Deck 17: Health and Nutrition in India

Question 1

Which of the following diseases is found in India?

A)West Nile fever
B)Murray valley encephalitis
C)Yellow fever
D)Colorado tick fever

Answer 1

West Nile fever

Question 2

What is the population norm for mini- Anganwadi centre in a tribal/ desert/ riverine/hilly and other difficult areas?

A)150 - 300
B)300 - 400
C)100 - 200
D)150 - 250

Answer 2

150 - 300

Question 3

Trypsin inhibitor is present in

A)Hen egg
B)Duck egg
C)Milk
D)Fish

Answer 3

Duck egg

Question 4

The life cycle of Malarial parasites in man may be described as

A)Propagative
B)Cyclo-propagative
C)Cyclo-developmental
D)A sexual cycle

Question 5

19. Sick New Born Care Units (SNCUS) are established at which of the following facilities?

A)First Referral unit
B)District Hospital
C)Community Health Centre
D)Medical College

Question 6

Under the 'Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls' the nutrition provided to each beneficiary is

A)600 calories through food per day
B)6 kg of free food grain per month
C)Rs. 6 for buying food per day
D)6 gm proteins through food per day

Question 7

'Ujjawala' is a comprehensive scheme launched by the Ministry of Women and
Child Development to combat

A)Child labour
B)Child abuse
C)Child trafficking
D)Juvenile Delinquency

Question 8

Supplementary nutrition given to children, aged 6-72 months who are severely malnourished under ICDS is

A)800 calories and 20-25 gm protein everyday
B)500 calories and 15-20 gm protein everyday
C)1000 calories and 20-25 gm protein everyday
D)600 calories and 15-20 gm protein everyday

Question 9

Which of the following methods is used to remove the permanent hardness of water?

A)Boiling
B)Adding lime
C)Permutit process
D)Adding sodium carbonate

Question 10

The cut off point for diagnosis of anaemia in children aged 6-14 years as recommended by WHO Expert Group is

A)13.8 g/dl haemoglobin
B)11.5 g/dl haemoglobin
C)12 g/dl haemoglobin
D)10 g/dl haemoglobin

Question 11

Under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme monthly pension is given to

A)People aged more than 60 years and who are below poverty line
B)People aged more than 65 years and who are below poverty line
C)People aged more than 62 years and who are below poverty line
D)Destitute elderly

Question 12

A corrected effective temperature of how many degree Celsius is considered comfortable in India?

A)20 °C - 30 °C
B)20 °C - 25 °C
C)27 °C - 30 °C
D)25 °C - 27 °C

Question 13

Pasteurization of milk effectively kills all the following except:

A)fever organisms
B)Tubercle bacilli
C)Salmonella
D)Bacterial spores

Question 14

The disinfecting action of chlorine is mainly due to which molecule?

A)Chlorine
B)Hypochlorine
C)Hydrogen
D)Hypochlorous

Question 15

Waste water from kitchen is called

A)Refuse
B)Sullage
C)Garbage
D)Sewage

Question 16

Source reduction in mosquito control comprises of

A)Genetic engineering techniques
B)Personal protection against bites
C)Space sprays
D)Minor engineering methods

Question 17

In a mosquito, period between a blood meal until eggs are laid is called

A)Serial interval
B)Genotrophic cycle
C)Extrinsic incubation period
D)Generation time

Question 18

31. Which indicator is included in Human development index?

A)Infant mortality rate
B)Maternal mortality rate
C)Life expectancy at birth
D)Proportion of immunized children

Question 19

Which is not a constituent of oral rehydration fluid

A)Glucose
B)Calcium lactate
C)Sodium chloride
D)Potassium Chloride

Question 20

The minimum number of antenatal visits recommended for a pregnant woman in India is

A)2
B)4
C)3
D)6

Question 21

Abdominal fat accumulation is indicated by waist hip ratio of

A)more than 1.0 in men and more than 0.85 in women
B)more than 0.85 in men and more than 0.5 in women
C)more than 1.0 in men and more than 1.0 in women
D)more than 1.5 in men and more than 0.85 in women

Question 22

The only cancer in which some cases show spontaneous regression without treatment is

A)Cancer breast
B)Lung cancer
C)Cancer cervix
D)Oral cancer

Question 23

Which one is the most important single determinant of Infant mortality?

A)Mother's age
B)Family size
C)Order of birth
D)Birth weight

Question 24

The Body Mass Index (BMI) for a normal adult is

A)13.5 - 17.99
B)18.5 - 24.99
C)25.5 - 30.99
D)31.5 - 35.99

Question 25

Specificity of a test refers to its ability to detect

A)True positive
B)False positive
C)True negative
D)False negative