Bissoy.com
Doctors Medicines MCQs Q&A

  1. Osteoporosis
  2. Meningitis
  3. Swine Flu
  4. AIDS
5 views

1 Answers

Option 1 : Osteoporosis

Option 1 is correct, i.e. Osteoporosis.

 

  • Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which the bones become fragile and brittle.
  • It is usually caused by a deficiency of calcium and vitamin D.

  • Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
  • Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu, is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. 
  • It is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by viruses.
  • The disease is spread among pigs by direct and indirect contact.
  • Swine flu is also known as the H1N1 virus.
  • The full form of AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  • It is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) a member of a group of viruses called a retrovirus.
  • Transmission of HIV infection generally occurs by:
    • Sexual contact with an infected person.
    • By transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products.
    • By sharing infected needles as in the case of intravenous drug abusers. 
    • From the infected mother to her child through the placenta.
  • A widely used diagnostic test for determining AIDS is Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA).
  • World Aids Day is celebrated on December 1.
5 views

Related Questions

The question given below consists of a statement, followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are ‘strong’ arguments and which is/are ‘weak’ arguments and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question. Statement: World’s largest beer maker Heineken NV, the majority partner of United Breweries with Vijay Mallya, is understood to have sought legal opinion over its right to appoint a chairman at the Indian company. Heineken and some of its advisers believe that the shareholder agreement between Mallya and the beer giant has become null and void after India’s Enforcement Directorate attached his shares as part of its legal action against the liquor baron. Which among the following arguments support the above statement in the best possible manner Arguments: I. UBL has stopped sharing confidential information with Mallya and has said that he is no longer privy to any strategic developments.  II. The board of UBL, India’s biggest beer company, had asked Mallya to either step down or appoint a nominee after the Securities and Exchange Board of India barred wilful defaulters from holding key board positions last year.  III. The company is functioning well and operations are in good shape but it is not good corporate governance to have an acting chairman for so long.?
1 Answers 7 Views
In the question below, are given a statement followed by three courses of actions numbered I, II and III. On the basis of the information given, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing. Statement: India may become the second largest smartphone selling country in the world if the sales continue to grow at the current pace, said Raghu Reddy, head of category and online sales of Xiaomi India. Smartphone sales in 2017 grew around 10% in the country in 2017. "India could overtake the US market and become the second largest smartphone market globally after China at this rate of growth’,’ Reddy said adding that currently the growth is happening in the Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 price range.  Courses of action: I. Xiaomi, is currently the largest selling smartphone in the country with a growth of over 300% in 2017. It currently has a market share of over 30% including online and offline sales.  II. The company has ramped up its production facilities in the recent times in the country and now has six production facilities spread over Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.  III. Now the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) used in smartphone, which accounts for 50% of the value of the phone, will be made in India?
1 Answers 5 Views
Researchers have developed an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results and allows health care practitioners to spend more time treating patients. Which of the following can be the reason behind the invention of the device as inferred from the statement I. Diagnostic blood testing is the most commonly performed clinical procedure in the world, and it influences most of the medical decisions made in hospitals and laboratories. II. The success rate of manually drawing blood samples depends on clinicians’ skill and patient physiology. III. Nearly all test results come from centralized labs that handle large numbers of samples and use labour-intensive analytical techniques. IV. The device could provide rapid test results at bedsides or in ambulances, emergency rooms, clinics and doctors’ offices.?
1 Answers 5 Views
In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.. 1. Industrially raised chicken can be abnormally forceful, and are regularly kept in obscured sheds to avoid them pecking at each other. P. The feathered creatures invested much a greater amount of their energy—up to a third—pecking at the lifeless things in the pens, as opposed to fowls in different pens which invested a considerable measure of time assaulting others. Q. In low light conditions, they carry on less pugnaciously, yet are more inclined to ophthalmic scatters and respiratory issues. R. In an examination, forceful head-pecking was everything except killed among fowls in the improved condition. S. Modifying the birds’ condition, by adding parcels of wood-shavings to their pens, can work wonders. 6. Bundles could lessen forcefulness and decrease wounds; they may even enhance efficiency, since a glad chicken is a profitable chicken.?
1 Answers 4 Views