Human Health and Disease


  1. Which of the following viruses is not transferred through semen of an infected male?









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    The virus of chikunguniya is Arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquito. In this disease the patient feels fever lasting 2-7 days.

    Correct Option: B

    The virus of chikunguniya is Arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquito. In this disease the patient feels fever lasting 2-7 days.


  1. Passive immunity was discovered by









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    Robert Koch is associated with Koch’s postulates that help in determining whether a given micro-organism is pathogenic or not. Louis pasteur experimentally proved that all life originated from pre-existing life. Emil Von Behring was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

    Correct Option: A

    Robert Koch is associated with Koch’s postulates that help in determining whether a given micro-organism is pathogenic or not. Louis pasteur experimentally proved that all life originated from pre-existing life. Emil Von Behring was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.



  1. Interferons are









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    Interferons are virus induced proteins produced by cells infected with viruses. They are antiviral in action.

    Correct Option: A

    Interferons are virus induced proteins produced by cells infected with viruses. They are antiviral in action.


  1. During blood typing agglutination indicates that the









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    Antibodies bind to specific antigens to produce large insoluble complexes which render them harmless and facilitate their destruction by other cells of the immune system this process is called agglutination.

    Correct Option: A

    Antibodies bind to specific antigens to produce large insoluble complexes which render them harmless and facilitate their destruction by other cells of the immune system this process is called agglutination.



  1. Which one of the following diseases is now considered nearly eradicated from India?









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    Small pox, caused by Variola virus, is an acute highly communicable disease which has been irradicated not only from India but from the whole world.

    Correct Option: C

    Small pox, caused by Variola virus, is an acute highly communicable disease which has been irradicated not only from India but from the whole world.