Diseases and its Causes
Diseases and its Causes: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Disease, Symptoms of Disease, Signs of Disease, Immediate Causes of Disease, Contributory Causes of Disease, Classification of Diseases, Acute Disease, Chronic Disease, Endemic Disease, Sporadic Disease, Pandemic Disease, Epidemic Disease, Congenital Diseases, Acquired Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Non-communicable Diseases, Infectious Agents, Degenerative Diseases, Deficiency Diseases, Allergies, Social Diseases, Modes of Transmission of Diseases, Direct Transmission of Diseases, Indirect Transmission of Diseases, Pathogenicity, Causes of Diseases, Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Peptic Ulcers, Bacterial Diseases, Typhoid, Anthrax, Acne, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Viral Diseases, Common Cold, SARS Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Smallpox Disease, Influenza, Dengue Fever, Japanese encephalitis, Protozoan Diseases, Malaria, Kala Azar, Sleeping Sickness, Skin Diseases Caused by Fungi, Helminthic Disease, Elephantiasis, Ascariasis, Airborne Diseases, Pneumonia, Waterborne Diseases, Cholera, Animal-borne Disease, Rabies, Syphilis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Vectors in Disease Transmission, Tissue-specific Manifestations, Organ-specific Manifestations, Jaundice, Inflammation, Principles of Treatment for a Disease, Principles of Disease Prevention, Immunity, Innate Immunity, First Line of Defence, Second Line of Defence, Phagocytes, Lymphatic System, Acquired Immunity, Antigen, Antibody, Active Immunity, Passive Immunity, Immunization through Vaccination, Antibiotics & Public Health etc.
Important Questions on Diseases and its Causes
Which is an example of chronic diseases?

The disease that affects our lungs is –

Source of penicillin antibiotic is

Causative agent of black fever is

Which of this following is not a bacterial disease?

The gene for the genetic disease “Haemophilia” is present on the ‘X’ chromosome. If a haemophilia male marries a normal female, what would be the probability of their son being haemophilic.

Cholera disease caused by which pathogen-

Which of the following disease is not caused by a virus?


BCG vaccine provide protection against

Which of the following disease is only due to external causes?

Which one of the following is not a bacterial disease?

The disease caused due to deficiency of iron in human diet is-



What kind of disease is arthritis?


Where was ‘cattle – Plague’ spread in 1890?

Match the contents of the columns I and II.
Column I | Column II |
(a) Vaccination | (i) Vector |
(b) Bed rest | (ii) Kala-azar |
(c) Mosquito | (iii) Jenner |
(d) Leishmania | (iv) Energy for healing |

Assertion : We should not allow mosquitoes to breed in our surroundings.
Reason : Mosquitoes are vectors for many diseases.
