Which of the following does not define health in the WHO definition of health?
1. | Physical well being | 2. | Mental well being |
3. | Social well being | 4. | Absence of disease |
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Exposure of the DNA to non-ionizing radiation, the UV rays, leads to the formation of:
1. | unusual base analogues in the template |
2. | A-G, T-C substitutions |
3. | deletions of short arms of chromosomes |
4. | thymine dimmers |
Trypanosomabrucei, the pathogen responsible for causing African sleeping sickness in humans, is a:
1. | Sporozoan | 2. | Heterotrophic eubacteria |
3. | Flagellated protozoan | 3. | Pathogenic fungus |
Consuming water contaminated with toxic levels of cadmium can cause:
1. | Methemoglobinemia | Black foot disease | |
3. | Itai – itai | Minamata disease |
When an apparently healthy person is diagnosed as unhealthy by a psychiatrist, the reason could be that:
1. | the patient was not efficient at his work |
2. | the patient was not economically prosperous |
3. | the patient shows behavioural and social maladjustment |
4. | he does not take interest in sports |
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Methanol is converted to formaldehyde in our bodies. It inhibits mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase. It also causes blindness. The treatment of methanol toxicity is :
1. | Thiamine | 2. | L - Dopa |
3. | Ethanol | 4. | Atropine |
The persistent conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary, is called as:
1. | Hypochondria | 2. | Neurasthenia |
3. | Phobia | 4. | Anxiety neurosis |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Identify the incorrect statement regarding the virus/disease:
1. | The virus is a single-stranded RNA retrovirus. |
2. | Transmission of the virus can occur by direct contact with infected people and indirect contact with surfaces in the immediate environment or with objects used on the infected person. |
3. | Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. |
4. | Hand washing, face masks, quarantine, social distancing are important in the control of the pandemic as no cure or vaccine is available yet. |