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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. |
The most suitable method for presenting frequency distribution of data gathered from continuous variables is: |
| A. | Line diagram |
| B. | Pictogram |
| C. | Histogram |
| D. | Bar graph |
| Answer» D. Bar graph | |
| 2. |
A person found some correlation between dietary factors and a disease;he died this collecting data from the food manufacturers and hospitals respectively,such a study is? |
| A. | Psephological study |
| B. | Experimental study |
| C. | Ecological |
| D. | Cross sectional |
| Answer» D. Cross sectional | |
| 3. |
Total fertility rate gives approximate magnitude of - |
| A. | General fertility rate |
| B. | Net reproduction rate |
| C. | Completed family size |
| D. | Crude birth rate |
| Answer» D. Crude birth rate | |
| 4. |
Which IUCD acts for 10 years - |
| A. | Nova-T |
| B. | Cu-T 200 B |
| C. | Multi load-250 |
| D. | Cu-T 380 A |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Most common cause of blindness in India is - |
| A. | Glaucoma |
| B. | Trauma |
| C. | Cataract |
| D. | Vitamin A deficiency |
| Answer» D. Vitamin A deficiency | |
| 6. |
Presumptive treatment of malaria in a chloroquine resistant area: |
| A. | Chloroquine + pyrimethamine |
| B. | Sulphalene + pyrimethamine |
| C. | Chloroquine + primaquine |
| D. | Sulphalene 1000mg |
| Answer» C. Chloroquine + primaquine | |
| 7. |
In Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance, evaluation for residual paralysis done at - |
| A. | 6 weeks |
| B. | 6 months |
| C. | 60 days |
| D. | 90 days |
| Answer» D. 90 days | |
| 8. |
Extra calorie requirements for a lactating mother are: |
| A. | 400 Kcal/day |
| B. | 300 Kcal/day |
| C. | 600 Kcal/day |
| D. | 550 Kcal/day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
According to CDC recommendations, HIV screening of pregnant women is |
| A. | Opt out testing |
| B. | Opt in testing |
| C. | Symptomatic |
| D. | Compulsury |
| Answer» B. Opt in testing | |
| 10. |
A 24 years old primigravida wt=57 kg, Hb 11.0 gm%visits an antenatal clinic during 2nd trimester of pregnancy seeking advice on dietary intake. She should be advised - |
| A. | Additional intake of 300 K.cal |
| B. | Additional intake of 500 K.cal |
| C. | Additional intake of 650 K.cal |
| D. | No extra K.cal |
| Answer» B. Additional intake of 500 K.cal | |
| 11. |
The relationship between incidence and prevalence can be expresses as - |
| A. | The product of incidence and mean duration of disease |
| B. | The dividend of incidence and mean duration of disease |
| C. | The sum of incidence and mean duration of disease |
| D. | The difference of incidence and mean duration of disease |
| Answer» B. The dividend of incidence and mean duration of disease | |
| 12. |
Incineration is most done for : |
| A. | Cotton contaminated with blood |
| B. | Cytotoxic drugs |
| C. | Human tissue |
| D. | Waste sharps |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The gap in time between the onset of the primary case and the secondary case is called - |
| A. | Serial interval |
| B. | Generation time |
| C. | Communicable period |
| D. | Median incubation period |
| Answer» B. Generation time | |
| 14. |
Which statement is true about Standard normal distribution curve: |
| A. | Mean - 1, standard deviation - zero |
| B. | Standard deviation 1, mean - zero |
| C. | Curve skews towards left |
| D. | Curve skews towards right |
| Answer» C. Curve skews towards left | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is not part of targeted intervention in preventive strategy in spread of AIDS? |
| A. | Providing condoms |
| B. | Behavior change communication |
| C. | Providing ART (Antiretroviral therapy) |
| D. | Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) |
| Answer» D. Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) | |
| 16. |
Under the registration act of 1969,Death is to be registered with in: |
| A. | 21 days |
| B. | 28 days |
| C. | 7 days |
| D. | 14 days |
| Answer» D. 14 days | |
| 17. |
The diluent used for BCG is: |
| A. | Normal saline |
| B. | Distilled-water |
| C. | Ringer-lactate |
| D. | Dextrose solution |
| Answer» B. Distilled-water | |
| 18. |
All of the following are approaches to health education |
