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| 6001. |
Case fatality rate indicates : |
| A. | Severity of disease |
| B. | Prevalence of disease |
| C. | Incidence of disease |
| D. | Morbidity of disease |
| Answer» B. Prevalence of disease | |
| 6002. |
Quarantine was first applied for - |
| A. | Leprosy |
| B. | Plague |
| C. | HIV |
| D. | TB |
| Answer» C. HIV | |
| 6003. |
Prevalence is a - |
| A. | Rate |
| B. | Ratio |
| C. | Proportion |
| D. | Mean |
| Answer» C. Proportion | |
| 6004. |
Schick test indicates: |
| A. | Immunity to diphtheria |
| B. | Susceptibility to diphtheria |
| C. | Hypersensitivity to diphtheria |
| D. | Carrier of diphtheria |
| Answer» C. Hypersensitivity to diphtheria | |
| 6005. |
Time between infection and maximum infectivity is known as ? |
| A. | Incubation period |
| B. | Serial index |
| C. | Generation time |
| D. | Communicable period |
| Answer» D. Communicable period | |
| 6006. |
The 'concurrent list' of the constitution of India lists he following functions EXCEPT |
| A. | Prevention of extension of communicable disease |
| B. | Administration of hospitals and health services |
| C. | Collection and compilation of vital statistics |
| D. | Labor welfare |
| Answer» C. Collection and compilation of vital statistics | |
| 6007. |
Chemoprophylaxis is not indicated in which of the following- |
| A. | Measles |
| B. | Cholera |
| C. | Meningococcemia |
| D. | Plague |
| Answer» B. Cholera | |
| 6008. |
Target of Couple Protection Rate in WHO goal of 'Health for All' by 200 A.D. is - |
| A. | 60 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 80 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» B. 40 | |
| 6009. |
Most common cause of perinatal mortality in India is - |
| A. | Birth defect |
| B. | Prematurity |
| C. | G.I. infection |
| D. | Asphyxia |
| Answer» C. G.I. infection | |
| 6010. |
A patient of tuberculosis was put on ATT for 5 months.Sputum examination is positive for AFB.The likely cause is: |
| A. | Drug resistant |
| B. | Drug default |
| C. | Relapse of disease |
| D. | Treatment Failure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6011. |
All except one are true statements regarding propogated epidemic - |
| A. | No secondary peaks |
| B. | Herd immunity plays an important role in spread |
| C. | Person to person transmission takes place |
| D. | High secondary attack rate |
| Answer» B. Herd immunity plays an important role in spread | |
| 6012. |
Following are the waste types not to be incinerated except - |
| A. | Pressurized gas containers |
| B. | Reactive chemical waste |
| C. | Halogenated plastics |
| D. | Content of combustible matter above 60% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6013. |
Iron and Folic acid supplementation forms |
| A. | Specific protection |
| B. | Health promotion |
| C. | Primary prevention |
| D. | Primordial prevention |
| Answer» B. Health promotion | |
| 6014. |
Disease caused by mite is |
| A. | Scrub typhus |
| B. | Fever |
| C. | Trench fever |
| D. | Endemic typhus |
| Answer» B. Fever | |
| 6015. |
Lice are not the vectors of - |
| A. | Q fever |
| B. | Relapsing fever |
| C. | Epidemic typhus |
| D. | Trench fever |
| Answer» B. Relapsing fever | |
| 6016. |
The following is one of the goals of National Rural Health Mission by 2012 - |
| A. | Reduction of infant mortality to 60 per 1000 live births |
| B. | Reduction of infant mortality to 30 per 1000 live births |
| C. | Reduction of infant mortality to 10 per 1000 live births |
| D. | Reduction of total fertility rate to 5 |
| Answer» C. Reduction of infant mortality to 10 per 1000 live births | |
| 6017. |
In WHO growth chart 'Lower reference curve represents' - |
| A. | 3rd percentile |
| B. | 5th percentile |
| C. | 8th percentile |
| D. | 9th percentile |
| Answer» B. 5th percentile | |
| 6018. |
All of the following affect the equilibrium in hardly-Weinberg's law except - |
| A. | Small population |
