Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biology.

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1.

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Vaccination and Immunisation?

A. Immunisation is the phenomena of increasing specific antibody production
B. Vaccination is the process of inoculation of harmless antigenic material into the healthy person
C. A single vaccination gives adequate immunity and lasts lifelong
D. Immunisation is carried out through vaccination and injection of antiserum
Answer» D. Immunisation is carried out through vaccination and injection of antiserum
2.

Emil Von Behring injected some toxoid serum into the patient suffering from AIDS to discover passive immunity.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
3.

On which of the following discoveries, Von Behring was awarded the noble prize?

A. For discovering passive immunity
B. For discovering active immunity
C. For discovering and making the first true vaccine
D. For discovering methods to protect people from smallpox
Answer» B. For discovering active immunity
4.

A disease against which vaccination is resorted only during epidemics is ___________

A. Diarrhoea
B. Tuberculosis
C. AIDS
D. Cholera
Answer» E.
5.

ATS inoculation soon after injury that brings contact with soiled objects give protection against the possible attack of __________

A. Poliomyelitis
B. AIDS
C. Tetanus
D. Influenza
Answer» D. Influenza
6.

Toxoids are toxins usually inactivated by formalin which retain their antigenic property.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
7.

What is the basic principle of immunisation and vaccination?

A. It is based on the number of B and T lymphocytes
B. It is based on the property of memory of the immune system
C. It is based on antigen-antibody interactions
D. It is based upon the number of white blood cells
Answer» C. It is based on antigen-antibody interactions
8.

Why are the vaccines produced through genetic engineering considered as safe?

A. They have only the coat of pathogen
B. They are attenuated form of a pathogen
C. They have killed form of pathogens
D. They have all the genes of pathogens
Answer» B. They are attenuated form of a pathogen
9.

Jenner prepared the vaccine of smallpox by using _______

A. The attenuated pathogen of smallpox
B. The killed pathogen of smallpox
C. The attenuated pathogen of Cowpox
D. Pathogens from Cowpox pustule
Answer» E.
10.

The term vaccine was introduced by ________

A. Edward Jenner
B. Robert Koch
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Von Behring
Answer» B. Robert Koch
11.

Who discovered the technique of preparing vaccine from attenuated pathogen and in which year?

A. Edward Jenner, 1796
B. Louis Pasteur, 1879
C. Robert Downey, 1856
D. Von Behring, 1950
Answer» C. Robert Downey, 1856