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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 important vector for Japanese encephalitis in South India is - |
| A. | Culex tritaneorhynchus |
| B. | Culex gelidus |
| C. | Culex visnuii |
| D. | Culex cluicifacies |
| Answer» B. Culex gelidus | |
| 2. |
What percentage of Abate is used in Guineaworm eradication programme - |
| A. | 0.01 |
| B. | 0.04 |
| C. | 0.02 |
| D. | 0.06 |
| Answer» B. 0.04 | |
| 3. |
In a study following interpretation are obtained: Satisfied, Very satisfied,Dissatisfied. Which type of scale is this ? |
| A. | Ordinal |
| B. | Nominal |
| C. | Ratio |
| D. | Interval |
| Answer» B. Nominal | |
| 4. |
For a effective group discussion,groups should compressed of _ members? |
| A. | 3 to 5 |
| B. | 14 to 18 |
| C. | 11 to 13 |
| D. | 7 to 10 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
When we say that 'the difference is significant',it means that ? |
| A. | It is likely by chance and when P>0.05 |
| B. | It is unlikely by chance and when P>0.05 |
| C. | It is unlikely by chance and when P<0.05 |
| D. | It is likely by chance and when P<0.05 |
| Answer» D. It is likely by chance and when P<0.05 | |
| 6. |
Life span of house fly is ? |
| A. | 5 days |
| B. | 10 days |
| C. | 15 days |
| D. | 30 days |
| Answer» D. 30 days | |
| 7. |
During an epidemiological investigation,which of the following steps would most likely follow comparison of the hypothesis with the established facts? |
| A. | Confirmation of the diagnosis |
| B. | Proposal of measures for control and prevention |
| C. | Estimation of the number of cases |
| D. | Determination of who is at risk of having the health problem |
| Answer» C. Estimation of the number of cases | |
| 8. |
In a population of 10,000 people the prevalence of disease is 20%. The sensitivity of a screening test is 95% and specificity is 80%.The positive predictive value of the test would be - |
| A. | 0.457 |
| B. | 0.153 |
| C. | 0.985 |
| D. | 0.543 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Current percent of Indian GDP spent on health? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1.2 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» B. 1.2 | |
| 10. |
All are true regarding Tetanus immunisation,except: |
| A. | It is a killed vaccine |
| B. | Three doses are given in primary immunisation |
| C. | It prevents the occurence of tetanus |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Three doses are given in primary immunisation | |
| 11. |
Mid-day meals provided in schools is: |
| A. | One-third of calories and one-fourth of protein |
| B. | One-half of calories and one-third of protein |
| C. | One-third of calories and one half of protein |
| D. | One half of calories and one half of protein |
| Answer» D. One half of calories and one half of protein | |
| 12. |
Brucellosis can be transmitted by all of the following modes, except - |
| A. | Ingestion of raw vegitables from infected farns |
| B. | Contact with infected placenta |
| C. | Inhalation of infected dust or aerosol |
| D. | Person to person transmission |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Safe limit of fluorine in drinking water is: |
| A. | 0.5-0.8 mg/lit |
| B. | 3-3.5 mg/lit |
| C. | 1-1.5 mg/lit |
| D. | 0.1-0.3 mg/lit |
| Answer» B. 3-3.5 mg/lit | |
| 14. |
Which of the following vaccine is not included in EPI schedule |
| A. | DPT |
| B. | MMR |
| C. | BCG |
| D. | OPV |
| Answer» C. BCG | |
| 15. |
The socioeconomic status of community is best indicated by |
| A. | IMR |
| B. | Under 5 mortality rate |
| C. | Maternal mortality rate |
| D. | Perinatal mortality rate |
| Answer» B. Under 5 mortality rate | |
| 16. |
Which of the following diseases is not included in VISION 2020 -RIGHT TO SIGHT immediate goals ? |
| A. | Epidemic conjunctivitis |
| B. | Trachoma |
| C. | Onchocerciasis |
| D. | Cataract |
| Answer» B. Trachoma | |
| 17. |
Standard deviation is a measure of: |
| A. | Central tendency |
| B. | Chance |
| C. | None |
| D. | Deviation from mean value |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Counselor must have all except: |
| A. | Sensitivity |
| B. | Sympathy |
| C. | Understanding |
| D. | Patience |
| Answer» B. Sympathy | |
| 19. |
The reference portion is - |
| A. | Fish |
| B. | Egg |
| C. | Rice |
| D. | Lemon |
| Answer» C. Rice | |
| 20. |
