PART – 3 Preventive Health Care – Role of Pharmacists in Various Sections
Q1. Although breastfeeding is natural, you may need help at first. Who can help you learn what to do
A. A lactation consultant at the hospital where you deliver your child
B. Your paediatrician
C. A breastfeeding counsellor
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q2. How many extra calories a day should you eat when breastfeeding
A. 100
B. 200
C. 500
D. 1,000
Correct Answer: (C) 500
Q3. How often does a breastfed baby eat
A. 3 times a day
B. 6 times a day
C. 8 to 12 times a day
D. 20 times a day
Correct Answer: (C) 8 to 12 times a day
Q4. All the given vaccines are attenuated or inactivated whole pathogen except
A. Salk
B. Sabin
C. Hepatitis A
D. Tetanus
Correct Answer: (D) Tetanus
Q5. World no tobacco day celebrated every year
A. 31 may
B. 1 December
C. 6 June
D. 5 September
Correct Answer: (A) 31 may
Q6. What is the function of copper-T
A. Stops obliteration of the blastocoels
B. Checks mutation
C. Stops fertilization
D. Stops zygote formation
Correct Answer: (C) Stops fertilization
Q7. The first recombinant antigen vaccine approved for human use is
A. Hepatitis B vaccine
B. Hib vaccine
C. Var vaccine
D. DPT vaccine
Correct Answer: (A) Hepatitis B vaccine
Q8. The process of introduction of weakened pathogen into human body is called
A. Immunization
B. Vaccination
C. Attenuation
D. None of these
Correct Answer: (B) Vaccination
Q9. Through amniocentesis, foetal cells can be tested for detecting various diseases if foetus by
A. DNA Analysis
B. Karyotype
C. Enzyme production
D. All of these
Correct Answer: (B) Karyotype
Q10. Which one of the following is tested by the technique of amniocentesis
A. Chromosomal abnormalities in a foetus
B. Biochemical abnormalities in a foetus
C. Errors of metabolism in a foetus
D. All the above
Correct Answer: (D) All the above
Q11. Which of the following immunity is obtained during a lifetime
A. Acquired immunity
B. Active immunity
C. Passive immunity
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Acquired immunity
Q12. Diazepam IV with haloperidol is given in
A. Chronic alcoholism
B. Barbiturate addiction
C. Acute alcohol
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Chronic alcoholism
Q13. Tobacco inhalation causes
A. Inhibits the oxygen carrying capacity and increases the more transportation of carbon dioxide
B. Nerve stimulation, heart diseases, decrease in Oxygen carrying capacity, lung cancer, chronic bronchitis etc
C. Heart diseases and low blood pressure
D. Stimulation of nerve induction and cough depressant
Correct Answer: (B) Nerve stimulation, heart diseases, decrease in Oxygen carrying capacity, lung cancer, chronic bronchitis etc
Q14. Demographic cycle has how many stages
A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 2
Correct Answer: (B) 5
Q15. The first vaccine was developed by
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jenner
C. Carl Landsteiner
D. Joseph Miester
Correct Answer: (B) Edward Jenner
Q16. Average shelf life of a male condom
A. 5 years
B. 3 years
C. 6 months
D. 2 years
Correct Answer: (A) 5 years
Q17. Foetal sex can be determined by examining cells from the amniotic fluid by looking for
A. Kinetochore
B. Chiasmata
C. Autosomes
D. Barr bodies
Correct Answer: (D) Barr bodies
Q18. Crude literacy rate stand for
A. The literacy rate taking the entire population in to account
B. Literacy rate taking only females
C. Literacy rate taking only males
D. None of these
Correct Answer: (A) The literacy rate taking the entire population in to account
Q19. Monocytes differentiate into which kind of Phagocytic cells
A. Neutrophil
B. B cell
C. Macrophage
D. T cell
Correct Answer: (C) Macrophage
Q20. Fortunately for infants in poor Nations, the nutritional Value of the mother’s breast milk is not affected by her own diet
A. True
B. False
C. Neither true nor false
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) False
Q21. Active immunity may be gained by
A. Natural infection
B. Vaccines
C. Toxoids
D. All of these
Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q22. Which is the most important hormone your body uses to make breast milk
A. Estrogens
B. Prolactin
C. Progesterone
D. Insulin
Correct Answer: (B) Prolactin
Q23. The primary objective of immunization program is to
A. Prevent infection
B. Prevent disease
C. Prevent further transmission of the disease agent
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Prevent infection
Q24. What are the 5 demographic processes
A. Fertility, mortality, marriage, migration, social mobility
B. Fertility, mortality, crude death, migration, social mobility
C. Fertility, mortality, marriage, crude death, social mobility
D. Fertility, mortality, marriage, migration, crude death
Correct Answer: (A) Fertility, mortality, marriage, migration, social mobility
Q25. How can you tell if your baby is getting enough milk when breastfeeding
A. Your baby has at least 6 wet diapers a day
B. Your baby has several bowel movements each day
C. Your baby steadily gains weight
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q26. The milk made by the body in the first days after birth has a certain name. What is it?
