Health and diseases.....

CH 8 - HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE

CLASS XII (BIOLOGY)

1.      Which of the following is not a infectious disease

a)      AIDS   b) typhoid    c) pneumonia   d) scurvy

            Ans. Scurvy

2.      Typhoid could be confirmed by ……………….

  Ans,  : Widal test

3.      Pneumonia is caused by ………………..

a)      Bacteria   b) virus     c) fungi   d) nematods

Ans.  Bacteria

4.       Ring worm is caused by

a)      Fungi  b)   bacteria   c) protozoa   d)  virus

Ans.  fungi

 

5.      Which pathogen causes elephantiasis?

Ans  :  Wuchereria

6.      What is the full form of ELISA?

Ans. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

7.      What is the name of the chemical formed inside the blood by malaria parasite?

Ans. haemozoin

8.      What is the name of immune cell which show phagocystosis?

Ans. Macrophages

9.      What is the phenomenon shown by malignant cancer cells?

Ans. metastasis

10.  What is the cause of liver cirrhosis?

Ans. Consumption of alcohol

11.  What is the full form of LSD?

Ans. Lysergic acid ethylamide

12.  What type of symptoms is shown when a drug user is deprived of drugs?

Ans. Withdrawal syndrome

13.  What is the vector for malaria parasite?

a)      Female anopheles   b) female aedes    c) male culex   d) male aedes

Ans. Female anopheles

14.  Name one plant from which quinine is derived?

Ans. chinchona

15.  Amoebiasis is caused by …………………..

a)      Fungi   b) bacteria   c) protozoa     d) virus

Ans. protozoa

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