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Human health and disease : NEET MCQ Questions

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Question 1 : What causes influenza?

A. virus

B. bacteria

C. alga

D. fungus

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Question 2 : How is chikungunya transmitted?

A. house flies

B. Aedes mosquitoes

C. cockroach

D. female Anopheles

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Question 3 : What happens when the receptor of a TH cell binds to a pathogen being presented on a macrophage?

A. activates itself

B. secretes cytokines

C. activates B cells

D. All of the above

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Question 4 : Among the following, which is the most infectious disease?

A. Hepatitis – B

B. AIDS

C. Amoebiosis

D. Malaria

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Question 5 : What diseases would children suffer if they play barefooted in pools of dirty water and floodwater?

A. leptospirosis and bilharzia

B. malaria, amoebic dysentery and leptospirosis

C. bilharzia, infective hepatitis and diarrhoea

D. Guinea worm infection, elephantiasis and amoebic dysentery

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Question 6 : Asthma attacks are more common in certain seasons due to?

A. eating fruits preserved in tin containers

B. inhalation of seasonal pollen

C. low temperature

D. hot and humid environment

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Question 7 : What does antivenom against snake poison contain?

A. antigens

B. antigen-antibody complexes

C. antibodies

D. enzymes

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Question 8 : The vector of Aedes aegypti is?

A. Both dengue and yellow fever

B. Dengue fever

C. Yellow fever

D. Japanese encephalitis

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Question 9 : The liver gets damaged in persons addicted to alcohol because it?

A. has to detoxify the alcohol

B. stores excess glycogen

C. is overstimulated to secrete more bile

D. accumulates an excess of fat

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Question 10 : Identify a pair of viral diseases listed below.

A. Common cold, AIDS

B. Dysentery, common cold

C. Typhoid, tuberculosis

D. Ringworm, AIDS

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Question 11 : Which of the following statements is true about AIDS?

A. The HIV can be transmitted through eating food together with an infected person

B. Drug addicts are least susceptible to HIV infection.

C. AIDS patients are being fully cured with proper care and nutrition

D. The causative HIV retrovirus enters helper T – lymphocytes thus reducing their numbers

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Question 12 : A cell that is infected with a virus produces a substance that protects other cells from further infection. What is this substance?

A. serotonin

B. colostrum

C. interferon

D. histamine

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Question 13 : An insect bite may cause inflammation of the affected area. What alarm chemicals trigger this process?

A. histamine and dopamine

B. histamine and kinins

C. interferons and opsonin

D. interferons and histones

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Question 14 : The organisms that cause disease in plants and animals are called?

A. pathogens

B. vectors

C. insects

D. worms

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Question 15 : What is an autoimmune disorder?

A. Myasthenia gravis

B. Osteoporosis

C. Muscular dystrophy

D. Gout

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Question 16 : From the plant of which family is “Heroin” obtained?

A. Leguminosae

B. Papaveraceae

C. Liliaceae

D. Solanaceae

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Question 17 : Where does the production of both B cells and T cells of the immune system take place

A. spleen

B. bone marrow

C. thymus

D. lymph nodes

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Question 18 : In what category is short-lived immunity that is passed from mother to foetus across the placenta or through mother’s milk to the infant?

A. innate non-specific immunity

B. active immunity

C. passive immunity

D. cellular immunity

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Question 19 : The production of interferons in the body indicates the person is suffering from?

A. Anthrax

B. Malaria

C. Measles

D. Tetanus

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Question 20 : In a primary immune response to an antigen, which of the following is a pentameric immunoglobulin?

A. IgG

B. IgM

C. IgA

D. IgE

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Question 21 : What is an antibody?

A. component of blood

B. secretion of mammalian erythrocyte

C. molecule that specifically inactivates

D. White corpuscle

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Question 22 : Where does the sporogony of malarial parasite occur?

A. liver of man

B. RBCs of man

C. stomach wall of a mosquito

D. salivary glands of a mosquito

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Question 23 : What is the immune system involved in?

A. destruction of abnormal or mutant cell types that arise within the body

B. allergic reactions

C. rejection of organ transplants

D. All of the preceding

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Question 24 : Which statement is true?

A. Benign tumours show the property of metastasis

B. Heroin accelerates body functions

C. Malignant tumours may exhibit metastasis

D. Patients who have undergone surgery are given cannabinoids to relieve pain

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Question 25 : In the true sense, which of the following is a parasite?

A. The female Anopheles bites and sucks blood from humans

B. Human foetus developing inside the uterus draws nourishment from the mother

C. Head louse living on the human scalp as well as laying eggs on human hair

D. The cuckoo (koel) lays its eggs in the crow’s nest

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Question 26 : Electron beam therapy works as a form of radiation therapy to treat?

A. enlarged prostate gland

B. gall bladder stones by breaking them

C. certain types of cancer

D. kidney stones

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Question 27 : What is a pair of viral diseases?

