Biology Deficiency and Diseases test 6 Welcome to your Biology Deficiency and Diseases test 6 Name Email 1 . Tumours that normally remain confined to their original location and do not spread to other parts of the body and cause little damage are called ______ tumours. (a) premalignant (b) benign (c) active (d) malignant None 2 . Leukaemia is a cancer of the: (a) skin (b) blood (c) lungs (d) uterus None 3 . Polio is caused by which of the following organisms? (a) Fungi (b) Bacteria (c) Protozoa (d) Viru None 4 . Conjunctivitis is an infection primarily related to ______. (a) Knee (b) Heart (c) Eye (d) Stomac None 5 . Which of the following viruses is responsible for causing influenza? (a) Varicella virus (b) Rubeola virus (c) Myxovirus (d) Poliovi None 6 . Depression is a ______ disorder. (a) mood (b) dissociative (c) schizophrenic (d) somatoform None 7 . 'Leukopenia' is an abnormal ______. (a) increase in red blood cells (b) decrease in white blood cells (c) decrease in red blood cells (d) increase in white blood cells None 8 . Deficiency of thiamine results in ______. (a) Rickets (b) Pellagra (c) Beriberi (d) Scurvy None 9 . Which of the following eye disorders is known as ‘lazy eye’? (a) Myopia (b) Presbyopia (c) Hypermetropia (d) Amblyopia None 10 . What disease is caused by insulin deficiency? (a) Multiple Sclerosis (b) Diabetes mellitus (c) Scleroderma (d) Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) None 11 . Which causative microorganism is responsible for the common cold and influenza (flu)? (a) Viruses (b) Protozoa (c) Fungi (d) Bacteria None 12 . Haemophobia is the fear of: (a) darkness (b) heights (c) water (d) blood None 13 . Deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Night Blindness? (a) Vitamin C (b) Vitamin A (c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin B None 14. Which of the following is caused by a virus named 'Varicella Zoster'? (a) Chickenpox (b) Polio (c) Cholera (d) Rabies None 15 . Which of the following can be diagnosed with the Widal test? (a) Typhoid fever (b) Tuberculosis (c) Cancer (d) AIDS None 16 . Which of the following diseases is NOT transmitted from one person to another? (a) Cirrhosis (b) Hepatitis B (c) AIDS (d) Syphilis None 17 .Pernicious anaemia is caused by the deficiency of vitamin ______. (a) B1 (b) B2 (c) B6 (d) B12 None 18 . Xerophthalmia is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin ______. (a) C (b) K (c) D (d) A None 19. Which one of the following diseases is caused mainly by the deficiency of Vitamin C? (a) Goitre (b) Rickets (c) Scurvy (d) Kwashiorkor None 20 .The name of which disease among the following means 'evil influence of the stars'? (a) Cholera (b) Plague (c) Influenza (d) Typhoid None 21 . Which of the following diseases has been eradicated worldwide ? (a) Dracunculiasis (b) Chicken Pox (c) Plague (d) Smallpox None 22 . What is the mode of transmission of disease ‘Yellow vein mosaic of bhindi (okra)’? (a) Insect (b) Seeds (c) Water (d) Air None 23 . Which mosquito carries the parasite of malaria ? (a) Female Anopheles (b) Male Anopheles (c) Male Aedes Egypti (d) Female Aedes Egypti None 24 .The deficiency of which of the following leads to Pellagra disease ? (a) Vitamin B5 (b) Vitamin B2 (c) Riboflavin (d) Niacin None 25 . Which of the following is not a water-born disease ? (a) Hepatitis A (b) Measles (c) Typhoid (d) Cholera None Time's up
