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Multiple Choice Questions

HEALTH CARE IN INDIA 8. Principal Unit of Administration in India is:

1. One PHC is located for a population of: (b) State
(a) 5000 [AIPGME 1999]
(b) 30,000
(c) 100,000
(d) 500
2. A subcentre in a hilly area caters to a population of:
(a) 1000 [AIPGME 2001]
(b) 2000 [Recent Question 2013]
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(a) Centre [AIIMS Dec 1997]
(c) District
(d) Village
9. Match list A with List B: [AIPGME 2000]
List A List B
A. Shrivastava 1. Malaria workers to look
Committee after FP work too
B. Chadah Committee ­
2. Integration of health services

(c) 3000 C. Kartar Singh 3. Led to creation of

(d) 5000 Committee
Health guides

3. Eligible Couple Register is maintained at: D. Jungalwallah 4. Led to creation of

(a) Subcentre [AIIMS Dec 1997]
Committee MPW
(a) A3; B4; C1; D2
(b) PHC (b) A3; B1; C4; D2
(c) CHC (c) A2; B1; C4; D3
(d) District headquarters (d) A2; B4; C1; D3
4. One health assistant male/female should be posted for 10. A sub-centre is manned by: [AIIMS Nov 2007]
every: [AIPGME 1991] (a) Medical Officer
(a) 5000 population (b) Multipurpose worker
(b) 20000 population (c) Health Assistant
(c) 30000 population (d) Aanganwadi worker
(d) 10 000 population
11. Elements of primary health care include all of the
5. Three-Tier system of Health care delivery in rural areas following except: [AIIMS May 1994; AIPGME 03]
in India is based on the recommendations of: (a) Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
(a) Bhore Committee [AIIMS May 1993] (b) Providing essential drugs [AIIMS May 2014]
(b) Chadah Committee (c) Sound referral system
(c) Srivastava Committee (d) Health Education
(d) Mudalair Committee 12. All of the following are Pillars of primary health care
6. Elements of primary health care include all of the except: [Recent Question 2014] [AIPGME 1999]
following except: (a) Equitable distribution
[Recent Question 2014] [AIIMS Dec 1994] (b) Community Participation
(a) Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation (c) Health Education
(b) Prevention & control of local endemic diseases (d) Intersectoral Coordination
(c) Providing employment to every youth
(d) Immunization against major infectious diseases
13. Alma Ata conference was held in: [DPG 2005]
(a) 1948
7. Panchayati Raj System is a 3-tier system of rural local (b) 1956
self-government in India. Match the insti­tutions with (c) 1977
levels: [AIPGME 1996] (d) 1978
A – Panchayat, I – Village level 14. Health man power indicated by which of the
B – Panchayat Samiti, II – District level
C – Zila Parishad, III – Block level
following: [PGI June 2005]
(a) Doctor 1 per 3500 population
(a) A-III, B-II, C-I (b) ANM 1 per > 1000 population
(b) A-II, B-III, C-I (c) Lab technician 1 per 10000 population
(c) A-I, B-III, C-II (d) Pharmacist 1 per 100000 population
(d) A-I, B-II, C-III (e) MPW

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15. Population of 1000 is covered by: [PGI Dec 2K] 24. Following is/ are the job(s) of Health worker male:
(a) Anganwadi worker (a) Sputum collection [PGI May 2011]
(b) Health assistant (b) ORS distribution
(c) Trained Dai (c) DOTS supervision
(d) Village health guide (d) Growth monitoring
16. Function of PHC are: [PGI June 03] (e) Environmental sanitation
(a)
(b)
Referral services
Family planning & referral services
25. Staff at PHC include: [PGI November 2012]
(a) Pharmacist
(c) Basic laboratory services (b) Clerk
(d) Specialist service (c) Radiologist
(e) Collection and reporting of viral statistics (d) Laboratory technician
17. Which of the following is the suggested norm for nurses (e) Paediatrician
In Indian population? [Karnataka 2009] 26. Which of the following is not a work of female multi-
(a) 1 per 1000 purpose health worker?  [Recent Question 2012]
(b) 1 per 2000 (a) Malaria surveillance
(c) 1 per 3000 (b) Distribution of condoms
(d) 1 per 5000

