Diseases Everyday Science MCQs - 2




1. Tumour enclosed in a capsule is


(a) Malignant


(b) Benign ✓


(c) Metastasis


(d) Basophils





2. AIDS causing HIV principally infects


(a) All lymphocytes


(b) Activator B-cells


(c) T4 lymphocytes ✓


(d) Cytotoxic T-cells





3. After entering a T-cell, HIV first forms


(a) mRNA


(b) ssDNA ✓


(c) dsDNA


(d) dsRNA





4. Which of the followings is a structural changes in cancer cells?


(a) Apoplasia ✓


(b) Metastasis


(c) Both (a) and (b)


(d) Neithr (a) nor (b)





5. Iodine deficiency causes ______ disease.


(a) Goiter ✓


(b) Kwashiorkar


(c) Scurvy


(d) Anaemia





6. The branch which deals with the study of defense mechanism against diseases is called


(a) parasitology


(b) epidemiology


(c) immunology ✓


(d) physiology





7. Disease existing at or before birth is


(a) Congenital ✓


(b) Communicable


(c) Noncommunicable


(d) none of these





8. Osteomalacia is due to deficiency of


(a) Vitamin D ✓


(b) Vitamin K


(c) Vitamin A


(d) Vitamin E





9. A bacterial disease is


(a) Leprosy ✓


(b) Polio


(c) Chicken pox


(d) Influenza





10. AIDS is caused by (B.H.U.)


(a) Fungus


(b) Virus ✓


(c) Bacterium


(d) Helminth