3 - community medicine mcqs - 21 to 30

21) Cyclops intermediate host for

a. Guinea worm

b. Malaria

c. Rabies

d. Salmonella

Answer : a) Guinea Worm

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page 588

22) The drug which is used only in RNTCP cat III is

a. Streptomycin

b. INH

c. Rifampicin

d. Pyz

Answer : a) Streptomycin

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page 153

23) A carrier who gets infected from another carrier is called

a. Incubatory carrier

b. Paradoxical carrier

c. Convalescent carrier

d. Pseudo carrier

Answer : ???

Reference: Still referring

24) Eugenics is

a. the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.

b. the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress, or a method that utilizes anesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death

c. A feeling of well-being or elation; may be drug related.

d. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

Answer : the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.

Reference: Park 18^th Edition

25) Silicosis affects

a. Lower lobes of lungs

b. Upper lobes of lungs

c. Both

d. Hilum of lungs

Answer : Upper lobes

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page 609

26) DDT is a

a. Organochlorine compound

b. Organophosphorus compound

c. Carbamate

d. Stomach poison

Answer : Organochlorine compound

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page 589

27) Kala Azar is transmitted by

a. Phlebotomus sergenti

b. Phlebotomus papatasii

c. Phlebotomus argentipes

d. All of the above

Answer : Phlebotomus argentipes

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page

28) Food poisoning is an example of

a. Common source, single exposure epidemic

b. Common source, continuous exposure epidemic

c. Propagated epidemic

d. Modern epidemic

Answer : a) Common source, single exposure epidemic

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page 58

29) Cysticercosis cellulosae causes infection with

a. Taenia saginata

b. Taenia solium

c. Echinococcus granulose

d. Diphyllabatrium latum

Answer : b) Taenia Solium

Reference: Chaterjee Parasitology 12^th Edition Page 119

30) Following are correct about Autosomal recessive except

a. Both boy and girl are affected

b. Heterozyte are not affected

c. Most disorders of inborn errors of metabolism come under this group

d. Affect more people in later age group than children

Answer : d) Affect more people in later age group than children

Reference: Park 18^th Edition Page