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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
True regarding Dengue fever is all, except - |
| A. | Haemorrhagic tendency |
| B. | Spontaneous remission |
| C. | Transmitted by Anopheles mosquito |
| D. | Fever is saddle back type |
| Answer» D. Fever is saddle back type | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is false regarding antigenic drift? |
| A. | It is responsible for epidemics of influenza |
| B. | It occurs under pressure from immunity |
| C. | It occurs only in influenza A |
| D. | It occurs every 10-12 years |
| Answer» D. It occurs every 10-12 years | |
| 3. |
All of the following are common cause of post neonatal infant mortality in India,except: |
| A. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
| B. | Acute respiratory infection |
| C. | Tetanus |
| D. | Malnutrition |
| Answer» D. Malnutrition | |
| 4. |
Rupture of Ear drum may actually occur at a decibel level above: |
| A. | 120 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 80 |
| D. | 160 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
All are gross root level workers except: |
| A. | Village health guide |
| B. | Health assistants |
| C. | Anganwadi workers |
| D. | Traditional birth attendent |
| Answer» C. Anganwadi workers | |
| 6. |
If the systolic blood pressure in a population has a mean of 130mmHg and a median of 140mmHg,the distribution is said to be: |
| A. | Positively skewed |
| B. | Symmetrical |
| C. | Either positively or negatively skewed depending on the standard deviation |
| D. | Negatively skewed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which is not an analytical study ? |
| A. | Case control |
| B. | Cohort study |
| C. | RCT |
| D. | Cross sectional |
| Answer» D. Cross sectional | |
| 8. |
Treatment of choice for chloroquine resistant malaria is: |
| A. | Mefloquine |
| B. | Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine |
| C. | Primaquine + Chloroquine |
| D. | Chloroquine + Pyrimethamine |
| Answer» C. Primaquine + Chloroquine | |
| 9. |
The clinical symptoms of lead toxicity are associated with blood levels |
| A. | 30 ug/100 ml blood |
| B. | 40 ug/100 ml blood |
| C. | 50 ug/100 ml blood |
| D. | 70 ug/100 ml blood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Vaccine contraindicated in pregnancy is - |
| A. | Rubella |
| B. | Yellow fever |
| C. | Influenza |
| D. | BCG |
| Answer» B. Yellow fever | |
| 11. |
Time4 between infection and maximum infectivity is known as ? |
| A. | Incubation period |
| B. | Serial interval |
| C. | Generation time |
| D. | Communicable period |
| Answer» D. Communicable period | |
| 12. |
Which of the following trace element cannot be completely supplemented by diet in pregnancy |
| A. | Zn |
| B. | Manganese |
| C. | Fe |
| D. | Ca++ |
| Answer» D. Ca++ | |
| 13. |
Cyclopropagative biological transmission takes place in: |
| A. | Plague |
| B. | Filaria |
| C. | Malaria |
| D. | Guineawonn |
| Answer» D. Guineawonn | |
| 14. |
Family size is - |
| A. | Total number of family members in the family |
| B. | Total number of female children born in the family |
| C. | Total number of children in the family |
| D. | Total number of female children in the family considering the mortality |
| Answer» D. Total number of female children in the family considering the mortality | |
| 15. |
The most suitable measure for assessing the etiological role of a factor in a disease is |
| A. | Attributable risk |
| B. | Case fatality rate |
| C. | Population atributable risk |
| D. | Relative risk |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
A test has high false positive rate in a community. True is- |
| A. | High prevalence |
| B. | Low prevalence |
| C. | High specificity |
| D. | High sensitivity |
| Answer» C. High specificity | |
| 17. |
The population covered by a community health centre is |
