HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE

NEET CHAPTER TEST

M.M. - 180
1. The term 'Health' is defined in many ways. The most accurate definition of the health would be:
a. Health is the state of body and mind in a balanced condition
b. Health is the reflection of a smiling face
c. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
d. Health is the symbol of economic prosperity.
2. The organisms which cause diseases in plants and animals are called:
a. Pathogens
b. Vectors
c. Insects
d. Worms
3. The clinical test that is used for diagnosis of typhoid is:
a. ELISA
b. ESR
c. PCR
d. Widal
4. Diseases are broadly grouped into infectious and non-infectious diseases.
In the list given below, identify the infectious diseases.
i. Cancer
ii. Influenza
iii. Allergy
iv. Small pox
(a) i and ii (b) ii and iii (c) iii and iv (d)ii and iv
5. The sporozoites that cause infection when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are formed in:
a. liver of the person
b. RBCs of mosquito
c. salivary glands of mosquito
d. gut of mosquito
6. The disease chikunguniya is transmitted by:
a. house fly
b. Aedes mosquito
c. cockroach
d. female Anopheles
7. Many diseases can be diagnosed by observing the symptoms in the patient. Which group of symptoms are
indicative of pneumonia?
a. Difficulty in respiration, fever, chills, cough, headache
b. Constipation, abdominal pain, cramps, blood clots
c. Nasal congestion and discharge, cough, constipation, headache
d. High fever, weakness, stomach pain, loss of appetite and constipation
8. Cancer causing genes are called:
a. structural genes
b. expressor genes
c. oncogenes
d. regulatory genes
9. In malignant tumors, the cells proliferate, grow rapidly and move to other parts of the body to form new
tumors. This stage of disease is called:
a. metagenesis
b. metastasis
c. teratogenesis
d. mitosis
10. When an apparently healthy person is diagnosed as unhealthy by a psychiatrist, the reason could be that:
a. the patient was not efficient at his work
b. the patient was not economically prosperous
c. the patient shows behavioural and social maladjustment
d. he does not take interest in sports
11. Which of the following are the reason(s) for Rheumatoid arthritis? Choose the correct option.
i. The ability to differentiate pathogens or foreign molecules from self cells increases.
ii. Body attacks self cells
iii. More antibodies are produced in the body
iv. The ability to differentiate pathogens or foreign molecules from self cells is lost
(a) i and ii (b) ii and iv (c) iii and iv (d) i and iii
12. AIDS is caused by HIV. Among the following, which one is not a mode of transmission of HIV?
a. Transfusion of contaminated blood
b. Sharing the infected needles
c. Shaking hands with infected persons
d. Sexual contact with infected persons
13. 'Smack' is a drug obtained from the:
a. latex of Papaver somniferum
b. leaves of Cannabis sativa
c. flowers of Dhatura
d. fruits of Erythroxyl coca
14. The substance produced by a cell in viral infection that can protect other cells from further infection is:
a. serotonin
b. colostrum
c. interferon
d. histamine
15. Transplantation of tissues/organs to save certain patients often fails due to rejection of such
tissues/organs by the patient. Which type of immune response is responsible for such rejections?
a. auto-immune response
b. humoral immune response
c. physiological immune response
d. cell-mediated immune response
16. Antibodies present in colostrum which protect the new born from certain diseases is of
a. Ig G type
b. Ig A type
c. Ig D type
d. Ig E type
17. Tobacco consumption is known to stimulate secretion of adrenaline and nor-adrenaline. The component
causing this could be:
a. Nicotine
b. Tannic acid
c. Curamin
d. Catechin
18. Antivenom against snake poison contains:
a. Antigens
b. Antigen-antibody complexes
c. Antibodies
d. Enzymes
19. Which of the following is not a lymphoid tissue?
a. Spleen
b. Tonsils
c. Pancreas
d. Thymus
20. Which of the following glands is large sized at birth but reduces in size with ageing?
a. Pineal
b. Pituitary
c. Thymus
d. Thyroid
21. Haemozoin is a:
a. precursor of hemoglobin
b. toxin released from Streptococcus infected cells
c. toxin released from Plasmodium infected cells
d. toxin released from Haemophilus infected cells
22. Which of the following is not the causal organism for ringworm?
a. Microsporum
b. Trichophyton
c. Epidermophyton
d. Macrosporum
23. A person with sickle cell anemia is
a. more prone to malaria
b. more prone to typhoid
c. less prone to malaria
d. less prone to typhoid
24. If you suspect major deficiency of antibodies in a person, to which of the following would you look for
confirmatory evidence?
A. Serum globulins
B. Fibrinogen in plasma
C. Serum albumin
D. haemocytes
25. Anti-venom injections contain preformed antibodies while polio drops that are administered into the
body contain
A. Attenuated pathogens
B. Activated pathogens
C. Gamma globulin
D. Harvested antibodies
26. Asthma may be attributed to
A. Inflammation of the trachea
B. Accumulation of fluid in lungs
C. Bacterial infection of lungs
D. Allergic reaction of the mast cells in the lungs
27. The active form of Entamoeba histolytica feed upon
A. Only blood
B. Erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon
C. Mucosa and submucosa of colon only
D. Food in intestine
28. Benign tumour is the one which
(a) differentiated and capsulated
(b) shows metastasis
(c) differentiated and non capsulated
(d) undifferentiated and non capsulated
29. 6. Globulins of the blood plasma are responsible for
(a) defence mechanisms
(b) blood clotting
(c) oxygen transport
(d) osmotic balance
30. 8. Interferons curb infection of
(a) cancer
(b) bacteria
(c) fungi
(d) none of the above
31. Consumption of this causes increase in raise blood pressure and heart rate.
(a) smoking and tobacco
(b) alcohol
(c) tobacco
(d) drug addiction
32. The Plasmodium reproduces in the human liver by _______ and in human blood by ______.
A. Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction
B. Asexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction
C. Spore formation, Sexual reproduction
D. Sexual reproduction, Asexual reproduction
33. Symptoms like internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anaemia, and blockage of intestinal passage
occur in which of the following disease?
A. Typhoid B. Ascariasis
C. Malaria D. Pneumonia
34. Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?
A Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles mosquito
B Red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria
C Spleen of infected humans
D Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
35. This is a consequence of alcohol addiction
(a) psychosis, hypertension and fatty liver syndrome
(b) cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and fatty liver syndrome
(c) ulcers, all types of mental illness, vitamin deficiency, cardiovascular diseases
(d) all of these
36. Damage to thymus in a child would lead to:
A Loss of cell-mediated immunity
B Loss of antibody mediated immunity
C A reduction in stem cell production
D Reduction in haemoglobin content of blood
37. The chemical shown below gives __________