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(c) Immunization
18. Function of Health worker female: [PGI Dec 2K] (d) Dots activities
(a) Perform 50% of deliveries 27. With of the following is at sub-centre level?
(b) Trains dais (a) Zila parishad [DNB December 2011]
(c) Enlist dais of the subcentre (b) Panchayat samiti
(d) Chlorination of water (c) Gram panchayat
(e) Collectors of urine samples
(d) Gram sabha
19. Functions of female health worker includes: 28. A suggested norm for health manpower in India is:
(a) Visit 4 subcentres/month Health Assistment
(a) 1 health worker for 3500 population
(b) Enlist dais of the sub-centre [PGI June 01]
(b) 1 doctor per 5000 population [DNB June 2009]
(c) Conduct 50% delivery
(c) 1 nurse per 5000 population
(d) Chlorination of water Health worth male
(d) 1 pharmacist for 5000 population
(e) Collection of urine sample
20. All of the following are state responsibility for health 29. Highest
(a) PHC
level of integration in health service is
[DNB June 2009]
except: [DPG 2006]
(b) Sub centre
(a) Vital statistics
(c) CHC
(b) Promotion of research through research centers &
(d) District hospital
ther bodies
(c) Prevention of adulteration 30. Which of the following is true about female health
(d) Prevention of communicable disease worker?  [DNB June 2011]
21. ASHA is posted at the: [AIPGME 2010] (a)
(b)
Acts at PHC level
Covers a population of 5000 population
(a) Village level
(b) Community Health Centre (c) Chlorinates well at regular intervals
(c) Primary Health Centre (d) Makes at least 3 post natal visits for each delivery
(d) Sub-centre 31. How many beds are there in PHC for indoor patients?
22. Which of the following is a new concept in primary  [DNB December 2011] [DNB 2012]
Health Care? [AIPGME 2010] [Recent Question 2012] [Recent Question 2013]
(a) Equitable distribution (a) 2
(b) Community participation (b) 3
(c) Qualitative enquiry (c) 6
(d) Primary Health Care (d) 9

23. Principles of Primary Health Care includes all except: 32. Community health centre covers a population of:
(a) 10,000 to 20,000 [DNB 2012]
(a) Intersectoral coordination [Recent Question 2013]
(b) Appropriate technology (b) 30,000 to 50,000
(c) Mainly coordinated by doctors (c) 50,000 to 80,000
(d) Community participation (d) 80,000 to 120,000

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33. All are principles of primary health care except: (b) 5000
(a) Intersectoral coordination [DNB June 2009] (c) 10000
(b) Community participation (d) 50000
(c) Appropriate technology
(d) Decentralised approach
43. A subcentre caters the population of: [DNB 2000]
(a) 5,000
34. Emphasis shifted from urban to rural services: (b) 10,000
(a) Equitable distribution [Recent Question 2013] (c) 50,0000
(b) Community participation (d) 1 lac.
(c) Intersectoral coordination
(d) Community participation 44. Vaccine can be stored at subcentre for:
(a) 1 day [DNB 2001]
35. Female health worker: [Recent Question 2012] (b) 7 days
(a) Cover 100 population [Recent Question 2014] (c) 15 days
(b) Covers 1000 population (d) 30 days
(c) Covers 5000 population
(d) Covers 30000 population 45. An ideal subcenter for a rural population should cater a
population of: [DNB 2001]
36. Which of the following is not a work of anganwadi (a) 1000
worker? [DNB 2012] (b) 2000
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(a) Immunization of children (c) 5000

