In health for all resolution, the immunization against six common diseases is to be provided by (A)1985 (B)1990 (C)1995 (D)2000

Best indicator of medical manpower is (A) Doctor population ratio (B) Population per subcentre (C)Doctro nurse ratio (D) Population bed ratio.

Data about prevalence and distributiohn of illness & state of health of a community at one point of time is given by (A) Longitudinal survey (B)Cross sectional survey (C)Descriptive survey (D) Analytical survey.

Daily requirement of vitamin A in a lactating mother is (A) 100 IU (B)200 IU (C) 400 IU (D) 750 IU

An 'Indian reference man' has a body surface area of (A) 1.4 sq metres (B)1.6 sq metres (C)2 sq metres (D) 2.4 sq metres.

Relative risk of developing a disease is indicated by (A) Relative among exposed/Incidence among non exposed (B) Incidence among exposed/Population at risk (C)Incidence among exposed - Indicence (D)Inccidence among exposed - Incidence amoung non exposed.

 Under NMCP the radical treatment for P. falciparum is (A) Chloroquine 600 mg single dose+ Primaquin 45 mg single dose (B) Chloroquine 600 mg single dose + Primaquin 45 mg daily for 5 days. (C) Primaquine 45 mg single dose + Pyrimethamine 50 mg single dose (D) Chloroquine 600 mg single dose + Pyrimethamine 25 mg single dose.

Incubation period of 'Plasmodium vivax' is (A) 5 days (B) 5-10 days (C)10-15 days (D) 15-20 days.

Which of the following is not a live attenuated vaccine (A) BCG (B)Measles (C) Polio (D) Peertussis.

Commonest cause of blindness in India is (A) Trachoma (B)Glaucoma (C) Cataract (D) Vitamin A deficiency.

Suboccipital, post auricular & posterior cervical lymphadenopathy is characteristic of (A)Chicken pox (B) Rubella (C)Measles (D) Cerebral malaria.

Infants are susceptible from birth to (A) Diphtheria (B) Measles (C) Pertussis (D) Poliomyelitis.

Eradication of small pox was possible for following reasons except (A) Availability of potent vaccine (B)Single injection gives life long immunity (C)Elimination of animal reservoir (D) Absence of subclinical cases.

Chemoprophylaxis for malaria in endemic areas (A) Starts on entry to endemic area & stopped immediately after leaving the area (B)Started 1 wk. Before entry and stopped 1 wk. After leaving (C)Started 1 wk. Before entry and stopped 6 wks. After leaving (D) Not needed because malaria can be treated when it develops.

Most effective in a sanitation barrier is (A) Segregation of faeces & its proper disposal (B)Protection of water supplies (C) Protection of foods (D) Control of flies.

Acceptable level of dissolved O2 in drinking water is (A) 1 mg/lit. (B)2 mg/lit. (C)3 mg./lit. (D) More than 5 mg/lit.

In UIP, immunization is to be completed by age of (A) 1 year (B) 2 years (C) 3 years (D) 5 years

In freshly made 'bleaching powder' the available chlorine is (A) 33% (B) 25% (C) 20% (D)13%

Best index of MCH services in a community is (A) Infant mortality rate (B)Maternal mortality rate (C)Mortality below 5 yrs of age (D) Perinatal mortality rate.

Transmission of 'filarial parasite' in culex mosquito is a type of (A) Mechanical transmission (B)Propagative transmission (C)Cyclopropagative transmission (D) Cyclodevelopmental transmission.

All are 'contact poisons' except (A)Pyrethrum (B)Dieldrin (C)DDT (D) Sodium fluoride.

The following diseases have a bimodal distribution except (A) Breast cancer in females (B)Cervix cancer (C)Osteogenic sarcoma (D) Hodgkin's lymphoma.

'Bagassosis' is caused by occupational exposure to (A) Sugar cane (B) Cotton fibre (C)Mouldy hay (D) Asbestos.

Total natural radiation per year is (A) 0.01 rad (B)0.1 rad (C) 0.5 rad (D) 1 rad.

Active immunity with subclinical cases occurs in (A) Rubella (B) Measles (C) Chicken pox (D) Diphtheria.

In infectious disease hospitals the space between bed centres is (A) 5 feet (B)8 feet (C) 10 feet (D) 12 feet.

Diluent for reconstituting BCG vaccine is (A)Normal saline (B)Distilled water (C) Dextrose-saline (D) 10% alcohol.

All statements are true regarding oral polio vaccine except (A) Easy to administer (B)Produces both humoral and intestinal immunity (C)Antibody response is quick (D) Not efficacious in combating epidemics of polio

Oral polio vaccine is stabilized by (A) Formaline (B) MgCl2 (C) Phenol (D) Ca gluconate.

