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| 5951. |
Best indicator of air pollution is - |
| A. | Lead |
| B. | Carbon monoxide |
| C. | Dust |
| D. | Sulfur dioxide |
| Answer» B. Carbon monoxide | |
| 5952. |
Mean, Medium and Mode are - |
| A. | Measure of dispersion |
| B. | Measure association between two variables |
| C. | Test of significance |
| D. | Measure of central tendency |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5953. |
A child aged 24 months was brought to the Primary Health Centre with complaints of cough and fever for the past 2 days.On examination,the child weighed 11 kg,respiratory rate was 38 per minute,chest indrawing was present.The most appropriate line of management for this patient is? |
| A. | Classify as pneumonia,start antibiotics and advise to report after 2 days |
| B. | Classify as pneumonia and refer urgently to secondary level hospital |
| C. | Classify as severe pneumonia and refer urgently |
| D. | Classify as severe pneumonia,start antibiotics and refer urgently |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5954. |
Target year for elimination of lymphatic filariasis: |
| A. | 2010 |
| B. | 2015 |
| C. | 2020 |
| D. | 2012 |
| Answer» C. 2020 | |
| 5955. |
Which of the following is not a Synthetic Pyrethyroid Compound |
| A. | Proparthin |
| B. | Cypermethrin |
| C. | DDT |
| D. | Permethrin |
| Answer» D. Permethrin | |
| 5956. |
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. | |
| 5957. |
Which is false regarding Spaulding's criteria? |
| A. | Semi critical items are those which come in contact with mucous membrane or non intact skin |
| B. | Non critical items require only decontamination |
| C. | Cardiac catheters are example of critical items |
| D. | Semi critical items need low level disinfection |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5958. |
Regarding Schick's test which of the following is FALSE: |
| A. | Erythematous reaction in both arms indicates hypersensitivity |
| B. | Positive test means that person is immune to diphtheria |
| C. | Diphtheria antitoxin is given intradermal |
| D. | Test done is to find out immune status against diphtheria |
| Answer» C. Diphtheria antitoxin is given intradermal | |
| 5959. |
In patients of leprosy, Lepromin test is used for |
| A. | Prognosis |
| B. | Treatment |
| C. | Epidemiological investigations |
| D. | Diagnosis |
| Answer» B. Treatment | |
| 5960. |
In PHC,temperature of 'Ice Lined Refrigerator(ILR)'is checked- |
| A. | Two times in a week |
| B. | Two times in a month |
| C. | Weekly |
| D. | Two times in a day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5961. |
Under the National programme for control of Blindness,who is supposed to conduct the vision screening of school students? |
| A. | Ophthalmologists |
| B. | Health assistants |
| C. | School teachers |
| D. | Medical officers of health centers |
| Answer» D. Medical officers of health centers | |
| 5962. |
James Lind is related to the discovery of ? |
| A. | Prevention of scurvy |
| B. | Cause of scurvy |
| C. | Pathogenesis of scurvy |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Cause of scurvy | |
| 5963. |
In high risk areas the radical treatment for plasmodium vivax infection after microscopic confirmation is administration of tablets primaquine in the daily dosage of - |
| A. | 0.25 mg/kg body weight |
| B. | 0.50 mg/kg body weight |
| C. | 0.75 mg/kg body weight |
| D. | 1.00 mg/kg body weight |
| Answer» B. 0.50 mg/kg body weight | |
| 5964. |
In a trachoma survey of a community,the incidence of inflammatory trachoma was 2% and incidence of cicatricial trachoma was 3% which of the following statement is true- |
| A. | Problem is still there in the community |
| B. | Problem was prevalent in part but now under control |
| C. | Problem was not prevalent but now prevalent problem was prevalent |
| D. | Problem was prevalent in past and still prevalent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5965. |
Disinfectant used for blood spills - |
| A. | Ethanol |
| B. | Sodium hypochlorite |
| C. | Phenol |
| D. | Glutaradehyde |
| Answer» C. Phenol | |
| 5966. |
Disinfection of water by routine chlorination can be classified as - |
| A. | Sterilization |
| B. | Concurrent disinfection |
| C. | Terminal disinfection |
| D. | Precurrent disinfection |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5967. |
