Which one of the following is correctly matched regarding an Institute and its location

• National Institute of Virology - Pune

• National lnstitute of Communicable Diseases - Lucknow

• Central Drug Research Institute - Kasauli

• National Institute of Nutrition - Mumbai

Electron beam therapy is a kind of radiation therapy to treat

• Enlarged prostrate gland

• Gall bladder stones by breaking them

• Certain types of cancer

• Kidney stones.

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• is caused by a variant of Pneumococcus pneumonia

• is caused by a variant of the common cold virus (coronavirus)

• is an acute form of asthma 

• affects non-vegetarians much faster than the vegetarians

Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol

• are healthier due to a good diet

• catch infections easily

• may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

• may suffer from beri beri due to deficiency of B vitamins.

The treatment of snake-bite by antivenom is an example of

• artificially acquired active immunity

• artificially acquired passive immunity

• naturally acquired passive immunity

• specific natural immunity.

Assertion : Interferons are a type of antibodies produced by body cells infected by bacteria.

Reason : Interferons stimulate inflammation at the site of injury.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false

Assertion : Organ transplantation patients are given immunosuppressive drugs.

Reason : Transplanted tissue has antigens which stimulate the specific immune response of the recipient.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• If Assertion is true but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false

Just as Xenopsylla is to Yersenia pestis, so is:

• Glossina palpalis to Wuchereria bancrofti

• Culex to Plasmodium falciparum

• Homo sapiens to Taenia solium

• Phlebotomus to Leishmania donovani

Assertion: Tapeworm, roundworm and pinworm are endoparasites of human intestine.,

Reason: Improperly cooked food is the source of all intestinal infections.

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

• If Assertion is true but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false.

Assertion: Dope test is used to estimate the level of blood alcohol by analysing the breath of persons drinking alcohol.

Reason: A drunken person usually feels tense and less talkative

• If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

• If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

• If Assertion is true but Reason is false

• If both Assertion and Reason are false.