| B. | random mationg |
| C. | Mutations |
| D. | Gene outflow |
| Answer» C. Mutations | |
| 6019. |
Bleaching powder is widely used in public health practice. A good sample of bleaching powder contains about of available 'Chlorine' - |
| A. | 0.13 |
| B. | 0.23 |
| C. | 0.33 |
| D. | 0.43 |
| Answer» D. 0.43 | |
| 6020. |
Specificity of a test refers to its ability to detect - |
| A. | True negatives |
| B. | True positives |
| C. | False negatives |
| D. | False positives |
| Answer» B. True positives | |
| 6021. |
The family where the parents have separated or divorce due to disharmony is known as - |
| A. | Problem family |
| B. | Broken family |
| C. | Nuclear family |
| D. | Joint family |
| Answer» C. Nuclear family | |
| 6022. |
Terrestrial radiation is maximum in - |
| A. | Karnataka |
| B. | Orissa |
| C. | West Bengal |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6023. |
First indices to change in iron deficiency anemia is: |
| A. | Total iron binding capacity |
| B. | S.iron |
| C. | S.haemoglobin concentration |
| D. | S.ferritin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6024. |
Prevalence of leprosy in India per 10,000 is ? |
| A. | >1 |
| B. | 0.88 |
| C. | 0.71 |
| D. | 0.69 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6025. |
200 population, (range 70-90) at 1 SD how many people would be included |
| A. | 150 |
| B. | 190 |
| C. | 134 |
| D. | 140 |
| Answer» D. 140 | |
| 6026. |
Case fatality rate is: |
| A. | Numerator an denominator are two separate quantities |
| B. | Proportion |
| C. | Numerator is always constant |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Proportion | |
| 6027. |
In a population of pregnant female,Hb is estimated on 100 women with standard deviation of 1gm%. The standard error is: |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 0.1 |
| C. | 0.01 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 0.01 | |
| 6028. |
Life expectancy at per 91 census is - |
| A. | 60.1 year |
| B. | 62.3 year |
| C. | 58.1 year |
| D. | 55 year |
| Answer» D. 55 year | |
| 6029. |
A 3.5 year old child has not received primary immunization.Which of the following is the best vaccination advice to such a child? |
| A. | BCG,DT1,OPV1,measles,vitamin A |
| B. | BCG,DPT1,OPV1,and DPT2,OPV2 after 4 weeks |
| C. | DT1,DT2 and booster after 1 year |
| D. | BCG,DPT1,OPV1,measles,vitamin A |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6030. |
Mid-day meals provided in schools provide: |
| A. | 1/3 of total calories and 1/2 of protein |
| B. | 1/2 of total calories and 1/2 of protein |
| C. | 1/3 of total calories and 1/4 of protein |
| D. | 1/2 of total calories and 1/3 of protein |
| Answer» B. 1/2 of total calories and 1/2 of protein | |
| 6031. |
The food energy evolved by one gm of carbohydrate is |
| A. | 13 kJ |
| B. | 15 kJ |
| C. | 17 kJ |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 6032. |
In morbid obesity, BMI is ? |
| A. | >25 |
| B. | >30 |
| C. | >35 |
| D. | >40 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6033. |
Strong correlation is signified by a correlation coefficient of ? |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | Less than 1 |
| D. | More than 1 |
| Answer» C. Less than 1 | |
| 6034. |
Crude birth date is a simplest measure of fertility because it includes - |
| A. | Total population |
| B. | Mid year population |
| C. | Live births only |
| D. | Pre term births also |
| Answer» C. Live births only | |
| 6035. |
Chemical use in vaginal sponge is - |
| A. | Ethynil estradiol |
| B. | Progesterone |
| C. | Mifepristone |
| D. | Nonoxynol-9 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6036. |
Reverse Cold Chain is used for: |
| A. | Transporting vaccines to lab. to check its potency |
| B. | Transporting vaccine from camps to sub-centre |
| C. | Carrying stool samples of polio patients from a PHC to the lab. |
| D. | Transporting outdated vaccines from PHC to district hospital |