All have incubatory carriers,except |
| A. | Tetanus |
| B. | Measles |
| C. | Whooping cough |
| D. | Polio |
| Answer» B. Measles | |
| 5968. |
Folic acid requirement in pregnant woman- |
| A. | 100 meug/day |
| B. | 200 meug/day |
| C. | 150 meug/day |
| D. | 500 meug/day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5969. |
Vitamin A prophylaxis to a child is |
| A. | Specific protection |
| B. | Health promotion |
| C. | Secondary prevention |
| D. | Primordial prevention |
| Answer» B. Health promotion | |
| 5970. |
Rural and Urban difference in prevalence is seen in all of the following, Except: |
| A. | Tuberculosis |
| B. | Lung cancer |
| C. | Chronic Bronchitis |
| D. | Mental illness |
| Answer» B. Lung cancer | |
| 5971. |
According to the WHO,what is the minimum bacteriological standard for drinking water- |
| A. | All the samples should not contain coliform organisms |
| B. | 3 consecutive samples of water should not contain any coliforms |
| C. | 3 coliforms in a 100 ml water |
| D. | 1 coliform in a 100 ml water |
| Answer» B. 3 consecutive samples of water should not contain any coliforms | |
| 5972. |
All of the following are true about standard error of men except - |
| A. | It depends on standard deviation of men |
| B. | Based on normal distribution |
| C. | Used to estimate confidence limit |
| D. | As the sample size increases, standard error will also increase |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5973. |
In a positively skewed curve, true statement is ? |
| A. | Mean = Median |
| B. | Mean C. Mean>Mode |
| C. | Mean=Mode |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mean=Mode | |
| 5974. |
The regression between height and age follows y=a+bx.The curve is |
| A. | Hyperbola |
| B. | Sigmoid |
| C. | Straight line |
| D. | Parabola |
| Answer» D. Parabola | |
| 5975. |
Food Poisoning within 6 hours of intake of milk is caused by: |
| A. | Clostridium |
| B. | Salmonella |
| C. | Staphylococcus aureus |
| D. | Bacillus cereus |
| Answer» D. Bacillus cereus | |
| 5976. |
In measles which vitamin deficiency occurs: |
| A. | Vitamin A |
| B. | Vitamin B |
| C. | Vitamin C |
| D. | Vitamin D |
| Answer» B. Vitamin B | |
| 5977. |
What is true about Cholera - |
| A. | Vaccine is essential during epidemic |
| B. | Ganglioside receptor in intestine |
| C. | EI tor variety is rare than classical |
| D. | Antibiotic therapy contraindicated |
| Answer» C. EI tor variety is rare than classical | |
| 5978. |
The best measure of incidence of T.B. in a community is: |
| A. | Sputum positivity |
| B. | Prevalence of tuberculosis |
| C. | Tuberculin conversion index |
| D. | Mantoux positivity |
| Answer» D. Mantoux positivity | |
| 5979. |
ELISA is performed on a population with low prevalence.What would be the result of performing double screening ELISA tests? |
| A. | Increased sensitivity and negative predictive value |
| B. | Increased sensitivity and positive predictive value |
| C. | Increased specificity and negative predictive value |
| D. | Increased specificity and positive predictive value |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5980. |
Panel discussion can be defined as - |
| A. | Series of speeches |
| B. | Discussion by 4-8 qualified persons |
| C. | Group describing individual experiences |
| D. | Stage wise formatted teaching |
| Answer» C. Group describing individual experiences | |
| 5981. |
In a study,variation in cholesterol was seen before and after giving a drug.The test which would give its significance is |
| A. | Paired t test |
| B. | Unpaired t test |
| C. | Fisher test |
| D. | Chi square test |
| Answer» B. Unpaired t test | |
| 5982. |
The gap in time between the onset of the primary case and the secondary case is called |
| A. | Intrinsic incubation period |
| B. | Serial interval |
| C. | Extrinsic incubation period |
| D. | Period of communicability |
| Answer» C. Extrinsic incubation period | |
| 5983. |
A person wants to visit a malaria endemic area of low level chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria.The best chemoprophylaxis is |
| A. | Chloroquine |
| B. | Proguanil + Chloroquine |
| C. | Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine |
| D. | Mefloquine |
| Answer» C. Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine | |
| 5984. |
Which of the following is a Live vaccine |
| A. | Salk polio vaccine |
