Autoimmune Diseases

Q. A person was bitten by a snake. Which type of immunity would you suggest in order to obtain a quick immune response ? Explain. [2]

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Is Alzheimers an autoimmune disease?

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On the basis of change in thyroxine, how can you differentiate between cretinism and myxoedema?

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What is an auto immune disease?

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Which Disease Has No Cure?

Q. Toxic agents, present in food which interfere with thyroxine synthesis, lead to the development of

1. cretinism
2. simple goitre
3. thyrotoxicosis
4. toxic goitre

Q. Which of the following is/are example(s) of autoimmune disease(s)?

1. Cancer
2. Lupus
3. AIDS
4. Rheumatoid arthritis

Q. Vaccine against polio viruses is an example of -

1. Active immunization
2. Passive immunization
3. Auto-immunization
4. Simple immunization

Q. In higher vertebrates, the immune system can distinguish self – cells and non – self. If this property is lost due to genetic abnormality and it attacks self – cells, then it leads to:

1. Allergic response
2. Graft rejection
3. Auto – immune disease
4. Active immunity

Q. Addison’s disease is caused due to

1. Hypersecretion of growth hormones
2. Hyposecretion of adrenal cortical hormones
3. Hyposecretion of thymus
4. None of the above

Q. Which of these glands is large at the time of birth but in adults, it reduces to a very small size?

1. Thyroid
2. Adrenal
3. Thymus
4. Spleen

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Name the drug used in cancer treatment produced by using biotechnology.

1. Terramycin

2. HGH

3. Interferon

4. Insulin

Q. What are the various public health measures, which you would suggest as safeguard against infectious diseases?

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What is myasthenia gravis?

Q. Name:
(iii) The condition caused by the hyposecretion of hormones from the adrenal cortex.

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When an organ is transplanted and is rejected by the body, the lymphocytes produced are

1. T-cells and B-cells both

2. Neutrophils

3. Only B-cells

4. Eosinophils

Q. Artificial immunity can be acquired from -

1. Serious illness
2. Repeated exposure to the same microbe
3. Treatment with penicillin
4. Vaccination

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What is allergic rhinitis? Give its symptoms

Q. Pulse-Polio programme is organised in our country

1. To cure polio
2. To eradicate polio
3. To spread polio
4. None of the above

Q. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease.​

Q. Auto immune disorder affecting neuromuscular junction leading to fatigue, weakening and paralysis of skeletal muscle is

1. Tetany
2. Muscular dystrophy
3. Gout
4. Myasthenia gravis

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Which one of the following has a long term effect on the health of an individual ?

1. Common cold

2. Chicken pox

3. Chewing tobacco

4. Stress.

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SCID patients have ____________.

1. Chronic anaemia

2. No working immune system

3. Functional immune system

4. Weak digestive system

Q. Assertion : Dust particles when come in contact with respiratory tract lead to sneezing, running nose, redness of eyes etc.

Reason : Allergic disorders are caused due to release of histamine.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
2. A is true but R is false
3. Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
4. A and R are false

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Antigen antibody reactions are suppressed in

1. Vit – K excess

2. Liver dysfunction

3. Chronic inflammatory reactions

4. ACTH excess

Q. Which of the following is an autoimmune disease

1. Arthritis
2. Erythroblastosis foetalis
3. Diabetes Type 1
4. Rheumatoid arthritis
5. Asthma

Q. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from those given in the brackets.

(ii) Cretinsium is caused due to ______ of thyroxine.
(undersecretion/oversecretion)

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A patient is found to have a form of diabetes in which his immune system is destroying his pancreatic islet cells. This is a type of

1. Autoimmune disorder

2. Diabetes mellitus type II

3. AIDS

4. Multiple myeloma

Q. Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease ?

1. Psoriasis
2. Rheumatoid arthritis
3. Alzheimer's disease
4. Vitiligo

Q. Match the disease in Column I with the respective symptoms in Column II:
$\begin{array}{cc}ColumnI& ColumnII\\ 1.Rheumatoidarthritis& \left(a\right)immunesytemattacksthejoints\\ 2.TypeIdiabetes& \left(b\right)immunesystemattacksthemyelinsheath\\ 3.Multiplesclerosis& \left(c\right)immunesystemdestroyspancreaticcells\\ 4.Myastheniagravis& \left(d\right)immunesystemdisruptsmusclecontractions\\ & \left(e\right)immunesytemdamagestheadrenalgland\end{array}$

1. bacterium
2. prion
3. virus
4. worm