(b) Non formal preschool education (d) 10000
(c) Sanitation
(d) Health education 46. At the village level, the Panchayati Raj consists of all of
the following except? [DNB 2003]
37. Minimum number of beds in community health centre: (a) Zila Parishad
(a) 4-6 [Recent Question 2012] (b) Nyaya Panchayat
(b) 15
(c) Gram Panchayat
(c) 30
(d) Gram Sabha
(d) 100
38. Most common operation done by an Ophthalmologist 47. An ideal subcenter for a rural population should cater a
population of: [DNB 2005]
in district hospital: [AIIMS May 2013]
(a) 1000
(a) Phacoemulsification
(b) 2000
(b) Trabeculectomy
(c) 5000
(c) Bilateral lamellar tarsal rotation
(d) 10000
(d) Dacrocystorhinostomy
39. Staff at PHC include: [PGI November 2013] 48. An subcenter for a population in plains should cater:
(a) Radiographer (a) 1000 [DNB 2006]
(b) Pharmacist (b) 2000
(c) Anesthetist (c) 5000
(d) Pediatrician (d) 10000
(e) Laboratory technician 49. Primary health care involves all except:
40. Multipurpose health worker works for population: (a)
(b)
Sanitation & water supply
Sound referral center
[UP 2000]
(a) 1000 [Recent Question 2014]
(b) 3000 (c) Supply of essential drugs
(c) 100 (d) Health education
(d) 5000 50. Village health guide scheme in introduced in:
41. Functions of female health worker includes: (a) 1960 [UP 2004]
(a) Visit 4 sub-centers/month [Recent Question 2014] (b) 1970
(b) Collection of blood sample (c) 1980
(c) Conduct 50% delivery (d) 1990
(d) Chlorination of water 51. “Mobile medical care” is provided services to all
except: [UP 2005]
Review Questions (a) Primary health care
(b) Secondary health care
42. One village health guide is for population of: (c) Tertiary health care
(a) 1000 [DNB 2000] (d) Near home based

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52. Community health centres covering a population of: (c) Dai

(a) 40 – 60,000 [UP 2007] (d) Health assistant
(b) 60 – 80,000
(c) 80 – 1.20,000
62. Sub centre in rural areas covers population of:
(d) None
(a) 3000 [RJ 2002]
(b) 5000
53. In India under Norms Doctor-population ratio is: (c) 10000
(a) 1:2500 [AP 2007] (d) 15000
(b) 1:3500
(c) 1:5000 63. A trained Dai caters for a population of: [RJ 2003]
(d) 1:7500 (a) 1000 [Recent Question 2013]
(b) 2000
54. In Hilly area PHC caters population of: [MP 2003] (c) 3000
(a) 20,000 (d) 4000
(b) 30,000
(c) 3,000 64. Village health guide covers a population of: [RJ 2004]
(d) 5,000 (a) 1000
(b) 3000
55. An example of secondary health care level would be: (c) 5000
(a) Primary Health Center [MP 2007]

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(d) 10000
(b) Sub center
(c) Community health center 65. Primary health care includes all, except: [RJ 2006]
(d) Aped health institutions (a) Treatment is done by a docter
(b) Equitable distribution
56. Which of the following is not a function of primary
health center in India?
(c) Intersectorial coordination
[MP 2008]
(d) Appropriate technology
(a) Medical Care
(b) Safe water supply 66. Population covered by a PHC in hilly region is:
(c) Collection of vital statistics (a) 20000  [RJ 2006]
(d) Supplementary functioning of under six children (b) 30000
57. Recommended numbers of population for primary (c) 40000
Health Centres for a tribal area is: [MH 2002] (d) 25000
(a) 50,000
(b) 30,000 HEALTH PLANNING
(c) 20,000
(d) 10,000 67. Which of the following is a set point framed for
58. Recommended number of populations for primary long term plans but is yet something that cannot be
quantified or measured?
health centers & subcenters for tribal area is: [AIPGME 2009]
(a) 30,000 & 5000 respectively [MH 2003] (a) Target
(b) 20,000 & 3000 respectively (b) Goal
(c) 30,000 & 3000 respectively (c) Objective
(d) 20,000 & 5000 respectively (d) Mission
59. Panchayati Raj includes the following Except: 68. The National Population Policy of India has set the
(a) Gram Panchayat [MH 2007] following goals except: [AIPGME 04]
(b) Gram Sabha (a) To bring down total fertility rate (TFR) to replacement
(c) Nyaya Panchayat levels by 2015
(d) Nyaya sabha (b) To reduce the infant mortality rate to 30 per 1000 live
60. Anganwadi worker demonstrating preparation of home births
(c) To reduce the maternal mortality rate to 100 per
made ORS to the mothers of under five children, is an
example of? [MH 2008] 100,000 live births
(a) Intersectoral coordination (d) 100 percent registration of births, deaths, marriages
(b) Community participation and pregnancies
(c)
(d)
Appropriate technology
All of the above
69. “3-Million Plan” was proposed by: [AIPGME 1991]
(a) Kartar Singh Committee
61. All are grass root level worker except: [RJ 2001] (b) Mudaliar Committee
(c) Srivastava Committee
(a) Anganwadi worker
(b) Village health assistant (d) Bhore Committee

