The bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that causes botulism is
1. A facultative aerobe
2. An-obligate aerobe
3. A facultative anaerobe
4. An obligate anaerobe
Formation of grayish white membrane especially in tonsillar area and a barking cough [croup] are important clinical sign and symptom in:
1. Measles
2. Mumps
3. Diphtheria
4. Pertussis
Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that:
1. | Pneumonia is a communicable disease, whereas common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease |
2. | Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine, whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine |
3. | Common cold is caused by a virus, while Pneumonia is caused by a bacterium. |
4. | Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas common cold affects the nose and the respiratory passage but not the lungs |
Which one of the following options gives the correct matching of a disease with its causative
organism and mode of infection:
Disease |
Causative Organisms |
Mode of Infection |
|
1. |
Malaria |
Plasmodium vivax |
Bite of male Anopheles mosquito |
2. |
Typhoid |
Salmonella typhi |
With inspired air |
3. |
Pneumonia |
Streptococcus pneumonia |
Droplet infection |
4. |
Elephantiasis |
Wuchereria bancrofti |
With infected water and food |
Match the following columns and select the correct option:
Column I | Column II | ||
(i) | Typhoid | (a) | Haemophilus influenzae |
(ii) | Malaria | (b) | Wuchereria bancrofti |
(iii) | Pneumonia | (c) | Plasmodium vivax |
(iv) | Filariasis | (d) | Salmonella typhi |
Options: | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
1. | (d) | (c) | (a) | (b) |
2. | (c) | (d) | (b) | (a) |
3. | (a) | (c) | (b) | (d) |
4. | (a) | (b) | (d) | (c) |