A. Lactose
B. Acidophilus
C. Colostrums
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Colostrums
Q27. India is passing through which Stage of Demographic transition
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
Correct Answer: (B) Second
Q28. What are the top three modifiable risk factors for developing cancer
A. Tobacco use, excess body weight, alcohol intake
B. Tobacco use, cancer-causing pathogens, physical inactivity
C. Tobacco use Sun / UV exposure, alcoholic use
D. Tobacco use, Sun / UV exposure, excess body weight
Correct Answer: (A) Tobacco use, excess body weight, alcohol intake
Q29. Test tube baby means a baby born when
A. Developed in a test tube
B. Ovum is fertilized externally and thereafter implanted in the uterus
C. It is developed through the tissue culture method
D. Developed from a non-fertilized egg
Correct Answer: (B) Ovum is fertilized externally and thereafter implanted in the uterus
Q30. A vaccine can be
A. An antigenic protein
B. Weakened pathogen
C. Live attenuated pathogen
D. All of these
Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q31. Which of the following is a method of birth control
A. GIFT
B. IUDS
C. IVE-ET
D. HTF
Correct Answer: (B) IUDS
Q32. Which of the following is a polysaccharide vaccine
A. Anthrax vaccine
B. Rabies vaccine
C. Hepatitis A
D. Hib vaccine
Correct Answer: (D) Hib vaccine
Q33. The process of weakening a pathogen is called
A. Vaccination
B. Attenuation
C. Immunization
D. Virulence reduction
Correct Answer: (B) Attenuation
Q34. What is the additive drug in tobacco
A. Ethanol
B. Nicotine
C. Ammonia
D. Tar
Correct Answer: (B) Nicotine
Q35. Which of the following disease is commonly caused by spit tobacco
A. Lung cancer
B. Liver cancer
C. Brain cancer
D. Mouth cancer
Correct Answer: (D) Mouth cancer
Q36. Compulsory drinking is also called
A. Dipsomania
B. Pyromania
C. Trichotillomania
D. Dyslexia
Correct Answer: (A) Dipsomania
Q37. The action of the vaginal diaphragm is
A. Prevent the sperm to come in contact with ova
B. Anti-implantational
C. Spermicidal
D. Prevent the ova to come in the uterus
Correct Answer: (A) Prevent the sperm to come in contact with ova
Q38. Besides protecting your child against disease, what is another advantage of breastfeeding
A. Breast milk is easier to digest than formula
B. Breast milk doesn’t need to be prepared
C. Breast milk is free and readily available
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q39. Which of the following statements is true about the Igm of humans
A. Igm can cross the placenta
B. Igm can protect the mucosal surface
C. Igm is produced by high-affinity plasma cells
D. Igm is primarily restricted in the circulation
Correct Answer: (D) Igm is primarily restricted in the circulation
Q40. The branch of biology, which involves the study of immune systems in all organisms is called
A. Zoology
B. Microbiology
C. Immunology
D. Biotechnology
Correct Answer: (C) Immunology
Q41. Which of the following statements are true regarding polio vaccines
A. Salk and Sabin are polio vaccines
B. Sabin is live attenuated polio vaccine
C. Salk is an inactivated polio vaccine
D. All of these
Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q42. The action of contraceptive is
A. Prevention of ovulation and fertilization only
B. Prevent ovulation only
C. Prevent rapid passing of eggs in the oviduct
D. Prevention of ovulation, implantation and fertilization only
Correct Answer: (A) Prevention of ovulation and fertilization only
Q43. Spacing contraceptive methods includes
A. Female sterilization
B. Post conceptional methods
C. Male sterilization
D. None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Post conceptional methods
Q44. Which of the following statement is true regarding vaccination
A. Vaccination is a method of active immunisation
B. Vaccination is a method of passive immunisation
C. Vaccination is a method of artificial passive immunisation
D. Vaccination is a method of natural passive immunization
Correct Answer: (A) Vaccination is a method of active immunisation
Q45. Changing or modifying certain behaviors can reduce your risk for developing cancer, which of the following lifestyle modification can reduce your risk of cancer
A. Stay Physically Active
B. Limit consumption of red meat and processed food
C. Limit alcohol consumption
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q46. Breastfeeding is important to an infant’s health because