Following are features of cholera due to eltor biotype except (A) Leads to milder infection (B)Chronic carrier state more common (C) More resistant than classical vibrios (D) More secondary cases in affected families.

Cold stage of malaria lasts for (A) 15 mins. -1 hr. (B) 1-2 hrs. (C)2-4 hrs. (D) 4-6 hrs.

Under revised strategy mass drug administration is recommended in areas with API more than (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

Commonest cancer among females is (A) Breast (B) Cervix (C) Lung (D) Oesophagus.

Type II Urban Family Welfare Centre is established for population size (A) 10,000 to 25,000 (B) 25,000 to 50,000 (C) 50,000 to 1 lac (D) More than 1 lac.

Dilution of cow's milk used in a baby aged 6-12 months is (A) No dilution of needed (B)Two parts milk + one part water (C)One part milk + one part water (D) Three parts milk + one part water.

Most satisfactory method of collecting data is (A)Oral questionnaires (B)Postal questionnaires (C)Results of experiments. (D) First hand reports.

Milk borne disease is (A) Q fever (B) Yaws (C) Pitna (D) Amoebiasis.

Permanent loss of hearing occurs with continuous exposure to noise of (A) 60 dB (B)80 dB (C) 100 dB (D) 120 dB

Leading cause of maternal mortality is (A) Infection (B)Malnutrition (C) Toxemia of pregnancy (D) High parity.

The following category of personnel were trained to become health assistant except (A) Sanitary inspector (B) Malaria inspector (C) Health visitor (D) Vaccinator.

Measles vaccine is given which route. (A) Intradermal (B) Oral (C) Subcutaneous (D) Intramuscular.

Medical termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, allows termination of pregnancy only upto (A) 6 weeks of gestation (B)12 weeks of gestation (C)20 weeks of gestation (D) 24 weeks of gestation.

Which of the following is best post-coital oral contraceptive (A) Sequential pill (B) Progestogen only pill (C)Combined pill (D) Oestrogen only pill.

'Eugenics' is science concerned with (A) Environmental manipulation (B) Economics (C)Improvement of genetic endowment of human population (D) Scientific examination of human bahaviour.

Under UPI the disease against which vaccination was included is (A) Leprosy (B)Measles (C)Tuberculosis (D) Influenza.

Cluster testing is done in (A) Leprosy (B)Tuberculosis (C)STD (D) Malaria.

According to ESI scheme, funeral allowance is (A) Rs. 100 within 7 days (B)Rs. 500 within 15 days (C) Rs 1000 within 15 days (D) Rs 2000 within 1 month.

Not a peripheral worker (A) Village health guide (B) Community worker (C) Anganwari worker (D) Multipurpose worker.

Measles vaccine if reconstituted should be used within (A) 1 hr. (B) 4 hrs. (C) 12 hrs. (D) 24 hrs.

Society is defined as (A) A conglomeration of people (B)A group of people bound by rules (C) An association with regulated membership (D) An association patterned on the norms of interaction.

Use of PAP smear examination in the detection of cervical cancer in women is (A) Primary level prevention (B) Secondary level prevention (C) Tertiary level prevention (D) Not related to the prevention.

The community health guide performs all of the following duties except (A) Correct blood slide from fever cases (B) Provides ORS packets (C) Treats minor ailments (D) Immunizes children.

Best method of giving health instructions is (A) Lectures (B) Providing assignments (C) Setting an example (D) Organizing film show.

Siekness absentism is a useful index to assess (A) State of health of workers (B) Worker management relationship (C) Working environment (D) Sincerity of workers.

The vaccine need not by given to body is (A)Measles (B) German measles (C)Mumps (D) BCG.

Methylene blue reduction test is done for estimating (A) Activity of bacteria in milk (B) Faecal contamination of milk (C) Fat content in milk (D) Protein content of milk.

Quarantine period for yellow fever is (A) 4 days (B) 6 days (C) 8 days (D) 10 days.

If a community is aware of its health and welfare and participates actively for the promotion of community it is known as (A) Community participation (B) Community orientation (C) Community planning (D) Community administration.

To test epidemiological hypothesis we do (A)Cross sectional studies (B)Case control studies (C) Descriptive studies (D) None of the above.

Man is dead end in (A) Tetanus (B) Dengue fever (C) Filaria (D) Rubella.

The reference protein is (A)Cow's milk (B)Hen's egg (C) Meat (D) Fish.

Relative risk can be obtained from (A) Case study (B) Cohort study (C) Case cohort study (D) Experimental study.

In tuberculin testing induration of -- is considered positive (A) 5 mm or more (B) 7 mm or more (C) 10 mm or more (D) 15 mm or more.

Best method of post-coital contraception is (A) IUCD (B) High estrogen (C)High progesteron only (D) Double dose of combined oral pill.