| A. | 30000 |
| B. | 20000 |
| C. | 100000 |
| D. | 50000 |
| Answer» D. 50000 | |
| 18. |
A woman is exposed to multiple sex partners has 5 times increased risk for-CaCx.The attributable risk is: |
| A. | 0.2 |
| B. | 0.5 |
| C. | 0.8 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» D. 1 | |
| 19. |
Sputum examination for AFB is a type of |
| A. | Primary prevention |
| B. | Secondary prevention |
| C. | Tertiary prevention |
| D. | Primordial prevention |
| Answer» C. Tertiary prevention | |
| 20. |
On SAFE strategy false is |
| A. | Screening |
| B. | Antibiotics |
| C. | Facial hygiene |
| D. | Environmental modification |
| Answer» B. Antibiotics | |
| 21. |
All of the following indicators are include in physical Quality of Life Index(PQLI) except - |
| A. | Literacy rate |
| B. | Life expectancy at stage 1 |
| C. | Infant mortality rate |
| D. | Per capita income |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
All of the following statements regarding 'prevalence' are true except: |
| A. | Duration of disease affects 'prevalence' |
| B. | Numerator and denominator are seperate entities |
| C. | It is a Rate |
| D. | It is ratio |
| Answer» D. It is ratio | |
| 23. |
Measles vaccine given to a contact of measles case exerts protective effect within: |
| A. | 10 days |
| B. | 2 days |
| C. | 7 days |
| D. | 3 days |
| Answer» D. 3 days | |
| 24. |
A study revealed lesser incidence of carcinoma colon in pure vegetarians than non vegetarians by which it was concluded that B(bata)- carotene is protective against cancer.This may not be true because the vegetarian subjects may be consuming high fiber diet which is protective against cancer.This is an example of: |
| A. | Causal association |
| B. | Multifactorial causation |
| C. | Common association |
| D. | Confounding factor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Under the WHO 'Vision 2020' programme,the 'SAFE' strategy is adopted for which of the following disease? |
| A. | Diabetic retinopathy. |
| B. | Onchocerciasis. |
| C. | Trachoma. |
| D. | Glaucoma. |
| Answer» D. Glaucoma. | |
| 26. |
The following statement stands true for Mantoux test |
| A. | Test is read before 48 hrs |
| B. | 6-9 mm induration shows maximum chances of developing TB |
| C. | A positive test does not indicate that the person is suffering from disease |
| D. | New cases are more likely to occur in tuberculin negative person than those who already are tuberculin reactors |
| Answer» D. New cases are more likely to occur in tuberculin negative person than those who already are tuberculin reactors | |
| 27. |
All of the following are used as proxy measures for incubation period except: |
| A. | Period of communicability |
| B. | Latent period |
| C. | Generation time |
| D. | Serial interval |
| Answer» B. Latent period | |
| 28. |
As per WHO ,what is the % of aggregate point prevalence of neuropsychiatric illness in adults in the world? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
WHO defines adolescent age between; |
| A. | 10-25 years of age. |
| B. | 9-14 years of age. |
| C. | 10-19 years of age. |
| D. | 10-14 years of age. |
| Answer» D. 10-14 years of age. | |
| 30. |
Kaplan Meier method is used for |
| A. | Survival |
| B. | Prevalance |
| C. | Incidence |
| D. | Frequency |
| Answer» B. Prevalance | |
| 31. |
All of the following are components of Epidemiological triad except: |
| A. | Host |
| B. | Manpower |
| C. | Environment |
| D. | Agent |
| Answer» C. Environment | |
| 32. |
Which type of prevention used in change of smoking habit: |
| A. | Secondary prevention |
| B. | Primordial prevention |
| C. | High risk strategy |
| D. | Population (mass) strategy |
| Answer» C. High risk strategy | |
| 33. |
Most sensitive indicator for transmission of malaria in a community is - |
| A. | Spleen rate |
| B. | Annual blood examination rate |
