Health Quiz | Health Objective Type Questions and Answers

Questions
21 Using purgatives on a regular basis is harmful to health. Which deficiency does it cause?
A Potassium
B Iron
C Iodine
D Chromium

Answer: Potassium
22 What is the condition known as, in which the body does not get its fair share of nutrients, either from starvation, or as a result of poor absorption :
A Malnutrition
B Marasmus
C Kwashiorkor
D Malnutrition & Marasmus

Answer: Malnutrition

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23 Night blindness drying of the conjunctiva, dry and scaly skin and loss of hair are some of the symptoms of :
A Vitamin A deficiency
B Vitamin K deficiency
C Iron deficiency
D Folic acid deficeiency

Answer: Vitamin A deficiency
24 The term ‘health’ is defined in many ways. The most accurate definition of the health would be,
A Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
B Health is the state of body and mind in a balanced condition
C Health is the reflection of a smiling face
D Health is the symbol of economic prosperity

Answer: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
25 Which one of the following diseases is a communicable?
A Cholera
B Rickets
C Diabetes
D Scurvy

Answer: Cholera
26 Congenital diseases are
A Disease present at birth
B Diseases present after birth
C Diseases that spread from one individual to another
D Diseases that occur during life time

Answer: Disease present at birth
27 A sexually transmitted bacterial disease is
A Syphilis
B AIDS
C Cholera
D Hepatitis

Answer: Syphilis
28 Which one of the following is a degenerative disease?
A Stroke
B Kwashiorkor
C Scurvy
D Hemophilia

Answer: Stroke
29 Which one of the following is a water borne disease?
A Cholera
B Tuberculosis
C Malaria
D AIDS

Answer: Cholera
30 Which measure would help control the spread of TB?
A Spitting in public places must be banned
B Provision of clean water
C Sewage treatment
D Use of insecticides

Answer: Spitting in public places must be banned
31 Which of the following is a communicable disease?
A Tuberculosis
B Diabetes
C Hypertension
D Kwashiorkor

Answer: Tuberculosis
32 The disease carrying agents are called
A Vector
B Pathogens
C Reservoirs
D Vaccines

Answer: Vector
33 A transmittable protozoan disease is
A Amoebic dysentery
B Syphilis
C Cholera
D Sickle cell anemia

Answer: Amoebic dysentery
34 _____________________ is a type of disease that is always present among a particular people
A Endemic
B Pandemic
C Epidemiology
D Epidemic

Answer: Endemic
35 What is the name of the disease in man arising out of Vitamin B1 deficiency?
A Beriberi
B Scurvy
C Pellagra
D Gingivitis

Answer: Beriberi
36 The deficiency of which of the following group of nutrients affects the skin ?
A Riboflacin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Pantothenic Acid
B Iron, Iodine, Zinc, Potassium
C Vitamin K, Calcium, Fluorine, Copper
D All the three

Answer: Riboflacin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Pantothenic Acid
37 Deficiency of Vitamin D gives rise to :
A Rickets
B Rheumatism
C Arthritis
D Hernia

Answer: Rickets
38 Non-infectious diseases are best defined as
A All diseases that can be transmitted from mother to child
B All diseases of old age
C Disease caused by malnutrition
D None of the above

Answer: All diseases that are not caused by a pathogen
39 A droplet infection is
A Common cold
B Tetanus
C Syphilis
D Cholera

Answer: Common cold
40 _________________ diseases are also called inborn disease
A Acquired
B Infected
C Contagious
D Congenital

Answer: Acquired
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