The common cold is mostly caused by Rhinoviruses. Which of the following treatments will provide the best cure for this infectious agent?
Important Questions on Human Health and Disease
Study the following and pick up the correct combination.
A) AIDS
B) Mad cow disease
C) Cholera
D) SARS
E) Dengue
F) TB
Identify correct combinations.
| Primary Host | Secondary Host | Parasite | |
| A | Man | Culex | Wucheraria |
| B | Man | Anopheles | Plasmodium |
| C | Man | Musca | Entamoeba |
| D | Man | Absent | Ascaris |
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (a) | Cytozoic parasite | (i) | Lives within the cavities of the host body |
| (b) | Coelozoic parasite | (ii) | Lives between the cells of the tissue and organs of the host |
| (c) | Histozoic parasite | (iii) | Lives within the host cells |
| (d) | Hyper parasite | (iv) | A parasite lives in/on the body of another parasite |
The correct answer is:
Arrange them in correct sequence.
Amoeboid stage
Trophozoite
Schizont
Signet ring stage
Erythrocytic merozoites
Assertion : Entamoeba histolytica is a monogenetic parasite.
Reason : It is infected by contaminated food.
Match the following columns and select the correct option:-
| Column | Column | ||
| (i) | Typhoid | (a) | Haemophilus influenzae |
| (ii) | Malaria | (b) | Wuchereria bancrofti |
| (iii) | Pneumonia | (c) | Plasmodium vivax |
| (iv) | Filariasis | (d) | Salmonella typhi |
1) The trophozoites multiply by binary fission and produce cysts and both stages are passed in the faeces.
2) Trophozoites migrate to the large intestine.
3) Excystation occurs in the small intestine and trophozoites are released.
4) Infection by Entamoeba histolytica occurs by ingestion of mature cysts in fecally contaminated food, water, or hands.
Match the following
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Fasciola hepatica | (I) | Castration |
| (B) | Plasmodium vivax | (II) | Kala azar |
| (C) | Sacculina | (III) | Hyperplasia |
| (D) | Leishmania donovoni | (IV) | Neoplasia |
| (V) | Hypertrophy |
Identify the sequence of stages in the Golgi cycle of Plasmodium vivax.
a) Schizont
b) Amoeboid
c) Trophozoite
d) Signet-ring
Assertion Sometimes relapse of malaria may take place even after treatment.
Reason Activation of hypnozoites.
Match List with List.
| List | List | ||
| (a) | Filariasis | (i) | Haemophilus influenzae |
| (b) | Amoebiasis | (ii) | Trichophyton |
| (c) | Pneumonia | (iii) | Wuchereria bancrofti |
| (d) | Ringworm | (iv) | Entamoeba histolytica |
Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Typhoid | (i) | Wuchereria |
| (b) | Pneumonia | (ii) | Plasmodium |
| (c) | Filariasis | (iii) | Salmonella |
| (d) | Malaria | (iv) | Haemophilus |