Endoscopes are sterilised by (A) Ethylene dioxide (B) Cidex solution (C) Hot air oven (D) Infra-red irradiation.

Filariasis is not endemic in (A) Haryana (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Bihar (D) Orissa.

Percentage of women in reproductive age group is (A) 15% (B) 22% (C) 30% (D) 42%

Prevalence is useful (A) To identity potential high risk population (B) To control disease (C) For distribution of disease (D) Efficacy of preventive & therapeutic measure.

Notifiable disease is (A) Varicella (B) Cholera (C) Malaria (D) Influenza.

The best teaching oppurtunity for a health worker in the community is while (A) Giving health talk at home (B) Demonstrating to a group of mother. (C) Examininig mothers and children (D) Completing the records.

The ESI act came into being (A) 1948 (B) 1952 (C) 1962 (D) 1975.

Which of the following is not true about 'salk vaccine' (A) Does not induce local immunity (B)Prevents paralysis only (C)Useful in controlling the epidemics. (D) Safe to administer in immunodeficiant patients.

Most dangerous carrier is (A) Convalasent carrier (B)Temporary carrier (C)Incubatory carrier (D) Animal carrier.

Action of slow sand filter depends upon (A) Size of sand particles (B) Sand compactness (C) Superficial layer (D) Algae layer.

The supplementation required in first year of life is (A) Vitamin D (B) Vitamin A (C) Calcium (D) Iron.

Liquid paraffin can be sterilized by (A) Autoclaving (B)Ionising radiation (C)Air (D) Boiling.

What percentage of couples in India should use family planning methods to achieve not reproduction rate of 1 (A) 40% (B) 50% (C) 60% (D) 70%

All are morbidity indicator except (A) Incidence (B) Notification rate (C) Life expectancy (D) Attendance rate in OPD.

Maternity benefit under ESI miscarriage is (A) 10 weeks (B) 6 weeks (C) 4 weeks (D) 2 weeks.

Which of the following is not true about special nutrition programme (A) It is operated by the ministry of human resource development (B) The food is provided under minimum needs programme (C) The beneficiaries include only school going children. (D) It provides on the spot feeding 300 days per year.

  The action of chlorine in disinfection of water depends up a (a) Time (b) Temparature (c) None of the above (d) All of the above

Highest incidence of typhoid carriers is found among (a) Young children (b) Cooks & food handlers (c) Middle aged man (d) Middle aged women

The only natural host for most types of advenovirus is (a) Man (b) Rabbit (c) Mouse (d) Dog (e) Monkey

Mumps virus grows in (a) Chick embryo (b) Monkey kidney (c) Mouse (d) Human cell (e) Chorioallontoin membrane

The most prevalent mosquito-born viral disease in India (a) Dengue fever (b) Japanese 'B' encepha litis (c) Yellow fever (d) Kyasunur forest disease

Exo-erythrocytic phase is absent in (a) P. vivax infection (b) P. malaria infection (c) P. falicparum infection (d) P.ovale infection

One of the following arthropods causes scabies (a) Xenopsylla (b) Pediculus (c) Phelbotomus (d) Sarcoptes

The best indicator for determining the general level of air pollution in an urban area is (a) Sulphur dioxide (b) Carbon dioxide (c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen

Of the different species of fleas in India, the most efficient transmitter of plague is (a) Xenopsylla astia (b) Xenopsylla braziliensis (c) Xenopsylla cheopis (d) Canis

The following are internationally quarantinable diseases EXCEPT (a) Malaria (b) Yellow fever (c) Plague (d) Cholera

Which one of the following has shortest incubation period(a) Diphtheria (b) German measles (c) Small-pox (d) Chicken Pox

Which antituberculous accts on rapidly multiplying bacillia ? (a) Rifampicin (b) Streptomycin (c) Ethambutol (d) INH

A pictorial diagram of frequency distribution is denoted by (a) Pictogram (b) Histogram (c) Pie charts (d)Bar charts

Rose bengal Test is (a) To detect the presence of conjuctival xerosis (b) To test the pasteurised milk (c) To detect the rabies antigen in corneal cells (d) Is positive in connective tissue disorders

Old contamination of water is suggested by the presence of (a) Nitrates (b) Nitrites (c) Free ammonia (d) None of the above

One of the following is 'biologically complete' (a) Groundnut (b) Wheat (c) Soyabin (d) Milk

Pellagra is widely prevalent in (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Kashmir (d) Bengal

Excessive flourides in drinking water are removed by (a) Boiling (b) Treating with lime and alum (c) Treating with ozone (d) Treating with sodium carbonate

Rickettssia tsutsugamushi is transmitted to may by (a) Human louse (b) Rat flea (c) Mite (d) Tick

The toxic agent in epidemic dropsy includes (a) BOAA (b) Ergot alkaloids (c) Sanguinarinee (d) None of the above