| A. | Health education approach |
| B. | Mass media |
| C. | Service approach |
| D. | Regulatory approach |
| Answer» C. Service approach | |
| 19. |
True statement about cause fatality rate is: |
| A. | Numerater is always constant |
| B. | Numerator and denominator are two seperate entities |
| C. | It is a ratio |
| D. | It is a proportion |
| Answer» D. It is a proportion | |
| 20. |
Elemental iron and folic acid contents of pediatric iron-folic acid tablets supplied under Rural Child Health (RCH) programme are: |
| A. | 40 mg iron and 50 microgram folic acid |
| B. | 60 mg iron and 100 microgram folic acid |
| C. | 20 mg iron and 100 microgram folic acid |
| D. | 40 mg iron and 100 microgram folic acid |
| Answer» D. 40 mg iron and 100 microgram folic acid | |
| 21. |
Which of the following insectiside is of plant origin: |
| A. | Malathion |
| B. | Propoxur |
| C. | Pyrethrum |
| D. | Paris green |
| Answer» D. Paris green | |
| 22. |
The following are examples of specific protection EXCEPT |
| A. | Use of calipers for post polio residual paralysis |
| B. | Use of helmets |
| C. | Vitamin A administration to children |
| D. | Use of goggles by welders |
| Answer» B. Use of helmets | |
| 23. |
Median is the most appropriate measure of central tendency for all of the following except: |
| A. | Health Expenditure |
| B. | Blood pressure |
| C. | Incubation period |
| D. | Survival time |
| Answer» C. Incubation period | |
| 24. |
As per RCH,the community health centre is a : |
| A. | Tertiary referral unit |
| B. | Not a referral unit |
| C. | First referral unit |
| D. | Secondary referral unit |
| Answer» D. Secondary referral unit | |
| 25. |
Generation time in epidemiology is defined as - |
| A. | The interval between marriage and the birth of first child |
| B. | The interval of time between the receipt of infection by host and maximal infectivity of the host |
| C. | The interval of time between primary case and secondary cases |
| D. | Interval of time between invasion by infection agent and appearance of first sign or symptom of the disease/ in question |
| Answer» C. The interval of time between primary case and secondary cases | |
| 26. |
Active principle of Lathyrus sativa is - |
| A. | Pyrrolizidine |
| B. | Sanguinarine |
| C. | BOAA |
| D. | Jhunjhunia |
| Answer» D. Jhunjhunia | |
| 27. |
Confidence limit includes: |
| A. | Median and standard error |
| B. | Range and standard deviation |
| C. | Mode and standard deviation |
| D. | Mean and standard error |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
The correlation between IMR and Socio Economic status is best depicted by: |
| A. | Correlation (+1) |
| B. | Correlation (+0.5) |
| C. | Correlation (-1) |
| D. | Correlation (-0.8) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Weight in Kg is |
| A. | Normal variable |
| B. | Discrete variable |
| C. | Confounding variable |
| D. | Continuous variable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which is not included in national population policy? |
| A. | To achieve NRR to replacement levels by 2015 |
| B. | To reduce MMR =100 |
| C. | 100% registration of birth,death,pregnancy and marriage |
| D. | To reduce IMR = 30 |
| Answer» B. To reduce MMR =100 | |
| 31. |
True about meaningococcal infection is all, EXCEPT - |
| A. | Contacts are treated with rifampicin |
| B. | Vaccine is not given <2 years age |
| C. | Occurs in hot and dry climate |
| D. | Cases are important in transmission of disease |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Fasting Blood Sugar(FBS) of a population is known to be normally distributed, with a mean of 105 mg% and standard deviation of 10 mg%.Thus 95% of the population will have FBS within: |
| A. | 95 and 115 |
| B. | 104 and 106 |
| C. | 75 and 135 |
| D. | 85 and 125 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The protien efficiency ratio (PER) is defined as: |
| A. | The product of digestibility coefficient and biological value |
| B. | The percentage of nitrogen absorbed from the protein absorbed from the diet |
| C. | The percentage of protein absorbed into the blood |
| D. | The gain in weight of young animals per unit weight of protein-consumed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