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70. Under the National Population Policy 2000, it is aimed 77. Planning Cycle has got several steps: [AIPGME 1993]
to reduce the maternal mortality ratio to below: Monitoring & evaluation – a
(a) 100 per 100,000 live births [MP 2007] Programming & implementation – b
(b) 200 per 100,000 live births Assessment of resources – c
(c) 50 per 100,000 live births Analysis of existing health situation – d
(d) 150 per 100,000 live births Logical sequence in planning cycle would be
71. All of the following goals under NHP 2002 have to be (a) a b c d


achieved by 2010 except: [AIIMS May 2004] (b) d c b a
(a) Reduce prevalence of blindness to 0.5% (c) d b c a
(b) Reduce IMR to 30/ 100 and MMR to 100/ Lakh (d) c d b a
(c) Increase utilization of Public health facilities from 78. A 3 year graduate MBBS programme was suggested by
<20% to >75% which committee? [AIIMS May 2013]
(d) Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (a) Sundar Committee
72. Recommendations of Bhore Committee include: (b) Srivastava Committee
(c) Expert Level Committee on Universal Health
(a) C onstitution of All India Health Service on the
pattern of IAS [AIIMS May 1995] Coverage
(b) Separate staff for Family Planning Programme (d) Krishnan Committee
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(c) C
reation of “Bands of para-professionals & semi-
professional health workers”
79. Planning cycle includes: [Recent Question 2013]
(a) Analysis of situation
(d) Major changes in Medical education to prepare (b) Evaluation
“Social Physicians” (c) Resource assessment
73. Multi-purpose worker scheme in India was intro­duced (d) All
following the recommendation of: [AIPGME 2004] 80. Concept of multipurpose workers was given by:
(a) Srivastava Committee
(a) Mudaliar committee
[Recent Question 2012]
[DNB 2008]
(b) Bhore Committee [Recent Question 2014]
(b) Srivastava committee
(c) Kartar Singh Committee
(c) Kartar singh committee
(d) Mudaliar Committee
(d) Mukherjee committee
74. Under NHP 2002, all of the following are correctly 81. Set of statement for monitoring Progress towards goal
matched except: [AIPGME 2007]
is referred as:
(a) chieve zero level growth of HIV/AIDS – 2010
A
(a) Target [DNB December 2011] [DNB December 2010]
(b) Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis – 2015
(b) Objective
(c) R
educe IMR to 30/100 and MMR to 100/ Lakh – 2010
(c) Programme
(d) Increase health sector spending from 5.5% to 7% of
the budget – 2005 (d) Procedure

75. Match the following names of health committees in 82. Bajaj committee, true is: [Recent Question 2013]
India: [AIPGME 1991] (a) Constituted in 1946
A – Bhore Committee (b) Recommends formation of PHC
B – Mudaliar Committee (c) Recommends health manpower policy
C – Jungalwallah Committee (d) None
D – Kartar Singh Committee 83. Integration of health services was first proposed by:
I – Health Survey & Development Committee (a) Bhore committee [DNB June 2009]
II – Committee on MPWs under Health & Family (b) Jungallwalla commitee