| B. | HDCV |
| C. | Hepatitis B vaccine |
| D. | 17-D vaccine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5985. |
If the prevalence is very low as compared to the incidence for a disease, it implies - |
| A. | Disease is very fetal and/or easily curable |
| B. | Diseases non-fetal |
| C. | Calculation of prevalence and incidence is wrong |
| D. | Nothing can be said, as they are independent |
| Answer» B. Diseases non-fetal | |
| 5986. |
After vaccination against Japanese encephalits, immunity develops in - |
| A. | 30 days |
| B. | 7 days |
| C. | 10 days |
| D. | 21 days |
| Answer» B. 7 days | |
| 5987. |
A learned behaviour which is permanent and consistent but liable to change- |
| A. | Knowledge |
| B. | Attitude |
| C. | Cultural belief |
| D. | Practice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5988. |
All are soil borne disease except: |
| A. | Leishmaniasis |
| B. | Leptospirosis |
| C. | Tetanus |
| D. | Ankylostoma |
| Answer» B. Leptospirosis | |
| 5989. |
Biochemical oxygen demand is determined by |
| A. | Organic matter and bacteria |
| B. | Oxygen content |
| C. | Alage content in water |
| D. | Agriculture fertiliser content in water |
| Answer» B. Oxygen content | |
| 5990. |
Obesity is defined-when B M I is |
| A. | >25 |
| B. | >30 |
| C. | >35 |
| D. | >40 |
| Answer» C. >35 | |
| 5991. |
Case-control studies are used for |
| A. | Study of common diseases |
| B. | Finding multiple risk factors |
| C. | Finding incidence rates |
| D. | Finding Relative risk |
| Answer» C. Finding incidence rates | |
| 5992. |
For a survey, a village is divided into 5 lanes then each lane is sampled randomly. It is an example of - |
| A. | Simple random sampling |
| B. | Stratified random sampling |
| C. | Systematic random sampling |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Systematic random sampling | |
| 5993. |
Organism that does not need vector for transmission: |
| A. | Rickettsia prowazekii |
| B. | Rickettsia rickettsii |
| C. | Coxiella burnetii |
| D. | Borrelia recurrentis |
| Answer» D. Borrelia recurrentis | |
| 5994. |
A known HIV positive patient is admitted in an isolation ward after an abdominal surgery following an accident.The resident docter who changed his dressing the next day found it to be soaked in blood.Which of the following would be the right method of choice of descarding the dressing - |
| A. | Pour 1% hypochloric on the dressing material and send it for incineration in appropriate bag |
| B. | Pour 5% hypochloric on the dressing material and send it for incineration in appropriate bag |
| C. | Put the dressing material directly in an appropriate bag and send it for incineration |
| D. | Pour 2% Lysol on the dressing material and send it for incineration in appropriate bag |
| Answer» D. Pour 2% Lysol on the dressing material and send it for incineration in appropriate bag | |
| 5995. |
All are true about malaria, except - |
| A. | Infant parasite index is a poor index for assessment for transmission of malaria in the community |
| B. | Vector for transmission is Anapheles mosquito |
| C. | Newborns are resistant to P. falciparum infection |
| D. | A. culicifacies is common in rural area |
| Answer» B. Vector for transmission is Anapheles mosquito | |
| 5996. |
The schedule of HDCV in rabies is |
| A. | 0,3,7,14,28 |
| B. | 0,3,10,30 |
| C. | 3,7,14,16,18 |
| D. | 0,7,14,30 |
| Answer» B. 0,3,10,30 | |
| 5997. |
Deficit in weight for higher in a 3 year old child indicates - |
| A. | Acute malnutrition |
| B. | Chronic malnutrition |
| C. | Concomittant acute and chronic |
| D. | Under weight |
| Answer» B. Chronic malnutrition | |
| 5998. |
In which of the following, Herd Immunity con cot protect the individual - |
| A. | Tetanus |
| B. | Diphtheria |
| C. | Poliomyelitis |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Diphtheria | |
| 5999. |
Which of the following statements about lepromin test is not true |
| A. | It is negative in most children in first 6 months of life |
| B. | It is a diagnostic test |
| C. | It is an important aid to classify type of leprosy disease |
| D. | BCG vaccination may convert lepra reaction from negative to positive |
| Answer» C. It is an important aid to classify type of leprosy disease | |
| 6000. |
Very poisonous insecticide is given which colour ? |
| A. | Black |
| B. | Yellow |
| C. | Red |
| D. | Green |
| Answer» D. Green | |