 per 10,000 |
| C. | 1 per 10,000 |
| D. | 2 per 10,000 |
| Answer» D. 2 per 10,000 | |
| 5932. |
Degree of freedom for 2/2 contingency table is ? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | Zero |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. Zero | |
| 5933. |
The systematic distortion of retrospective study is ? |
| A. | Confounding |
| B. | Effect modification |
| C. | Recall bias |
| D. | Measurement bias |
| Answer» D. Measurement bias | |
| 5934. |
Post contamination of water is indicated by: |
| A. | Nitrites |
| B. | Nitrates |
| C. | Free and saline ammonia |
| D. | Dissolved H2S |
| Answer» C. Free and saline ammonia | |
| 5935. |
Concentration of sodium in mMol/L in low osmolar ORS is ? |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 75 |
| C. | 90 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» C. 90 | |
| 5936. |
Number of cases of malaria detected in 10 yrs are 100,160,190,250,300,300,320,320,550,380.How to calculate the average number of cases per year: |
| A. | Arithmetic mean |
| B. | Geometric mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Median |
| Answer» B. Geometric mean | |
| 5937. |
Rickettsial disease is transmitted by all except |
| A. | Epidemic typhus -Louse |
| B. | Endemic typhus -Flea |
| C. | Q-fever -C.burnettii |
| D. | Rickettsial pox -Tic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5938. |
Relative risk of a disease measures the - |
| A. | Strength of association between suspected cause and effect |
| B. | Biological plausibility between suspected cause and effect |
| C. | Temporal relationship between suspected cause and effect |
| D. | Specificity of association between suspected cause and effect |
| Answer» B. Biological plausibility between suspected cause and effect | |
| 5939. |
Bias can be eliminated by all except - |
| A. | Matching |
| B. | Blinding |
| C. | Randomization |
| D. | Multivariate analysis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5940. |
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act does not protect act of termination of pregnancies after - |
| A. | 20 weeks |
| B. | 24 weeks |
| C. | 28 weeks |
| D. | 30 weeks |
| Answer» B. 24 weeks | |
| 5941. |
Severity of disease is assessed by- |
| A. | Case fatility rate |
| B. | Standardised mortality rate |
| C. | Incidence rate |
| D. | Prevalence rate |
| Answer» B. Standardised mortality rate | |
| 5942. |
The following are the principles of primary health care EXCEPT |
| A. | Availability of essential drugs |
| B. | Community participation |
| C. | Inter-sectoral cooperation |
| D. | Equitable distribution |
| Answer» B. Community participation | |
| 5943. |
The cereal rich in calcium is |
| A. | Ragi |
| B. | Maize |
| C. | Wheat |
| D. | Jowar |
| Answer» B. Maize | |
| 5944. |
Which of the following is the suggested norm for nurses In Indian population ? |
| A. | 1 per 1000 |
| B. | 1 per 2000 |
| C. | 1 per 3000 |
| D. | 1 per 5000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5945. |
Essential component of RCH Programme in India include all of the following except: |
| A. | Reduce the under five mortality to half |
| B. | Management of reproductive tract infections |
| C. | Prevention and management of unwanted pregnancies |
| D. | Maternal care including antenatal delivery |
| Answer» D. Maternal care including antenatal delivery | |
| 5946. |
Assuming that mammography has a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 98%,and that cosecutive tests are independent,what is the probability that a woman with breast cancer will have a negative screening mammogram for two consecutive years? |
| A. | 01-10-2015 12:00:00 AM |
| B. | 02-10-2015 12:00:00 AM |
| C. | 04-10-2015 12:00:00 AM |
| D. | 1/100 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5947. |
Maternal antibodies are present in the newborn against all of the following diseases EXCEPT |
| A. | Diphtheria |
| B. | Tetanus |
| C. | Pertussis |
| D. | Measles |
| Answer» D. Measles | |
| 5948. |
In the case of normal curve the area between two standard deviations on either side of the mean will cover |
| A. | 95% of the value |
| B. | 68% of the value |
| C. | 99% of the value |
| D. | 50% of the value |
| Answer» B. 68% of the value | |
| 5949. |
Framingham Heart Study is an example of: |
| A. | Cohort study |
| B. | Case control |
| C. | Nested cohort |
| D. | Randomised Control Trial |
| Answer» B. Case control | |
| 5950. |
Complete family size indicates: |
| A. | Net reproduction rate |
| B. | Gross fertility rate |
| C. | General fertility rate |
| D. | Total fertility rate |
| Answer» E. | |