Multiple Choice Questions

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Male Anopheles does not transmit malarial parasite because

  • it catches fever

  • it is too small to carry parasite

  • the parasite is killed in its stomach

  • it does not drink blood


D.

it does not drink blood

Female Anopheles feeds on blood of man and large animals, while male Anopheles sucks juices of flowers and fruits only. Because of their blood-sucking adaptation, females Anopheles are medically important as carry viral, bacterial and protozoan infections.


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AZT is the treatment of

  • malaria

  • AIDS

  • TB

  • kala-azar


Which of the following is a mismatch?

  • Amphetamine - a stimulant

  • Morphine - an opiate narcotic

  • LSD - a hallucinogen

  • Cocaine - a sedative/ tranquillizer


The causative agent of filaria is

  • Wuchereria bancrofti

  • Leishmania donovani

  • Plasmodium vivax

  • Trypanosoma gambiens


Which of the following. is generally used in chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, bleeding, piles, leucorrhoea etc?

  • Quinine

  • Ephidrine

  • Chir

  • Catha


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The AIDS virus spreads through

  • killer 'T' cells

  • helper 'T' cells

  • suppressor 'T' cells

  • carrier 'T' cells


Cancer causing genes (oncogenes)  were discovered by

  • Watson and Crick

  • Beadle and Tatum

  • Bishop and Varamus

  • Temin and Baltimore


Which of the following are most abundant types of antibodies ?

  • IgA

  • IgE

  • IgG

  • IgM


The chemical used in National Malaria Eradication Programme is :

  • 2,4- D

  • BHC

  • DDT

  • Pyrethroid


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In the life scale of mosquito, comma shaped stage is:

  • larval stage

  • pupal stage

  • imago stage

  • none of these


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