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Diseases - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Sulphur
B)
Calcium
C)
Carbon
D)
Phosphorous

Correct Answer :   Sulphur

Copper and sulfur are still widely used. Most other fungicides used today are organic compounds and thus contain carbon.

A)
Microbes
B)
Infectees
C)
Pathogens
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Pathogens

A variety of microorganisms can cause disease. Pathogenic organisms are of five main types: viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and worms. Some common pathogens in each group are listed in the column on the right.

A)
U-235
B)
P-30
C)
I-131
D)
Co-60

Correct Answer :   I-131

Yttrium-90 is used for treatment of cancer, particularly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and liver cancer, and it is being used more widely, including for arthritis treatment. Lu-177 and Y-90 are becoming the main RNT agents. Iodine-131, samarium-153, and phosphorus-32 are also used for therapy.

A)
H₅N₁
B)
H₇N₁
C)
H₇N₅
D)
H₇N₆

Correct Answer :   Hâ‚…N₁

Bird flu is caused by a type of influenza virus that rarely infects humans. More than a dozen types of bird flu have been identified, including the two strains that have most recently infected humans — Hâ‚…N₁ and H₇N₉

A)
Kidneys
B)
Heart
C)
Liver
D)
Brain

Correct Answer :   Brain

Paralysis is most often caused by damage in the nervous system, especially the spinal cord. Other major causes are stroke, trauma with nerve injury, poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain–Barré syndrome.

A)
Swine Flu
B)
Malaria
C)
Rabies
D)
Filaria

Correct Answer :   Rabies

Hydrophobia is a clinical sign characteristic of human rabies. This sign occurs following paroxysmal contractions of pharynx responsible for hydrophobic spasms.

A)
100
B)
76
C)
47
D)
31

Correct Answer :   100

There are over 100 different known cancers that affect humans. Cancers are often described by the body part that they originated in. However, some body parts contain multiple types of tissue, so for greater precision, cancers are additionally classified by the type of cell that the tumor cells originated from.

A)
England
B)
America
C)
South Africa
D)
India

Correct Answer :   South Africa

On 3 December 1967, a large medical, nursing, and technical team led by the surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human to human heart transplant, placing Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

A)
Fleming
B)
Leeuwenhoek
C)
Lamble
D)
Temin

Correct Answer :   Leeuwenhoek

Two men are credited today with the discovery of microorganisms using primitive microscopes: Robert Hooke who described the fruiting structures of molds in 1665 and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek who is credited with the discovery of bacteria in 1676.

A)
Liver
B)
Lung
C)
Pancreas
D)
Urinary Bladder

Correct Answer :   Urinary Bladder