A. Hallucination effect B. Stimulation effect

C. Depression effect D. Analgesic effect
38. Except skin, other physical barriers which also helps to prevent the entry of the microorganism are
I. mucus coating of the epithelium lining the respiratory.
II. Gastrointestinal tracts.
III. Urogenital tracts.
Choose the correct option.
A. I and II B. I and III
C. II and III D. I, II and III
39. At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS?
A When the infecting retrovirus enters host cell
B When HIV replicates rapidly in helper T-lymphocytes and damages larger number of this
C When viral DNA is produced by reverse transcription
D Within 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person
40. Allergy is the hypersensitiveness of a person to some foreign substance coming in contact with the body
is due to
A. Release of chemicals like heparin.
B. Anti-histamines and steroids.
C. Release of chemicals like histamine from macrophages
D. Release of chemicals like histamine and serotonin from mast cells.
41. Which of the following immunoglobulins does constitute the largest percentage in human milk?
(a) IgG (b) IgD
(c) IgM (d) IgA
42. Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to
(a) Innate immune response
(b) Humoral immune response
(c) Cell-mediated immune response
(d) Passive immune response
43. HIV that causes AIDS, first starts destroying
(a) Leucocytes
(b) Helper T- Lymphocytes
(c) Thrombocytes
(d) B- Lymphocytes
44. The active from of Entamoeba histolytica feeds upon:
(a) mucosa and submucosa of colon only
(b) food in intestine
(c) blood only
(d) erythrocytes; mucosa and submucosa of colon
45. Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of
(a) Tobacco (Chewing) (b) Cocaine
(c) Opium (d) Alcohol