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741.

Quinine, the commonly used drug for malaria, is obtained a plant. What part of the plant yields the drug ?

(a)Root

(b)Stem bark

(c)Leaves

(d)Fruits

Comment

Answer is: B

742.

Which of the following is a substance abundantly available in the sea and administered in a certain deficiency disease ?

(a)Iron

(b)Vitamin A

(c)Iodine

(d)Flourine

Comment

Answer is: C

743.

A preparation of living or killed micro-organisms or viruses used in the prevention of diseases through immunization is called

(a)Vaccine

(b)Anti-toxin

(c)Toxoid

(d)Viremia

Comment

Answer is: A

744.

The, body loses a huge amount of water when a person suffers from severe diarrhoea. This acute water loss can be made good by

(a)A slow and gradual intravenous administration of 0.1% glucose dissolved m sterile distilled water as a ready source of energy

(b)An intravenous drip comprising glucose and normal saline

(c)An intravenous drip comprising sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride and glucose

(d)A slow and gradual intravenous administration of sterile distilled water

Comment

Answer is: B

745.

Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to immunize it against

(a)Tetanus, diphtheria, smallpox and rubella

(b)Whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria

(c)Whooping cough, tetanus and measles

(d)Tetanus diphtheria, measles and rubella

Comment

Answer is: B

746.

Following replacement of breast feeding by less nutritive food, low in proteins and calories, infants below the age of one year suffer from

(a)Kwashiorkor

(b)Pellagra

(c)Marasmus

(d)Rickets

Comment

Answer is: C

747.

In countries, where polished rice is the main cereal in their diet, people suffer from

(a)Scurvy

(b)Beri-beri

(c)Osteomalacia

(d)Pellagra

Comment

Answer is: B

748.

Children, especially in western countries, who receive very little sunshine suffer from

(a)Rickets

(b)Scurvy

(c)Sterility

(d)Dermatitis

Comment

Answer is: A

749.

People who consume maize as the main cereal in their dict are susceptible to

(a)Pellagra

(b)Beri-beri

(c)Kwashiorkor

(d)Scurvy

Comment

Answer is: B

750.

Fat persons are less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy because

(a)Accumulation of fat around the pericardial membrane interferes with the functional efficiency of the heart

(b)The high level of cholesterol in the blood interferes with the efficient working of the liver, heart and kidney and so there are greater chances of hypertension, cirrhosis and renal failure

(c)The more weight the body has to carry, the greater the strain on the heart and greater the chances of high blood pressure and heart attacks

(d)Fat inhibits many important enzymes of energy- yielding reactions in the body

Comment

Answer is: C

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