| Answer» D. Transporting outdated vaccines from PHC to district hospital | |
| 6037. |
Reliability of a screening test refers to- |
| A. | Gives same valus even on repeated testing |
| B. | Accurately measure what it is supposed to measure |
| C. | Depends on knowledge of the observer |
| D. | The extent to which the observer can go in finding the result |
| Answer» B. Accurately measure what it is supposed to measure | |
| 6038. |
Berkesonian bias is due to ? |
| A. | Presence of confounding factors in both cases and controls |
| B. | Questioning the cases more thoroughly as compared to controls |
| C. | Different rates of admission to hospital due to different disease |
| D. | Better recall by the cases as compared to controls |
| Answer» D. Better recall by the cases as compared to controls | |
| 6039. |
Under the National Polio Eradication Programme,a case of Acute Flaccid Paralysis is confirmed as Polio,under the following circumstances except- |
| A. | If a case is lost to follow up |
| B. | If a case could not be confirmed because the patient died before that |
| C. | If a wild strain of polio virus is isolated from stool |
| D. | If a patient develops paralysis 30 days after diagnosis of AFP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6040. |
Which of the following procedure is not done in CHC ? |
| A. | Abortion |
| B. | Blood transfusion |
| C. | Caesaream section |
| D. | Urine microscopy and culture sensitivity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6041. |
International certificate for travelling is required for- |
| A. | Pertusis |
| B. | Yellow fever |
| C. | Cholera |
| D. | Plague |
| Answer» C. Cholera | |
| 6042. |
A community survey shows crude birth rate 23, and crude death rate 6.The demographic stage of population is- |
| A. | High stationary |
| B. | Early expanding |
| C. | Late expanding |
| D. | Low stationary |
| Answer» D. Low stationary | |
| 6043. |
Which of the following is NOT transmitted by Aedes aegypti -- |
| A. | Filariasis |
| B. | Yellow fever |
| C. | Dengue fever |
| D. | Chikungunya Hemorrhagic fever |
| Answer» B. Yellow fever | |
| 6044. |
Post exposure prophylaxis is given in A/E |
| A. | Rabies |
| B. | Measles |
| C. | Pertusis |
| D. | Hepatitis B |
| Answer» D. Hepatitis B | |
| 6045. |
Chemoprophylaxis is NOT required in - |
| A. | Typhoid |
| B. | Meningococcal meningitis |
| C. | Bacterial conjunctivitis |
| D. | Malaria |
| Answer» B. Meningococcal meningitis | |
| 6046. |
What is true about Typhoid carrier - |
| A. | Sputum or milk may be source |
| B. | Excreted more in feces than that in urine |
| C. | Occurs more commonly in female |
| D. | Bacilli are excreted for 4-6 months only |
| Answer» C. Occurs more commonly in female | |
| 6047. |
Following facts true stand for coronary heart disease in India,except: |
| A. | More common in males than females |
| B. | Heavy smoking is an etiological factor |
| C. | CHD presents a decade later than in western countries |
| D. | Diabetes mellitus in the commonest cause |
| Answer» D. Diabetes mellitus in the commonest cause | |
| 6048. |
The National Population Policy of India has set the following goals except: |
| A. | To reduce the bilateral Mortality Rate to 100 per 100000 live births |
| B. | 100 percent registration of births deaths marriages and pregnancies |
| C. | To bring down Total Fertility Rate(TFR) to replacement levels by 2015 |
| D. | To reduce the infant Mortality Rate to 30 per 1000 live births |
| Answer» D. To reduce the infant Mortality Rate to 30 per 1000 live births | |
| 6049. |
KFD is caused by ? |
| A. | Flavivirus |
| B. | Myxovirus |
| C. | Alpha virus |
| D. | Phlebovirus |
| Answer» B. Myxovirus | |
| 6050. |
In a epidemic of Poliomyelitis,the best way to stop spread is by |
| A. | Injection of killed vaccine |
| B. | OPV drops to all children |
| C. | Isolation of cases |
| D. | Chlorination of all wells |
| Answer» C. Isolation of cases | |