| C. | Infant parasite index |
| D. | Annual parasite index |
| Answer» D. Annual parasite index | |
| 34. |
The national level system that provides annual national as well as state level reliable estimates of fertility and mortality is called: |
| A. | Civil Registration System |
| B. | Census |
| C. | Adhoc Survey |
| D. | Sample Registration System |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Human development index(HDI) includes all except: |
| A. | Life expectancy at birth |
| B. | Income |
| C. | Infant mortality rate(IMR) |
| D. | Literacy |
| Answer» D. Literacy | |
| 36. |
Which of the following statements about vaccines is false |
| A. | Kanamycin is preservative in measles |
| B. | Neomycin is preservative in BCG vaccine |
| C. | Thiomersal is preservative for DPT vaccine |
| D. | Magnesium chloride is stabilizer used in OPV |
| Answer» C. Thiomersal is preservative for DPT vaccine | |
| 37. |
The following fall under the category of enzootic EXCEPT - |
| A. | Influenza |
| B. | Anthrax |
| C. | Brucellosis |
| D. | Endemic typhus |
| Answer» B. Anthrax | |
| 38. |
All of the following vaccines are recommended for elderly travelers,Except: |
| A. | Tetanus |
| B. | Measles |
| C. | Influenza |
| D. | Pneumococcal |
| Answer» C. Influenza | |
| 39. |
The carrying capacity of any given population is determined by its - |
| A. | Population growth rate |
| B. | Birth rate |
| C. | Death rate |
| D. | Limiting resource |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
All of the following features contribute to high risk babies except: |
| A. | Artificial fed babies |
| B. | Weight between 70-80% of reference wt. |
| C. | Babies with working mothers |
| D. | Spacing of less than 1 year |
| Answer» C. Babies with working mothers | |
| 41. |
Malathion is used once every: |
| A. | 9 Months |
| B. | 12 Months |
| C. | 3 Months |
| D. | 6 Months |
| Answer» D. 6 Months | |
| 42. |
Total cholesterol level=a+b(calorie intake)+c(physical activity)+d(body mass index);is an example of: |
| A. | Simple curvilinear regression. |
| B. | Simple linear regression. |
| C. | Multiple logistic regression |
| D. | Multiple linear regression. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Live attenuated vaccines are all except |
| A. | BCG |
| B. | Salk |
| C. | Sabin |
| D. | Measles |
| Answer» C. Sabin | |
| 44. |
A patient with sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis is on ATT for the last 5 months but the patient is still positive for AFB in the sputum.This case refers to |
| A. | New case |
| B. | Failure case |
| C. | Relapse case |
| D. | Drug defaulter |
| Answer» C. Relapse case | |
| 45. |
Gas causing global warming but is not a green house gas ? |
| A. | CO2 |
| B. | SO2 |
| C. | CFC |
| D. | Ozone |
| Answer» C. CFC | |
| 46. |
Specificity of a test means,all except: |
| A. | True positive |
| B. | Identifies those without disease |
| C. | An ideal screening test should have 100% specificity |
| D. | True negative |
| Answer» B. Identifies those without disease | |
| 47. |
Missing cases are detected by- |
| A. | Active surveillance |
| B. | Passive surveillance |
| C. | Sentinel surveillance |
| D. | Prevalence rate |
| Answer» D. Prevalence rate | |
| 48. |
Prevalacnce of cataract at one point of time can be determined by |
| A. | Cross-sectional study |
| B. | Longitudinal study |
| C. | Cohort study |
| D. | Surveillance |
| Answer» B. Longitudinal study | |
| 49. |
In a demographic cycle,Late expanding stage indicates |
| A. | High birth and death rates |
| B. | Decreasing DR and stationary BR |
| C. | Decreasing BR and Decreasing DR |
| D. | Low DR and BR |
| Answer» D. Low DR and BR | |
| 50. |
Mala - N oral contraceptive pill defers from Mala - D, in terms of - |
| A. | Norgestrol dosage |
| B. | Oestradion dosage |
| C. | Sold under social marketing scheme |
| D. | Supplied free of cost |
| Answer» E. | |