Communicable Diseases

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Define contagious disease. Give two examples.

Q.

What is the causative agent of rabies?

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Which of the following is an air borne disease?

1. Tuberculosis

2. Malaria

3. Typhoid

4. Leprosy

Q.

waterborne disease::cholera: airborne disease:

Q. State true or false:
Communicative diseases are also called contagious diseases

1. True
2. False

Q.

What are the symptoms of influenza?

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COMMUNICABLE AND NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Q.

Match Column I With Column II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the columns.

$\begin{array}{cc}Column-I\left(Diseases\right)& Colum-II\left(Cause\right)\\ A.Smallpox& P.Bacteria\\ B.Cholera& Q.Virus\\ C.Malaria& R.Deficiencyofminerals\\ D.Anaemia& S.Femalemosquito\end{array}$

1. A-S; B-Q; C-R; D-P

2. A-S; B-R; C-Q; D-P

3. A-Q; B-P; C-S; D-R

4. A-R; B-S; C-P; D-Q

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Among the following, which one is a communicable disease?

1. Diphtheria

2. Diabetes

3. Hypertension

4. Kwashiorkor

Q. Name two non-communicable is diseases.

Q. Which of the following is NOT a food or waterborne disease?

1. Diarrhea
2. Tuberculosis
3. Cholera
4. Typhoid

Q.

What are pathogens?

Q. What is the definition of a vector?

1. The organism that carries pathogen from infected to healthy individual.
2. The organism that aids blood clotting in our body.
3. The organism that helps in acquiring immunity.
4. The organism that help to create new antibodies.

Q.

Name the pathogen that causes cholera.

Q. Chikungunya is spread through the air when a patient coughs.

1. True
2. False

Q. Leptospira is the causative agent of rat fever.

1. True
2. False

Q. The organisms carrying infectious agents from a sick person to another potential host are known as .

1. viruses
2. vectors
3. vehicles
4. causative agents

Q.

What are the causative organisms of the following diseases? [5 MARKS]

(1) Flu
(2) Hepatits
(3) Rabies
(4) T.B

Q. is the most common carrier of communicable diseases.

1. Ant
2. Housefly
3. Dragonfly
4. Spider

Q. Match the causative organisms with their diseases:
$\begin{array}{cc}ColumnI& ColumnII\\ A.Haemophilusinfluenzae& 1.Malignantmalaria\\ B.Entamoebahistolytica& 2.Elephantiasis\\ C.Plasmodiumfalciparum& 3.Pneumonia\\ D.Wuchereriabancrofti& 4.Typhoid\\ E.Salmonellatyphi& 5.Amoebiasis\end{array}$

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Q.

What are the common means by which diseases such as common cold and chickenpox spread?

1. Inhalation of germs

2. Hand-to-face contact

3. Washing hand before meal

4. Improper or irregular exercise

Q. Communicative diseases are also called contagious diseases.

1. True
2. False

Q. A , B and C are three living organisms. The organism A is a unicellular fungus which can live without air. It is used in the commercial production of an organic compound P from molasses. The organism B is a unicellular animal which lives in water and feeds and moves by using pseudopodia. It breathes through an organelle Q. The organism C is a tiny animal which acts as a carrier of the malarial parasite. It breathes and respires through a kind of tiny holes R and air-tubes S in its body.

(a) What are organisms (i) A (ii) B, and (iii) C?

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Which of the following is matched correctly in the table given below?
$\begin{array}{cccc}& Disease& & Transmission\\ A.& AIDS& & Throughsexualintercourse\\ B.& Malaria& & Throughphysicalcontact\\ C.& Anthrax& & Throughcontaminatedfood.\end{array}$

1. A and C

2. B and C

3. A only

4. B only

Q. Vector-borne disease(s) is / are
(a) malaria
(b) cholera
(c) yellow fever
(d) (a) and (c)

Q. The symptoms of dengue usually appear on the next day of the infected mosquito bite.

1. True
2. False

Q.

How many strains of viruses are responsible for causing common cold in man?

1. 10

2. 100

3. less than 100

4. more than 100

Q. Why is AIDS called acquired immunodeficiency?

Q. Which of the following disease is obtained after birth?

1. Acute
2. Congenital
3. Acquired
4. Chronic

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Which of the following are communicable diseases?

1. Diabetes

2. Anthrax

3. Hypertension

4. Filariasis