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Question 511 Mark
Name the causal organism of measles and anthrax respectively.
Answer
Virus and bacterium respectively.
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Question 531 Mark
Name the disease the child will not suffer from if $BCG$ vaccine is given.
Answer
Tuberculosis will not happen if child is $BCG$ vaccinated against it.
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Question 541 Mark
Give reason: Infectious diseases are called communicable diseases.
Answer
Infectious diseases are caused by microbes. Microbes can spread in the community and thereby spread the disease. Infectious diseases are hence called communicable diseases.
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Question 551 Mark
Name the building blocks of living beings. What are they made of?
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Cells: The first characteristic of a living thing is that, they are made up of cells. A cell is the basic building block of all organisms. It is the smallest unit of organization in a living thing. They contain the organism's hereditary information $(DNA)$ and can make copies of themselves in a process called mitosis.
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Question 561 Mark
Name in which: Antibiotic has no role.
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The right answer is Malaria: In Malaria antibiotics have no role and show no resistance against disease.
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Question 581 Mark
Give one example acute and of chronic diseases.
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  1. Acute disease example: Asthma.
  2. Chronic disease example: Heart failure.
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Question 591 Mark
What is correct? Wearing socks and full sleeves at night will prevent the attack from dengue.
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Wearing socks and full sleeves at night will not prevent the attack from dengue as dengue spreads at day time. Dengue is caused by bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito which is active during day time only.
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Question 601 Mark
Give scientific name of vector of dengue.
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Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other diseases.
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Question 611 Mark
Give two examples of bacterial diseases.
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Tuberculosis $(T.B.)$ and Typhoid are examples of bacterial diseases.
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Question 621 Mark
Name in which: Mass scale immunization is going on in India.
Answer
The right answer is Polio: Mass immunization campaigns, known as National Immunization Days $(NIDs)$ is going on India.
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Question 631 Mark
Name in which: Kissing does not spread the disease while sexual transfer the same.
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The right answer is AIDS: Kissing does not spread the disease as saliva exchange does not transfer the virus. On the other hand sexual transfer leads to development of disease $AIDS.$
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Question 651 Mark
Name the target cells of Plasmodium (malaria pathogen).
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Red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) and liver cells are targeted by malarial pathogen.
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Question 661 Mark
In which do the following acute or chronic cases do you think the long term effects on your health are caused?
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Chronic Diseases as it takes a longer time to recover. For example, Diabetes It causes a long term effect on our health.
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Question 681 Mark
Give one example of each of diseases caused by bacteria and virus.
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Typhoid and polio respectively.
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Question 691 Mark
Name the chemical present in the stomach, which kills the microbes.
Answer
$HCL$ in stomach kills the microbes.
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Question 701 Mark
Who were awarded Nobel Prize for discovery of treatment for peptic ulcers?
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Barry Marshall and Robin Warren got Nobel prize for Physiology and Medicine, 2005 for discovery of treatment of peptic ulcers.
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Question 711 Mark
Name three factors which may be responsible for the disease.
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The three factors are the host, environment, and agents of disease.
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Question 721 Mark
Name the protozoans that cause:
  1. Sleeping sickness
  2. Kala-azar
Answer
  1. Typanosonas protozoan causes sleeping sickness.
  2. Leishmania causes Kala Azar.
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Question 731 Mark
Name the organism which causes typhoid.
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Typhoid fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. It is spread by contaminated food and water.
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Question 741 Mark
Name the causal organism and vector of malaria respectively.
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Plasmodium and female Anopheles mosquito respectively.
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Question 751 Mark
What is chronic disease?
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Chronic disease is a long duration slow developing, disabling disease that shows up in long time.
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Question 761 Mark
What conditions are essential for Sood health?
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The essential conditions of sound health is mental, physical and social well being.
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Question 771 Mark
How has $WHO$ defined health$?$
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"A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity that enables one to lead socially and economically productive life is defined as health."
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Question 781 Mark
Which organ is affected if a person is suffering from jaundice?
Answer
Liver is affected when a person is suffering from Jaundice.
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Question 801 Mark
The following disease are protozoan in origin$?$
Dengue, Malaria, Kala-azar and $HIV-AIDS.$
Answer
Dengue, Malaria, Kala-azar and $HIV-AIDS$ have protozoan in origin.
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Question 811 Mark
Name any one disease cause when the microbes target:
  1. Liver.
  2. Lungs.
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  1. When microbes targets liver it causes Jaundice.
  2. When microbes targets lungs it causes Pneumonia.
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Question 821 Mark
Name such a vaccine which saves the life of babies from three diseases.
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$D.P.T.$ is a vaccine which is three-in-one. Babies should be immunised within the first six weeks of birth. It is the part of vaccination program.
DPT: $D =$ Diphtheria, $P =$ Pertussis$($whooping cough$), T =$ Tetanus.
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Question 831 Mark
List two symptoms of any one of this disease.
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  1. Diphtheria: Fatigue and difficulty in swallowing.
  2. Tetanus: Fever and suffocation.
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Question 841 Mark
Name two domestic animals which transmit rabies to human beings.
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Rabid dogs and cats transmit rabies to human beings.
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Question 871 Mark
Name the causal organism of diarrhea.
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Bacteria such as Salmonella and Shigella are causal organism of diarrhea.
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Question 881 Mark
What are non-infectious diseases?
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Noninfectious diseases are the ones which are produced by the factors other than living organisms and are incapable of spreading from one person to another. like high blood pressure.
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Question 891 Mark
Name the microbes against which antibiotics are nearly ineffective.
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In case of viruses, antibiotics are nearly ineffective.
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Question 901 Mark
Suggest any two ways to prevent being infected by protozoa.
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There are two ways to prevent being infected by Protozoa. They are: We should avoid contaminated:
  1. Food.
  2. Water.
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Question 921 Mark
What are acquired disease?
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Acquired diseases are those diseases which one individual picks up after birth. like Jaundice.
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Question 931 Mark
Define infectious disease?
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Infectious diseases are diseases that are caused by pathogens and are capable of spreading from a diseased person to a healthy person. examples are flu and influenza.
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Question 941 Mark
Name two diseases spread by mosquitoes.
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Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, filariasis, tularemia.
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Question 951 Mark
Explain giving reasons: Our surrounding area should be free of stagnant water.
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Mosquito breed their eggs in stagnant water. To keep our surrounding free from mosquito stagnant water should not be present. Controlling the population of mosquitoes is important to prevent diseases like malaria, dengue, chickenguniya etc.
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Question 961 Mark
What is the basic principle of immunisation?
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Immunization: Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body's own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease.
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Question 971 Mark
Give reason: Majority of children in many parts of India are already immuned to Hepatitis A.
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Majority of children in India are exposed to Hepatitis A virus through water and thereby the body develops immunity against the virus.
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