a. Prevention of diseases among the hill dwelling and tribal
people
b. Prolongation of human life span to the maximum extent
c. Promotion of health, well-being and efficiency
d. Prevention of disease through avoiding emergence of risk
factors
182. Prevention of coronary artery disease by changing
life style by education is referred as:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Primordial prevention
183. Incubation period of amoebiasis is:
a. 1-2 weeks b. 2-3 weeks
c. 3-4 weeks d. 4-6 weeks
184. Immunization is which level of prevention?
a. Primary level of prevention
b. Secondary level of prevention
c. Tertiary level of prevention
d. Primordial level of prevention
185. The chronic diseases, which are seen in elderly,
are all EXCEPT:
a. Degenerative disease if heart and blood vessels
b. Cancer of prostate
c. Accidents d. Acute diarrhea
186. Selective screening refers to screening tests
applied to a:
a. Volunteer group b. Randomly selected group
c. High risk group d. Non-randomized group
187. True about Sentinel surveillance:
a. It is a method of identifying the missing cases
b. Supplementing the notified cases is difficult
c. Total numbers of cases cannot be identified
d. It is performance and analysis of routine measurement
aimed at detecting changes in the environment or health status
of population
188. Disease under WHO surveillance are all EXCEPT:
a. Diphtheria b. Relapsing fever
c. Polio d. Malaria
189. Isolation is not carried in one of the following:
a. Plague b. Cholera
c. AIDS d. Chicken pox
190. Gap in time between entry of the organism and
the appearance of signs and symptoms is:
a. Incubation period b. Latent period
c. Generation time d. Serial interval
191. The multidrug regimen under the National Leprosy
Eradication Programme for the treatment of all
multibacillary leprosy would include
a. Clofazimine, thiacetazone and dapsone
b. Clofazimine, rifampicin and dapsone
c. Ethionamide, rifampicin aand dapsone
d. Propionamide, rifampicin and dapsone
192.Combination chemotherapy in Leprosy is used
because of:
a. Cost-effectiveness b. Decreased side effects
c. To prevent relapse d. To prevent resistance
193. No subclinical infection exists in
a. Polio b. Mumps c. Chicken pox d. Hepatitis A
194. It is true regarding Endemic typhus that:
a. Man is the only reservoir of infection
b. Flea is a vector of the disease
c. The rash developing into eschar is a characteristic
presentation
d. Culture of the etiological agent in tissue culture is
diagnostic modality
195. The Pillars of Revised National Tuberculosis
Control Programme (RNTCP) are all EXCEPT:
a. Achievement of not less than 85% cure rate amongst
infectious cases of tuberculosis through short course
chemotherapy involving peripheral health functionary.
b. Detecting 70% of estimated cases through Quality Sputum
Microscopy
c. Not involving NGO’s in RNTCP
d. Directly observed therapy (short term), is a community
based TB treatment and care strategy.
196. The commonest type of Polio:
a. Inapparent b. Abortive
c. Non-paralytic d. Paralytic
197. Disinfection of water by routine chlorination can
be classified as:
a. Sterilization b. Concurrent disinfection
c. Terminal disinfection d. Recurrent disinfection
198. The disinfectants, which are used for the
disinfection of faeces, are all EXCEPT:
a. Bleaching powder (500 gm/Lt) b. Cresol (50 ml/Lt)
c. Crude phenol (100 ml/Lt) d. Cetrimide (40 ml/Lt)
199. Paris green is a
a. Fumigant b. Contact poison
c. Stomach poison d. Repellent
200. Regarding prevalence of tuberculosis all are
correct EXCEPT:
a. Death occurs one in 500000 population
b. 40% of cases occur in children
c. 0.4% children are of 10 years age
d. Non-specific sensitivity is highly prevalent.