A. Common cold, AIDS

B. Dysentery, common cold

C. Typhoid, tuberculosis

D. Ringworm, AIDS

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Question 28 : Which of the following does not match a drug and its category?

A. Amphetamines – stimulant

B. Lysergic acid – narcotic dimethyl amide

C. Heroin – psychotropic

D. Benzodiazepam – pain killer

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Question 29 : What are opiate narcotic drugs?

A. Antianxiety

B. Analgesic

C. Hypnotic

D. Antihistamine

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Question 30 : In colostrum, the antibodies that protect the newborn from certain diseases are of what type?

A. IgG type

B. IgA type

C. IgD type

D. IgE type

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Question 31 : In the cell-mediated immune response, T lymphocytes divide and secrete

A. antigens

B. plasmogens

C. collagens

D. cytokines

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Question 32 : What is Haemozoin?

A. precursor of haemoglobin

B. toxin from streptococcus

C. toxin from Plasmodium species

D. toxin from Haemophilus species

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Question 33 : Which of the following statements is true about diseases and immunisation?

A. If due to some reason, B-and T-lymphocytes are damaged, the body will not produce antibodies against a pathogen

B. Injection of dead / inactivated pathogens causes passive immunity

C. Certain protozoans have been used to mass-produce hepatitis B vaccine

D. Injection of snake antivenom against snake bite is an example of active immunisation

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Question 34 : What is an anti-viral substance?

A. antigen

B. antibody

C. interferon

D. antibiotic

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Question 35 : In the true sense, which of the following is a parasite?

A. The female Anopheles bites and sucks blood from humans

B. Human foetus developing inside the uterus draws nourishment from the mother

C. Head louse living on the human scalp as well as laying eggs on human hair

D. The cuckoo (koel) lays its eggs in the crow’s nest.

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Question 36 : Viral detection is done with ELISA, where

A. DNA probes are required

B. Southern blotting is done

C. Alkaline phosphatase is the key reagent

D. Catalase is the key reagent

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Question 37 : Ringworm disease in humans is caused by the pathogen Microsporum, which belongs to the same kingdom of organisms as?

A. Taenia, a tapeworm

B. Wuchereria, a filarial worm

C. Rhizopus, a mould

D. Ascaris, a roundworm

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Question 38 : What causes amoebiasis?

A. Entamoeba histolytica

B. Taenia solium

C. Plasmodium vivax

D. E. coli

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Question 39 : Typhoid is diagnosed using which chemical test?

A. ELISA test

B. ESR test

C. PCR test

D. Widal test

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Question 40 : Which one is odd?

A. Rabies, Influenza, AIDS

B. Amoebiasis, Giardiasis, Trypanosomiasis

C. Taeniasis, Ascariasis, Elephantiasis

D. Cancer, Tuberculosis, Tetanus

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Question 41 : Thymus damage in children may cause?

A. a reduction in haemoglobin content of blood

B. a reduction in stem cell production

C. loss of antibody-mediated immunity

D. loss of cell-mediated immunity

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Question 42 : Among the following, which is not a lymphoid tissue?

A. Spleen

B. Tonsils

C. Appendix

D. Thymus

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Question 43 : How is opium obtained?

A. Oryza sativa

B. Coffea arabica

C. Thea Sinensis

D. Papaver somniferum

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Question 44 : By the chronic intake of what is Cirrhosis of the liver caused?

A. Opium

B. Alcohol

C. Tobacco (Chewing)

D. Cocaine

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Question 45 : Why are patients with HIV susceptible to a variety of infections?

A. the virus produces cell surface receptors that bind to pathogens, making it easier for those pathogens to be infective.

B. synthesizing a DNA copy of the viral genome makes a person fell sick.

C. HIV attacks and destroys the T helper cells, which are central to mounting an effective immune response, making those individuals more susceptible to other infections.

D. HIV destroys B cells so that antibodies cannot be made in response to invading pathogens.

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Question 46 : What could be the cause of a healthy person being diagnosed as unhealthy by a psychiatrist?

A. the patient was not efficient at his work

B. the patient was not economically prosperous

C. the patient shows behavioural and social maladjustment

D. he does not take interest in sports

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Question 47 : HIV causes AIDS. Which of the following is not a mode of HIV transmission?

A. Transfusion of contaminated blood

B. Sharing the infected needles

C. Shaking hands with infected persons

D. Sexual contact with infected persons

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Question 48 : Colostrum secreted from the mammary gland contains which type of antibodies?

A. IgM

B. IgD

C. IgE

D. IgA

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Question 49 : What type of barrier does saliva in the mouth and tears from the eyes belong to under innate immunity?

A. Cytokine barriers

B. Cellular barriers

C. Physiological barriers

D. Physical barriers

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Question 50 : What distinguishes the common cold from pneumonia?

A. Pneumonia is a communicable disease whereas the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease

B. Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine

C. Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae

D. Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects the nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs

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