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Human Health and Disease · Question 45

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1

Which of the following diseases is caused by a protozoan?

  1. Influenza
  2. Babesiosis
  3. Blastomycosis
  4. Syphilis

Answer

(2) Babesiosis

Solution

Influenza is caused by a virus (influenza virus).

Babesiosis is caused by the protozoan Babesia (a sporozoan that infects red blood cells, spread by ticks).

Blastomycosis is caused by a fungus ( Blastomyces).

Syphilis is caused by a bacterium ( Treponema pallidum).

∴ Babesiosis is the protozoan disease.

Answer: (2)

AIPMT 2015

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2

Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to -

  1. Humoral immune response
  2. Cell-mediated immune response
  3. Passive immune response
  4. Innate immune response
AIPMT 2015
3

Match each disease with its correct type of vaccine

  1. A - (i), B - (ii), C - (iv), D - (iii)
  2. A - (iv), B - (iii), C - (ii), D - (i)
  3. A - (ii), B - (i), C - (iii), D - (iv)
  4. A - (iii), B - (ii), C - (iv), D - (i)
AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)
4

The active form of Entamoeba histolytica feeds upon

  1. food in intestine
  2. mucosa and submucosa of colon only
  3. blood only
  4. erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon
AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)
5

HIV that causes AIDS, first starts destroying

  1. thrombocytes
  2. leucocytes
  3. helper T-lymphocytes
  4. B-lymphocytes
AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)
6

Which is the particular type of drug that is obtained from the plant whose one flowering branch is shown below? [Figure]

  1. Hallucinogen
  2. Stimulant
  3. Depressant
  4. Pain-killer
AIPMT 2014
7

At which stage of HIV infection does one usually show symptoms of AIDS ?

  1. Within 15 days of sexual contact with an infected person.
  2. When the infected retro virus enters host cells.
  3. When HIV damages large number of helper T-Lymphocytes.
  4. When the viral DNA is produced by reverse transcriptase.
AIPMT 2014
8

Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by :

  1. Tsetse fly
  2. mosquito bite
  3. drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris
  4. eating imperfectly cooked pork
NEET 2013
9

Identify the site where Wuchereria bancrofti is normally found on human body :

  1. Blood vessels of the thigh region
  2. Lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs
  3. Muscles of the legs
  4. Skin between the fingers
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
10

Which one of the following is a hallucinogenic drug?

  1. Morphine
  2. Opium
  3. Caffeine
  4. Lysergic acid diethylamide
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
11

Identify the molecules (a) and (b) shown below and select the right option giving their source and use. [figure]

  1. Molecule (b) Heroin, Source Cannabis sativa, Use Depressant and slows down body functions
  2. Molecule (a) Morphine, Source Papaver somniferum, Use Sedative and pain killer
  3. Molecule (a) Cocaine, Source Erythroxylum coca, Use Accelerates the transport of dopamine
  4. Molecule (b) Cannabinoid, Source Atropa belladonna, Use Produces hallucinations
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)

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