The most sensitive index of recent transmission of malaria in a community is : |
| A. | Spleen rate |
| B. | Infant parasite rate |
| C. | Annual parasite incidence |
| D. | Slide positivity rate |
| Answer» C. Annual parasite incidence | |
| 21. |
Systolic BP of a group pf person follows normal distribution curve.The mean BP is 120.The values above 120 are: |
| A. | 0.25 |
| B. | 0.75 |
| C. | 0.5 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» D. 1 | |
| 22. |
National Family Health Survey has successfully completed - |
| A. | One round |
| B. | Two round |
| C. | Three round |
| D. | Four round |
| Answer» C. Three round | |
| 23. |
A pregnant woman positive for P. vivax is advised |
| A. | Presumptive treatment with chloroquine |
| B. | Presumptive treatment with cholorquine and pyrimethamine |
| C. | Treatment with chloroquine and radical treatment with primaquin |
| D. | Presumptinve treatment with quinine |
| Answer» C. Treatment with chloroquine and radical treatment with primaquin | |
| 24. |
Coefficient of correlation is calculated to find: |
| A. | Whether there is significant association between two variables |
| B. | Standard deviation |
| C. | Difference between two proportions |
| D. | Value of other variable if the value of one variable is known |
| Answer» B. Standard deviation | |
| 25. |
Most crucial part of tuberculosis control programme is - |
| A. | Contact tracing |
| B. | BCG vaccination |
| C. | Treatment of sputum positive cases |
| D. | Treatment of X-ray positive cases |
| Answer» D. Treatment of X-ray positive cases | |
| 26. |
Under NMEP,the function of fever depot treatment is |
| A. | Diagnosis of cases + spraying |
| B. | Collection of slides + treatment of fever |
| C. | Treatment of fever cases only |
| D. | Treatment + slide collection + spraying |
| Answer» C. Treatment of fever cases only | |
| 27. |
License to blood bank is given by |
| A. | Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research |
| B. | Director General Blood Bank Services |
| C. | Drugs controller General of India |
| D. | Director General of Health Services |
| Answer» D. Director General of Health Services | |
| 28. |
Which of the following is most strongly associated with coronary heart disease? |
| A. | HDL |
| B. | Total lipoproteins |
| C. | Apolipoproteins |
| D. | VLDL |
| Answer» D. VLDL | |
| 29. |
The 'P' value of a randomized controlled trial comparing operation A (new procedure) and operation B (Gold standard) is 0.04.From this,we conclude that: |
| A. | The power of study to detect a difference between operation A and B is 96% |
| B. | The probability of a false positive conclusion that operation A is better than operation B,when in truth it is not,is 4% |
| C. | Type II error is small and we can accept the findings of the study |
| D. | The probability of false negative conclusion that operation A is better than operation B,when in truth it is not,is 4% |
| Answer» C. Type II error is small and we can accept the findings of the study | |
| 30. |
Maternal mortality rate (MMR) is defined as number of maternal deaths per - |
| A. | 1,000 live births |
| B. | 100,000 live births |
| C. | 10,000 live births |
| D. | 100 live births |
| Answer» B. 100,000 live births | |
| 31. |
Which of the following statements refers to propaganda ? |
| A. | Appeals to emotion |
| B. | Develops individuality |
| C. | The process is behaviour centred |
| D. | Makes people think for themselves |
| Answer» B. Develops individuality | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is not feature of rapid sand filter |
| A. | Effective size of the particle is 0.4-0.7 mm |
| B. | Bacteriological quality of water is superior to that of slow sand filter |
| C. | Occupies less space |
| D. | Rate of filtration is 5-15 cu m/sq m/hour |
| Answer» C. Occupies less space | |
| 33. |
A drug company is developing a new pregnancy-test kit for use on an outpatient basis.The company used the pregnancy test on 100 women who are known to be pregnant.Out of 100 women,99 showed positive test.Upon using the same test on 100 non-pregnant women,90 showed negative result.What is the sensitivity of the test? |
| A. | 0.9 |
| B. | 0.99 |
| C. | Average of 90 and 99 |
| D. | Cannot be calculated from the given data |
| Answer» C. Average of 90 and 99 | |
| 34. |
Best method to compare new test and gold standard test - |
| A. | Correlation study |
| B. | Regressive study |
