Diseases Everyday Science MCQs - 21

Diseases Everyday Science MCQs - 21

1. Oncogene is responsible for:
(a) AIDS
(b) Typhoid
(c) Malaria
(d) Cancer ✓

2. Which of the following statements about AIDS is correct?
(a) It does not affect women
(b) It generally affects the brain
(c) AIDS virus can vary its genetic code outwitting a vaccine ✓
(d) All those infected by a blood transfusion get AIDS within five years

3. Which of the following diseases is inheritable?
(a) Leukemia
(b) Colour blindness ✓
(c) Malignancy
(d) Hepatitis

4. Which of the following is least infectious?
(a) Leprosy ✓
(b) Hepatitis
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Conjunctivitis

5. Which of the following is not a mosquito borne disease?
(a) Dengue fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Sleeping sickness ✓
(d) Filariasis

6. Excessive bleeding from an injury is due to deficiency of
(a) Vitamin A ✓
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin K
(d) Vitamin E

7. Which of the following diseases is/are likely to spread in the entire community if a leaky septic tank contaminates the water supply?
(a) Cholera
(b) Cholera and Typhoid ✓
(c) Cholera, Typhoid and Leprosy
(d) Typhoid, Tuberculosis and Leprosy

8. A girl ate sweets while fanning the flies away. Due to this, she suffered from a disease diagnosed as:
(a) Kwashiorkor
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Diphtheria
(d) Cholera ✓

9. The virus of AIDS affects the growth of:
(a) Hemoglobin
(b) RBCs in blood
(c) T cells in blood ✓
(d) Grey cells in brain

10. Cirrhosis is a disease that affects:
(a) Heart
(b) Liver
(c) Brain
(d) Lungs ✓

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