Planning (c) Mudaliar commitee
III – Committee on Integration of Health Services (d) Srivastava committee
IV – Health Survey & Planning Committee
(a) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV 84. Bajaj committee in 1986 proposed: [DNB December 2010]
(b) A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II (a) Multipurpose health worker
(c) A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II (b) Manpower and planning
(d) A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III (c) Rural health service
(d) Integrated health services
76. A group on Medical Education & Support Man­power 85. Rural health scheme introduced by:
was popularly known as:  [AIIMS Sep 1996] [DNB June 2011]
(a) Kartar Singh Committee (a) Bhore committee
(b) Mudaliar Committee (b) Mukherjee commitee
(c) Srivastava Committee (c) Shrivastava committee
(d) Bhore Committee (d) Mudaliar committee
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86. Universal Health Coverage of India was recently ap- 95. 3medicine
month training of doctors in social and preventive
was suggested by:
proved by which health committee? [AIIMS May 2014] [MP 2004]
(a) Medical education health group (a) Bhore committee
(b) MPW in health and family planning (b) Mudliar committee
(c) High level expert group (c) Shrivastava committee
(d) Kartar Singh committee
(d) Health survey and development committee
87. Which article of Indian Constitution confers ‘Right to 96. Which of the following health committee recom­
mended a medical and health education commission
life’ to citizens of India? [Recent Question 2014]
for reform in health and medical education on the times
(a) Article 11 of University Grants Commission? [MP 2008]
(b) Article 21 (a) Shrivastav Committee
(c) Article 23 (b) Mukerji Committee
(d) Article 25 (c) Chadah Committee
(d) Kartar Singh Committee
Review Question 97. Who among the following is Chairman of Central
Council for Health? [MH 2003]
88. Concept of multipurpose workers was given by: (a) Prime minister
(a) Mudaliar committee [DNB 2008] (b) Secretary of health

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(b) Srivastava committee (c) Union health minister
(c) Kartar Singh committee (d) Director General of Health Sciences
(d) Mukherjee committee 98. PHC was introduced as result of report: [RJ 2006]
89. All are included in health sector policy in India (a) Bhore committee
except: [UP 2000] (b) Kartar Singh committee
(c) Mudaliar committee
(a) Nutritional supplements
(b) Medical education (d) Shrivastav committee
(c) Family welfare programme 99. Multipurpose worker scheme in India was intro­duced
(d) Control of communicable disease following the recomendation of: [RJ 2006]
(a) Shrivastav Committee
90. 3 month’s training in preventive and social medicine (b) Kartar Singh Committee
during internship is recommended by: [UP 2005]
(c) Mudaliar Committee
(a) Bhore committee
(d) Shrivastav Committee
(b) Chadah committee
(c) Mudaliar committee 100. Correct sequence of cycle is: [RJ 2007]
(d) Mukerji - committee (a) Planning, Evaluation, Object, Goal
(b) Planning, Object, Goal, Evaluation
91. Health Survey & Development Committee is given by: (c) Planning, Object, Evaluation, Goal
(a) Mudaliar [AP 2002] (d) Planning, Goal, Evaluation, Object
(b) Bhore
(c) Srivasthava
101. Chadah committees recommended all except: [RJ 2007]
(a) PHC at the block level
(d) Mukharji
(b) Concept of multipurpose worker
92. Not used in health care planning: [AP 2008] (c) One basic health worker per 10,000 populations
(d) The family planning Health assistants were to
(a) Increasing demands for resources
(b) To match with limited resources supervise 3 to 4 of this basic health worker
(c) To plan best course of action
(d) To decrease wastage HEALTH MANAGEMENT
93. Each subcenter should be staffed by one male and one 102. Most comprehensive indicator of Cost Effectiveness
female health worker. It was recommended by:
(a) Bhore committee [MP 2001] Analysis is: [AIIMS Dec 1997]
(a) No. of life years gained
(b) Mudaliar committee
(b) No. of heart attacks avoided
(c) Chaddah committee
(c) QALYs gained
(d) Kartar Singh committee (d) Cost per life year gained
94. Recommendation of the Krishnan committee was for: 103. Time taken for any project is estimated by:
(a) Local dai
(b) Village health guides
[MP 2003] (a) Work sampling [AIIMS Nov 2005]
(b) Input-output analysis
(c) Integration of PHCs (c) Network analysis
(d) Abolition of private practise (d) Systems analysis
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