25 Important MCQs

Unit -III
(With Solutions)
Social and Preventive Pharmacy
BP 802T
By
Dr. Mahendra Pratap Singh
Assoc. Prof. & Vice Principal
Krishnarpit Institute of Pharmacy
Prayagraj, India
Question.1:- When was HIV first
recognized in the U.S.?
a) 1970
b) 1975
c) 1981
d) 1986
Answer c) 1981
Explanation:- Around this time, doctors in Los
Angeles and New York were reporting rare cases of
pneumonia, cancer, and other illnesses among
male patients who had sex with other men.
Question.2:- Which of these is a
symptom of HIV infection?
a) Swollen lymph nodes
b) Fever
c) Tiredness
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
These are symptoms of HIV, but a blood test is the only
way to know for sure if you have HIV infection.
Question.3:- World AIDS Day was obsen'ed
on which day?
a) 30th November
b) 2nd December
c) 1st December
d) 3rd December

Answer: c) 1st December

 Question.4:- Consider the following statements:
(a) In 1986 first case of AIDS was detected in India
(b) In 1992 lndia’s first National AIDS Control Program (1992-
1999) was launched. Also National AIDS Control Organization
(NACO) was constituted to implement the Program.
(c) A National Council on AIDS chaired by the Prime Minister
(d) Currently NACO is working on special software to link
Aadhar cards of AIDS patients‘
Whtch of the above statements are true?
a) 1,3,4 c) 1,4
b) 2,3,4 d) All

Answer: d) All
Question.5:- which body is responsible for
forurulating policy and implementing Programs
for the prevention and control of HfV in India?
a) AIMS
b) IIM
c) IIT
d) NACO

Answer: d) NACO
Question.6:- On which date the World Health
Organization recognized to celebrate the World
Tuberculosis Day?
a) 24 March
b) 24 April
c) 7 April
d) 14 November
Answer: a) 24 March
Question.7:- world Health organisation
recommended a control strategy for TB known as:
a) DOTS
b) Gene therapy
c) Morphine
d) MCT

Answer: a) DOTS
Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course
Question.8:- NLEP was launched in
a) 1983
b) 1980
c) 1990
d) 1985

Answer: a) 1983
National Leprosy Eradication Programme
Question.9:- Integrated Disease Surveillance
Project (IDSP) was launched in

a) March 2004
b) November 2004
c) March 2010
d) November 2000

Answer: b) November 2004 by Hon'ble

Union Minister of Health & Family
Welfare
 Question.10:- Full fomr of DPMR
a) Disability Prevention & Medical Research
b) Direction Prevention & Medical Rehabilitation
c) Disability Prevention & Medical Rehabilitation
d) None of above

Answer: c) Disability Prevention & Medical

Rehabilitation
 Question.11:- National TB Control
program started in _______
a) 1960
b) 1962
c) 1964
d) 1966

Answer: b) 1962
 Question.12:- The indicator is to decrease the visible
disabilities to less than 1 per 10, 00, m0 population in the
community in NLEP is by
a) 2030
b) 2025
c) 2020
d) 2015

Answer: c) 2020
Question.13:- National Mental Health
Program (NMHP) was launched in
a) 1980
b) 1982
c) 1985
d) 1990

Answer: b) August 1982

Question.14:- In which year the manpower
development programme (scheme-A & B) became
part National Mental Health Program (NMHP):
a) 2009
b) 2010
c) 2013
d) 2015

Answer: a) 2009
 Question.15:- WHO on________ removed India from the
list of countries with active endemic wild polio virus
transmission
a) 24th February 2012
b) 20th February 2012
c) 10th February 2012
d) 15th February 2012

Answer: a) 24th February 2012

The last polio case in the country was reported from Howrah
district of West Bengal with date of onset 13th January 2011. WHO
on 24th February 2012 removed India from the list of countries
with active endemic wild polio virus transmission.
Question.16:- The last polio case in the country was
reported from

a) Gujarat
b) Delhi
c) Orissa
d) West Bengal

Answer: d) West Bengal

The last polio case in the country was reported from Howrah
district of West Bengal with date of onset 13th January 2011. WHO
on 24th February 2012 removed India from the list of countries
with active endemic wild polio virus transmission.
Question.17:- Eye donation fortnight is observed on-

a) 25 Aug to 8 Sep
b) 28 Aug to 8 Sep
c) 22 Aug to 1 Sep
d) None

Answer: a) 25 Aug to 8 Sep

The National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed every
year from 25thAugust to 8th September. It is a campaign
which aims to create mass public awareness about the
importance of eye donation
Question.18:- Under programme NPCB Vision 2020
is
a) “THE RIGHT TO SIGHT”
b) “THE OUTH TO SIGHT”
c) Both
d) None

Answer: a) “THE RIGHT TO SIGHT”

Question.19:- Vaccines under UIP
a) BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin)
b) DPT (Diphtheria, pertussis and Tetanus Toxoid)
c) OPV (Oral polio)
d) Above all

Answer: d) Above all

Question.20:- Measles Rubella (MR) vaccine was
introduced

a) 1989 c) 2005
b) 2017 d) 2018

Answer: b) 2017
Question.21:- Mission Indradhanush was launched
in

a) 2010 c) 2014
b) 2012 d) 2016

Answer: b) 2014
Question.22:- National programme for prevention
and control of deafness (NPPCD) was launched in
a) 2005
b) 2007
c) 2010
d) 2015

Answer: b) 2007
Question.23:- 24x7 call center receive disease alerts all
across the country on a toll free telephone number is-

a) 1075
b) 1096
c) 1086
d) 108

Answer: a) 1075
Question.24:- NHM stands for

a) National Health Mission

b) National Higher Mission
c) National Highest Mission
d) None of these

Answer: a) National Health Mission

Question.25:- TB elimination has been integrated into the
four strategic pillars of "Detect - Treat - prevent - Build"
(DTPB)

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True