Diseases Everyday Science MCQs - 1

Diseases Everyday Science MCQs - 1

1. Disease beri beri is because of
(a) Lack of green vegetables in diet
(b) Use of milled rice ✓
(c) Deficiency of calcium in bones
(d) Poor use of citrus fruits

2. A hereditary disease in which the affected person is unable to use glucose in its body metabolism is
(a) Sickle cell anemia
(h) AIDS
(c) Diabetes mellitus ✓
(d) Hemophilia

3. Cataract is a disease which is due to
(a) A defect in the optic nerve
(b) Inflammation in the eye
(c) Opacity of cornea ✓
(d) Opacity of lens

4. Which of the following female mosquito is the cause of Dengue fever?
(a) Aedes Aegypteis ✓
(b) Anophilies
(c) Barinohils
(d) None of these

5. Hepatitis is a disease of which of the following organ? (RMS 2006)
(a) Heart
(b) Liver ✓
(c) Lungs
(d) Brain

6. Primarily, which one of the following systems of the body is attacked by the HIV?
(a) Cardiovascular
(b) Immune ✓
(c) Respiratory
(d) Reproductive

7. What type of infection is tuberculosis?
(a) Viral
(b) Bacterial ✓
(c) Fungal
(d) Parasitic

8. Which vitamin's deficiency in the human body causes scurvy?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin C ✓
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin K

9. What is the disease pertussis commonly known as?
(a) Poliomyelitis ✓
(b) Whooping cough
(c) Cholera
(d) Hepatitis

10. The decreased secretion of insulin causes
(a) Beri beri
(b) Rickets
(c) Anemia
(d) Diabetes ✓

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