Deck 18: Health and Disease in India

Question 1

The incidence of Hydatid disease is highest in

A)Northern India
B)Eastern India
C)Southern India
D)Western India

Answer 1

Southern India

Question 2

Primary health care concept was formed by Alma ata Conference in

A)1950
B)1970
C)1978
D)1998

Answer 2

1978

Question 3

The daily requirement of Iodine in adult male

A)10 ? gm/day
B)50 ? gm/day
C)100 ? gm/day
D)150 ? gm/day

Answer 3

150 ? gm/day

Question 4

The commonest opportunistic infection associated with HIV in India is

A)Cryptosporidiosis
B)Herpes simplex
C)Tuberculosis
D)Pneumocystis pneumonia

Question 5

For every case of paralytic poliomyelitis the estimated no. Of subclinical cases are

A)10
B)100
C)400
D)1000

Question 6

Residual action of HCH lasts for

A)1 month
B)3 months
C)10 months
D)12 months

Question 7

48. The most common site of cancer in males in India is

A)Lung
B)Prostate
C)Oro-pharynx
D)Esophagus

Question 8

During which Five Year Plan Family Planning Programme was renamed as Family Welfare Programme?

A)Second
B)Third
C)Fourth
D)Fifth Five Year Plan

Question 9

When was the Health Policy first formulation in India?

A)1983
B)1993
C)1973
D)2003

Question 10

Population growth rate is rated to be explosive if the annual growth rate exceeds

A)0.5%
B)1.0%
C)1.5%
D)2.0%

Question 11

Most difficult criterion to establish causal association in etiology of disease is

A)Temporality
B)Strength of association
C)Specificity of association
D)Biological plausibility

Question 12

Sullivan's index indicates

A)Life free disability
B)Pregnancy rate per Hundred Women Years (HWY
C)Hook worm eggs/gm of stool
D)Standard of living

Question 13

Odds ratio for estimation of strength of association is calculated in

A)Cross sectional study
B)Cohort study
C)Intervential study
D)Case-control study

Question 14

External validity of a study indicates

A)Reproducibility
B)Credibility
C)Generalizability
D)Compatability

Question 15

If the prevalence is very low as compared to the incidence of a disease, it implies

A)The disease has low mortality.
B)The disease is very fatal and/easily curable
C)The disease has a long latent period
D)The disease has a short latent period

Question 16

Number of live births per thousand women in the reproductive age group in a given year is known as

A)General Fertility Rate (GFR
B)Total Fertility Rate (TFR
C)Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR
D)Net Reproduction Rate (NRR

Question 17

There are no subclinical cases in which of the following infectious diseases?

A)Measles
B)Poliomyelitis
C)Cholera
D)Diphtheria

Question 18

In estimation of statistical probability, Z score is applicable to

A)Normal distribution
B)Skewed distribution
C)Binomial distribution
D)Poisson distribution

Question 19

Statistical power of a study is related to

A)? error
B)? error
C)systematic error
D)? error

Question 20

Yellow fever is absent in India because

A)Climatic conditions are not favourable
B)Virus is not present
C)Vector mosquito is absent
D)Population is immune to the disease

Question 21

Fast breathing in a two years old child is recognised at

A)? 60 breaths
B)? 50 breaths
C)? 40 breaths
D)? 30 breaths

Question 22

A case of acute flaccid paralysis must be observed for how many days for residual paralysis after onset of paralysis?

A)15 days
B)30 days
C)45 days
D)60 days

Question 23

The non-modifiable risk factor for hypertension is

A)Obesity
B)Stress
C)Salt intake
D)Age

Question 24

Which of the following indirect causes contribute most for maternal mortality in India?

A)Anaemia
B)Pregnancy with T.B.
C)Pregnancy with Malaria
D)Pregnancy with Hepatitis

Question 25

Commonly affected site of occupational cancer is

A)Cervix
B)Tongue
C)Skin
D)Brain