Diseases - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Glaucoma
B)
Astigmatism
C)
Cataract
D)
Myopia

Correct Answer :   Cataract

Cataracts are a degenerative form of eye disease in which the lens gradually becomes opaque and vision mists over.

A)
Pancreas
B)
Kidneys
C)
Eyes
D)
Chest and Lungs

Correct Answer :   Chest and Lungs

Pulmonologists are specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.

A)
Cotton
B)
Iron
C)
Mercury
D)
Cadmium

Correct Answer :   Mercury

Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease, is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech.

A)
chronic bronchitis
B)
asthma
C)
heart attack
D)
emphesema

Correct Answer :   chronic bronchitis

A)
Robert Edwards
B)
Jonas Salk
C)
James Simpson
D)
JH Gibbon

Correct Answer :   Jonas Salk

An inactivated (killed) polio vaccine (IPV) developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and first used in 1955, and. A live attenuated (weakened) oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by Dr. Albert Sabin and first used in 1961.

A)
Dengue
B)
Chikungunya
C)
Yellow fever
D)
Chicken-pox

Correct Answer :   Chicken-pox

A)
Iodine
B)
Potassium
C)
Chromium
D)
Iron

Correct Answer :   Potassium

A)
Malnutrition
B)
Marasmus
C)
Malnutrition & Marasmus
D)
Kwashiorkor

Correct Answer :   Malnutrition

A)
Beriberi
B)
Scurvy
C)
Pellagra
D)
Gingivitis

Correct Answer :   Beriberi

Thiamin deficiency (causing beriberi) is most common among people subsisting on white rice or highly refined carbohydrates in developing countries and among alcoholics.

A)
Chickenpox
B)
Hepatitis
C)
Cholera
D)
Measles

Correct Answer :   Cholera