All of the following features are true about cross sectional study except: |
| A. | More useful for chronic disease |
| B. | Cause and effect relationship can be estabilished |
| C. | All cases are seen at one point in time |
| D. | Follow up is not a necessary feature |
| Answer» C. All cases are seen at one point in time | |
| 35. |
Rabies can be transmitted by all the following routes except |
| A. | Aerosol |
| B. | Bites |
| C. | Ingestion |
| D. | Licks |
| Answer» D. Licks | |
| 36. |
Color coding of bags in hospitals to dispose off human anatomical waste: |
| A. | Black |
| B. | Yellow |
| C. | Red |
| D. | Blue |
| Answer» C. Red | |
| 37. |
All are true regarding common source epidemic, EXCEPT - |
| A. | Sudden onset |
| B. | All the people are affected at the same time |
| C. | More commonly seen in children |
| D. | Abrupt end |
| Answer» D. Abrupt end | |
| 38. |
Which of the following will cause an increase in the prevalence of disease |
| A. | Increased cure rate of disease |
| B. | Immigration of healthy persons |
| C. | Inceased death rate in disease |
| D. | Longer duration of disease |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Denominator while calculating the secondary attack rate includes: |
| A. | All the close contacts |
| B. | All the people living in next fifty houses |
| C. | All susceptible in the whole village |
| D. | All susceptible amongst close contact |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Type of surveillance include in integrated disease control program for non communicable disease is ? |
| A. | Sentinel surveillance |
| B. | Regular Surveillance |
| C. | Periodic regular survey |
| D. | Additional state priority |
| Answer» D. Additional state priority | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is false about whooping cough |
| A. | Affects children 1 years of age |
| B. | Contagious in the catarrhal stage |
| C. | Carriers are the most important source of infection |
| D. | Secondary attack rate is high |
| Answer» D. Secondary attack rate is high | |
| 42. |
All of the following organism indicate fecal contamination of water except- |
| A. | E.coli |
| B. | Salmonella typhi |
| C. | Faecal streptococcus |
| D. | Cl.perfringens |
| Answer» C. Faecal streptococcus | |
| 43. |
Cluster testing is the term used during - |
| A. | UIP survey for polio |
| B. | Screening For STD's |
| C. | Exposing the body for hypo-pigmented patches |
| D. | Testing contacts of typhoid cases |
| Answer» C. Exposing the body for hypo-pigmented patches | |
| 44. |
Post exposure vaccine of rabies already immunised patient is ? |
| A. | 0-3-7 |
| B. | 0-3-14 |
| C. | 0-7-28 |
| D. | 8-0-4-0-1-1 |
| Answer» B. 0-3-14 | |
| 45. |
Serial interval is |
| A. | Interval between primary and secondary case |
| B. | Interval between first case and last case |
| C. | Interval between primary case and all subsequent cases multiplied by secondary attack rate |
| D. | Interval between incubation period and gestational period |
| Answer» B. Interval between first case and last case | |
| 46. |
Cyclodevelopmental life cycle is seen in |
| A. | Yellow Fever |
| B. | Filaria |
| C. | Malaria |
| D. | Plague |
| Answer» C. Malaria | |
| 47. |
Which of the following best reflects the highest level of Community Perticipation. |
| A. | Provision of resources by community |
| B. | Community supports and cooperates with workers |
| C. | Planning of intervention by Community |
| D. | Intervention based on assessment of community needs |
| Answer» D. Intervention based on assessment of community needs | |
| 48. |
Which of the following is not true about measles? |
| A. | Only one strain causes infection |
| B. | High secondary attack rate |
| C. | Infection confers life long immunity |
| D. | Not infectious in prodromal stage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Measures involved in sentinel surveillance include all EXCEPT - |
| A. | Identifying missing cases in notification of disease |
| B. | Identifying new cases of infection |
| C. | Identifying old cases and new cases of infection |
| D. | Identifying cases free of disability |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
How much iodine required in pregnancy ? |
| A. | 50 microgram |
| B. | 100 microgram |
| C. | 150 microgram |
| D. | 250 microgram |
| Answer» E. | |