| C. | Bland and Altman analysis |
| D. | Kolmogorov-Smirnow test |
| Answer» D. Kolmogorov-Smirnow test | |
| 35. |
Which of the following is true of people participating in a double blind study |
| A. | Participant is not aware of the study or the control group |
| B. | Neither the doctor nor the participants are aware of the group allocation and the treatment received |
| C. | The participants,the investigator and the person analyzing the data are all blinded |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. The participants,the investigator and the person analyzing the data are all blinded | |
| 36. |
Bagassosis is most likely caused due to the inhalation of the dust of: |
| A. | Free silica |
| B. | Coal |
| C. | Sugar cane |
| D. | Cotton fibre |
| Answer» D. Cotton fibre | |
| 37. |
Pearl index indicates the number of accidental pregnancies per: |
| A. | Hundred stillbirths |
| B. | Hundred women years |
| C. | Hundred live births |
| D. | Thousand women years |
| Answer» C. Hundred live births | |
| 38. |
While testing a hypolipidemic drug, serum lipid levels were tested both before and after its use.Which test is best suited for the statistical analysis of the result: |
| A. | Paired T test |
| B. | Student's test |
| C. | Chi square test |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Student's test | |
| 39. |
Japanese encephalitis is transmitted by: |
| A. | Mosquito |
| B. | Tick |
| C. | Mite |
| D. | Rat flea |
| Answer» B. Tick | |
| 40. |
Minimum gap that should be allowed in between to administer two live vaccines: |
| A. | 2 weeks |
| B. | 4 weeks |
| C. | 2 months |
| D. | 4 months |
| Answer» C. 2 months | |
| 41. |
Which of the following pulses has the highest content of iron ? |
| A. | Bengal gram |
| B. | black gram |
| C. | red gram |
| D. | Soyabean |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
A 10 yrs old boy following a road traffic accident presents to the casualty with contaminated wound over the left leg.He has received his complete primary immunization before preschool age and received a booster of DT at school entry age.All of the following can be done except |
| A. | Injection of TT |
| B. | Injection of human antiserum |
| C. | Broad spectrum antiobiotics |
| D. | Wound debridment and cleaning |
| Answer» C. Broad spectrum antiobiotics | |
| 43. |
True about Arboviruses is |
| A. | KFD was first identifiedin West Bengal |
| B. | Chikungunya is transmitted by Aedes aegypti |
| C. | Yellow fever is endemic in India |
| D. | Dengue has only one serotype |
| Answer» C. Yellow fever is endemic in India | |
| 44. |
The P value of a test comparing two drugs is 0.01,what is the inference? |
| A. | Probability that drug A is better than drug B when in truth it is not is <1% |
| B. | Probability that drug A is better than drug B when in truth it is not is >1% |
| C. | No probability that drug A is better than drug B |
| D. | Probability that drug A is better than drug B when in truth it is not is 1% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
True about continuous common source of epidemics ? |
| A. | High secondary attack rate |
| B. | Duration more than one incubation period |
| C. | Rapid rise and fall of epidemic curve |
| D. | Brief and simultaneous exposure |
| Answer» C. Rapid rise and fall of epidemic curve | |
| 46. |
Elements of primary health care include all of the following except: |
| A. | Providing essential drugs |
| B. | Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation |
| C. | Health Education |
| D. | Sound referral system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Extra calories given in location is - |
| A. | 350 keal |
| B. | 550 keal |
| C. | 450 keal |
| D. | 650 keal |
| Answer» C. 450 keal | |
| 48. |
Following are chemical agents, which causes occupational dermatitis by local irritation except - |
| A. | Rubber |
| B. | X rays |
| C. | Lime |
| D. | Ether |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
To calculate infant mortality rate you take mortality of which of the following age group- |
| A. | Less than 7 days |
| B. | Less than 28 days |
| C. | Less than 1-4 days |
| D. | Less than 1 year |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Risk modification in CAD is ? |
| A. | Primordial prevention |
| B. | Primary prevention |
| C. | Secondary prevention |
| D. | Tertiary prevention |
| Answer» C. Secondary prevention | |