TRUE / FALSE

Question 11 Mark

AIDS is caused by a fungus.

Answer

False.
AIDS is caused by HIV virus.

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Question 21 Mark

The disease filariasis is caused by the bite of the female anopheles mosquito.

Answer

False
The disease filariasis is caused by the filarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti.

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Question 31 Mark

Smallpox still occurs in India.

Answer

False
Smallpox has been eradicated from India.

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Question 41 Mark

Hay fever and asthma are allergies.

Answer

True

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Question 51 Mark

Goitre is endemic in sub-Himalayan regions of India.

Answer

True

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Question 61 Mark

Chicken pox and hepatitis are bacterial diseases.

Answer

False

Chicken pox and hepatitis are viral diseases.

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Question 71 Mark

AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient's clothes.

Answer

True

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Question 81 Mark

HIV is a serious disease, usually fatal.

Answer

True

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Question 91 Mark

AIDS is caused by a bacterium.

Answer

False.

AIDS is caused by a virus.

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Question 101 Mark

Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for malaria.

Answer

False.

Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabies.

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Question 111 Mark

BCG vaccine is used for chicken pox.

Answer

False

BCG vaccine is used for tuberculosis.

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Question 121 Mark

Malaria is caused by protozoan.

Answer

True

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Question 131 Mark

Filariasis is transmitted by the housefly.

Answer

False

Filariasis is transmitted by theCulex mosquito.

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