25 - AIIMS community medicine mcqs or social and preventive medicine mcqs ( spm or psm ) from all previous years AIIMS papers with answers - part 15

71q: vaccine contraindicated in pregnancy is ?

a. rubella
b. typhoid
c. diphtheria
d. hepatitis B

answer a and b . rubella and typhoid . but rubella is a betteroption than typhoid to pick in the examination .

72q: chemoprophylaxis is not required in ?

a. typhoid
b. meningococcal meningitis
c. bacterial conjunctivitis
d. malaria

answer a . typhoid .

73q: prevalence is a

a. rate
b. ratio
c. proportion
d. mean

answer b . ratio . it refers to all the current cases existing at a given point of time . although it is referred to as a rate it is a ratio .

74q: denominator of maternal mortality rate is ?

a. per 1000 deaths
b. per 1000 live births
c. per 1000 mother deaths
d. per 1000 deaths of children

answer b . per 1000 live births .

75q: most sensitive indicator of recent transmission of malaria in a 

community is ?

a. infant parasite rate
b. annual parasite rate
c. spleen rate
d. mosquito rate

answer a . infant parasite rate .