Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Genital Herpes, Chlamydiasis, Genital Warts, Trichomoniasis, Hepatitis-B, Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases, Reproductive Tract Infection, AIDS, Gonorrhoea, Complications of STIs, etc.
Important Questions on Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Pick up the mismatched pair.

Statement : virus has single strand as a genetic material
Reason : Reverse transcriptase enzyme makes viral in the host cell
Which of the following is true?

Filariasis : Wuchereria bancrofti :: Syphilis : ______ .

In gonorrhoea, incubation period is about days in females.

In gonorrhoea, incubation period is about days in males.

Gonorrhoea is caused by a

In syphilis, incubation period is about weeks.


The major venereal diseases are

From the sexually transmitted diseases mentioned below, identify the one which does not specifically affect the sex organs.

Identify the correct statement regarding Hepatitis B from the following:

Which of the following measures are to be taken to avoid the transmission of STDs?
(i) Avoid sex with multiple partners.
(ii) Always have unprotected sex.
(iii) Use condoms during coitus.
(iv) Avoid sex with unknown partners.
(v) Avoid sharing needles.

What is correct about Syphilis?

What of the following describes the hepatitis D virus genome?

An example of non-curable STD is

Match Column I with Column II and select the correct option.
Column I | Column II | ||
AIDS | Yersinia pestis | ||
Syphilis | Hepatitis virus | ||
Viral jaundice | HIV | ||
Gonorrhea | Treponema | ||
Neisseria |

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

Incubation period of Treponema Pallidum is about:

Match the disease given in Column I with the principal causal organism in Column II and choose the correct combination.
Column I | Column II |
Syphilis | Neisseria sp. |
Viral hepatitis | Treponema sp. |
Gonorrhoea |
