1] The time taken for 50% of patients to develop the disease following exposure to the disease is known as :

1. Incubation period
2. Median incubation period
3. Generation time
4. Attack rate

Ans : B

2] KFD is transmitted through :

1. Hard tick
2. House fly
3. Mosquito
4. Soft tick

Ans : A

3] Vaccine contraindicated in pregnancy :

1. Polio vaccine
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. All the above

Ans : C

4] Corpulence index measure :

1.  Obesity
2. Transmission of disease
3. IMR
4. GNP of nation

Ans : A

5] WHO definition of blindness is " Visual acuity less than "

1. 1/60
2. 6/18
3. 3/60
4. 6/60

Ans : A

6] The term PQLI includes :

1. Literacy ; IMR; Life expectancy at at age 1
2. Literacy; IMR GNP
3. Literacy ;IMR ;Life expectancy at 2 years
4. All the above

Ans : A

7] Commonest infective cause of blindness in INDIA

1. Glaucoma
2. Cataract
3. Trachoma
4. Caratitis

Ans : C

8] The best indicator of healthcare within a community :

1. Birth rate
2. CDR
3. IMR
4. MMR

Ans :C

9] True about citrate in ORS :

1. Increases shelf life
2. Nutritious
3. Cheaper
4. Tastier

Ans : A

10] Fortified foods include all except :

1. Vitamin A enriched milk
2. High Fluoride content in water
3. Vanaspathi
4. Iodized salt

Ans : B

11] True about midday meal programme

1. Provides 1/3rd the total energy requirement & 1/2 the total protein requirement in a child
2. A substitute for home diet
3. Main objective of this scheme is to eliminate malnutrition
4. Food is imported

Ans : A

12] Notifiable disease include all except :

1. Cholera
2. Yellow fever
3. Typhus
4. Typhoid

Ans : D

13] Live attenuated vaccine is :

1. Salk's vaccine
2. Sabin's vaccine
3. None of the above
4. All the above

Ans : B

14] True about UNICEF's GOBI campaign :

1. Growth monitoring
2. Oral rehydration
3. Immunization
4. All the above

Ans : D

15] Red Cross is based in :

1. Geneva
2. New York
3. New Delhi
4. Rome

Ans : A

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