Q27: 'Endemic Disease' means that a disease ?
A) Occurs clearly in excess of normal expectancy
B) Is constantly present in a given population group
C) Exhibits seasonal patterns
D) Is prevalent among animals
Answer: B) Is constantly present in a given population group
Q28: Which one of the following is a good index of
the severity of an acute disease ?
A) Cause specific death rate
B) Case fatality rate
C) Standardized mortality ratio
D) Five year survival
Answer: B) Case fatality rate
Q29: Which one of the following statements about
influence of smoking on risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is not true ?
A) Influence of smoking is independent of other risk factors
for CHD
B) Influence of smoking is only additive to other risk
factors for CHD
C) Influence of smoking is synergistic to other risk factors
for CHD
D) Influence of smoking is directly related to number of
cigarettes smoked per day
Answer: B) Influence of smoking is only additive to other
risk factors for CHD
Q30: The recommended daily energy intake of an adult
woman with heavy work is ?
A) 1800
B) 2100
C) 2300
D) 2900
Answer: D) 2900
Q31: All of the following methods are anti-larval
measures except ?
A) Intermittent irrigation
B) Paris green
C) Gambusia affinis
D) Malathion
Answer: D) Malathion
Q32: All of the following are
true about the Herd Immunity for infectious diseases except ?
A) It refers to group protection beyond what is afforded by
the protection of immunized individuals
B) It is likely to be more for infections that do not have a
sub-clinical phase
C) It is affected by the presence and distribution of
alternative animal hosts
D) In the case of tetanus it does not protect the individual
Answer: B) It is likely to be more for infections that do
not have a sub-clinical phase
Q33: The best indicator for monitoring the impact of
Iodine Deficiency Disorders control programme is ?
A) Prevalence of goiter among school children
B) Urinary iodine levels among pregnant women
C) Neonatal Hypothyroidism
D) Iodine level in soil
Answer: C) Neonatal Hypothyroidism
Q34: What is the color-coding of bag in hospitals to
dispose off human anatomical wastes such as body parts ?
A) Yellow
B) Black
C) Red
D) Blue
Answer: A) Yellow
Q35: WHO defines adolescent age between ?
A) 10 - 19 years of age
B) 10 - 14 years of age
C) 10 - 25 years of age
D) 9 - 14 years of age
Answer: A) 10 - 19 years of age
Q36:In a village having population of 1000, we found
patients with certain disease. The results of a new diagnostic test on that
disease are as follows.
Test Result Disease
Present Absent
+ 180 400
- 20 400
What is the percent prevalence of disease ?
A) 0.20
B) 2
C) 18
D) 20
Answer: D) 20
Q37: The following tests are used to check the
efficiency of pasteurization of milk except ?
A) Phosphatase test
B) Standard plate count
C) Coliform count
D) Methylene blue reduction test
Answer: D) Methylene blue reduction test
Q38: What will be the BMI of a male whose weight is
89 kg and height is 172 cm ?
A) 27
B) 30
C) 33
D) 36
Answer: B) 30
Q39: A 2-year-old female chlid was brought to a PHC
with a history of cough and fever for 4 days with inability to drink for last
12 hours. On examination, the child was having weight of 5 kg, and respiratory
rate of 45/minute with fever. The child will be classified as suffering from ?
A) Very severe disease
B) Severe Pneumonia
C) Pneumonia
D) No Pneumonia
Answer: A) Very severe disease
Q40: The information technology has revolutionized
the world of medical sciences. In which of the following year the Information
Technology Act was passed by the Government of India ?
A) 1998
B) 2000
C) 2001
D) 2003
Answer: B) 2000
Q41: Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed
by Government of India in ?
A) 1996
B) 1993
C) 1998
D) 1994
Answer: D) 1994
Q42: Which one of the following is not source of
manager's power ?
A) Reward
B) Coercive
C) Legitimate
D) Efferent
Answer: D) Efferent
Q43: The standard normal distribution ?
A) Is skewed to the left
B) Has mean = 1.0
C) Has standard deviation = 0.0
D) Has variance = 1.0
Answer: D) Has variance = 1.0
Q44: The PEFR of a group of 11
year old girls follow a normal distribution with mean 300 l/min and standard
deviation 20 l/min ?
A) About 95% of the girls have PEFR between 260 and 340
l/min
B) The girls have healthy lungs
C) About 5% of girls have PEFR below 260 l/min
D) All the PEFR must be less than 340 l/min
Answer: A) About 95% of the girls have PEFR between 260 and
340 l/min
Q45: The events A and B are mutually exclusive, so ?
A) Prob (A or B) = Prob (A) + Prob (B)
B) Prob (A and B) = Prob (A).Prob (B)
C) Prob (A) = Prob (B)
D) Prob (A) + Prob (B) = 1
Answer: A) Prob (A or B) = Prob (A) + Prob (B)
Q46: Total Cholesterol level = a + b (calorie
intake) + c (physical activity) + d (body mass index); is an example of ?
A) Simple linear regression
B) Simple curvilinear regression
C) Multiple linear regression
D) Multiple logistic regression
Answer: C) Multiple linear regression
Q47: The Hb level in healthy women has mean 13.5
g/dl and standard deviation 1.5 g/dl, what is the Z score for a woman with Hb
level 15.0 g/dl ?
A) 9.0
B) 10.0
C) 2.0
D) 1.0
Answer: D) 1.0
Q48: The diagnostic power of a test to correctly
exclude the disease is reflected by ?
A) Sensitivity
B) Specificity
C) Postivity predictivity
D) Negative predictivity
Answer: D) Negative predictivity
Q49: Infant mortality does not include ?
A) Early neonatal mortality
B) Perinatal mortality
C) Post neonatal mortality
D) Late neonatal mortality
Answer: B) Perinatal mortality
Q50: A cardiologist found a highly significant
correlation coefficient (r=0.90, p=0.01) between the systolic blood pressure
values and serum cholesterol values of the patients attending his clinic. Which
of the following statements is a wrong interpretation of the correlation
coefficient observed ?
A) Since there is a high correlation, the magnitudes of both
the measurements are likely to be close to each other
B) A patient with a high level of systolic BP is also likely
to have a high level of serum cholesterol
C) A patient with a low level of systolic BP is also likely
to have a low level of serum cholesterol
D) About 80% of the variation in systolic blood pressure
among his patients can be explained by their serum cholesterol values and vice
a versa
Answer: A) Since there is a high correlation, the magnitudes
of both the measurements are likely to be close to each other
Q51: Which of the following viral infections is
transmitted by tick ?
A) Japanese encephalitis
B) Dengue fever
C) Kyasanur forest disease (KFD)
D) Yellow fever
Answer: C) Kyasanur forest disease (KFD)
Q52: The most common cancer, affecting Indian urban
women in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, is ?
A) Cervical Cancer
B) Ovarian Cancer
C) Breast Cancer
D) Uterine Cancer
Answer: C) Breast Cancer
