List of practice Questions

According to WHO BMI (Body-mass index) classification, Pre-obese value is:

According to IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness) classification, fast breathing is present in a child aged 12 months up to 5 years if respiration rate is more than or equal to:

Commonest type of cancer among males in India is:

Isolation is important in the control of which disease?

Which of the following statement is true about First-aid in case of snake bite? A. Immobilize in the same way as a fractured limb B. Incise or manipulate the bitten site C. Give beverages or stimulants D. Do not apply any compression in the form of tight ligatures

Koplik's spots in oral mucosa along with rashes are seen in which disease?

Scale for measuring socio-economic status in urban areas ONLY widely used in India is:

The legislations for social security measures for industrial workers in India includes all except:

Arrange the following food items in descending order (highest to lowest) according to presence of amount of Vitamin C in them: A. Lime B. Potato C. Amla or gooseberry D. Guava

Which of the following are examples of food fortification? A. Iodization of salt B. Vitamin D in milk C. Vanilla essence in Ice cream D. Saccharin in toothpaste

Classify the following foods in ascending order (lowest to highest) according to their Glycaemic Index: A. Whole grains B. Baked potato C. Brown rice D. Blackberry

Anti-larval measures to control vector-borne diseases include which of the following? A. Environmental Control B. Biological Control C. Residual Sprays D. Genetic Control

Hidden hunger is a form of undernutrition due to deficiency of:

Contact between two people with different types of culture leading to diffusion of culture both ways is known as:

The typical sequence for bacterial growth curve is:

Arrange the causative agent as per the ascending order of their incubation period for the disease development, as mentioned in bracket: A. Clostridium perfringens (food poisoning) B. Salmonella typhi (Typhoid) C. Bubonic (Plague) D. HIV (AIDS)

Arrange the following scientific events in chronological sequence (oldest to latest) A. Florence Nightingale organized hospitals with minimized cross infections. B. Joseph Lister developed aseptic techniques. C. Fanny Hesse advocated use of agar as a solidifying material for microbiological media. D. Elie Metchikoff discovered phagocytosis.

What is the role of ATP in bioluminescence reactions?

What is the primary purpose of using T4 DNA ligase in recombinant DNA technology?

Which enzyme is primarily responsible for relieving supercoiling during DNA replication?

A point mutation that changes a codon but does not alter the resulting amino acid is classified as -

What is the role of reverse transcriptase in recombinant DNA technology?