A. It is not affected by the mothers nutritional status.
B. It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
C. It decreases the mothers chances of getting pregnant
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (B) It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
Q47. Which one of the following is most carcinogenic present in tobacco smoke
A. Tar
B. Nicotine
C. Caffeine
D. Benzopyrene
Correct Answer: (D) Benzopyrene
Q48. Breastfeeding is important to an infant’s health because
A. It is not affected by the mother’s nutritional status
B. It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
C. It decreases the mother’s chances of getting pregnant
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (B) It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
Q49. Plasmids encoding antigenic protein from a pathogen that is directly injected into the cells where it express constitute
A. Protein vaccines
B. Nucleotide vaccines
C. DNA vaccines
D. Recombinant vaccines
Correct Answer: (C) DNA vaccines
Q50. Passive immunisation include
A. Introduction of antibodies directly
B. Transfer of maternal antibodies across placenta
C. Transfer of lymphocyte directly
D. All of these
Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q51. The first vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur was against
A. Pox virus
B. Hepatitis virus
C. Rabies virus
D. None of these
Correct Answer: (C) Rabies virus
Q52. How does breastfeeding help the mother
A. Breastfeeding helps you get back to your normal weight
B. Breastfeeding reduces your risk for ovarian cancer
C. Breastfeeding increases bone strength
D. A and B
Correct Answer: (D) A and B
Q53. The success of birth control programme in controlling population growth is dependent on
A. Tubectomy
B. Use of contraceptives
C. Vasectomy
D. Acceptability of the above by the people
Correct Answer: (D) Acceptability of the above by the people
Q54. Demography focuses on
A. Changes in population size
B. Composition
C. Distribution
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q55. Breastfed children are less likely to have
A. Diarrheal
B. Ear infections
C. Pneumonia
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q56. Which of the following is a combined vaccine
A. Hepatitis B vaccine
B. Hib vaccine
C. Var vaccine
D. DPT vaccine
Correct Answer: (D) DPT vaccine
Q57. Substance abuse is
A. Taking of a drug or alcohol in damaging quantities or in quantities other than prescribed
B. Typified by continued use of alcohol or other drugs in spite of negative consequences
C. Characterized by repeated compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social psychological and / or physical consequences
D. Use of any drug
Correct Answer: (B) Typified by continued use of alcohol or other drugs in spite of negative consequences
Q58. The most important requirement of a vaccine is
A. Safety
B. Ability to stimulate antibody production
C. Ability to stimulate an immune response
D. The proportion of infectious prevented
Correct Answer: (A) Safety
Q59. The action of cream and jelly is
A. Entangles sperm
B. Spermicidal and immobilizing the sperms
C. Enables sperms to reach towards ovum speedily
D. Prevents the ova from being released
Correct Answer: (B) Spermicidal and immobilizing the sperms
Q60. Interferons are
A. Cytokine barriers
B. Physical barriers
C. Cellular barriers
D. Physiological barriers
Correct Answer: (A) Cytokine barriers
Q61. Hepatitis vaccine is an example of
A. Subunit Vaccine
B. Killer Vaccine
C. Toxoids Vaccine
D. Recombinant Vaccine
Correct Answer: (D) Recombinant Vaccine
Q62. Family planning helps individuals or couples to attain certain objectives
A. To avoid unwanted births
B. To bring about wanted births
C. To regulate the intervals between pregnancies
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q63. Which of the following drop functions as a CNS depressant
A. Amphetamine
B. Caffeine
C. Opium
D. Cocaine
Correct Answer: (C) Opium
Q64. How many types of antibodies are there
A. Five
B. Three
C. Two
D. Four
Correct Answer: (A) Five
Q65. Which of the following is not an effect of smoking during pregnancy
A. Low birth weight, leading to breathing and other health problems
B. Premature birth, leading to breathing and other health problems
C. Birth defects such as missing limbs or malformed ears
D. Learning and behaviour problems later in childhood
Correct Answer: (D) Learning and behaviour problems later in childhood
Q66. Which of the following protects our body against disease-causing pathogens
A. Respiratory system
B. Immune system
C. Digestive system
D. Respiratory system
Correct Answer: (B) Immune system
Q67. The concept of vaccination was first developed by
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jenner
C. Carl Landsteiner
D. Joseph Miester
Correct Answer: (B) Edward Jenner
Q68. Cancer can be caused by the use of
A. Tobacco
B. Opium
C. Alcohol
D. LSD
Correct Answer: (A) Tobacco
Q69. Which of the following cells is involved in cell-mediated immunity
A. Leukaemia
B. T cells
C. Mast cells
D. Thrombocytes
Correct Answer: (B) T cells
Q70. Which of the following cells of the immune system do not perform phagocytosis
A. Macrophage
B. Neutrophil
C. Eosinophiles
D. Basophiles
Correct Answer: (D) Basophiles