Latest Diseases General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

India's livestock disease monitoring and forecasting system is named as

A)

Biosafety Laboratory

B)

Cattle Monitoring Laboratory

C)

Cattle Safety Laboratory

D)

Animal Safety Laboratory

Correct Answer : Biosafety Laboratory

The country’s livestock disease monitoring and forecasting system has received a boost with the setting up of the state-of-the art Biosafety Laboratory in Bengaluru to take up detailed studies into disease-causing organisms in 2015.

â— The lab, set up by the National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI).

2 .

Which part of the body is affected by the trachoma disease

A)

Lungs

B)

Kidneys

C)

Eye

D)

Liver

Correct Answer : Eye

Key facts. Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Blindness from trachoma is irreversible. It is a public health problem in 44 countries, and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.

3 .

Cerebral Malaria is caused by

A)

Plasmodium Ovale

B)

Plasmodium falciparum

C)

Plasmodium Malariae

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Plasmodium falciparum

Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It is a clinical syndrome characterized by coma and asexual forms of the parasite on peripheral blood smears.

4 .

The full form of HIV is

A)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

B)

Human Interactive System

C)

Human Immunopositive Virus

D)

Human Immune Virus

Correct Answer : Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infection, making a person more vulnerable to other infections and diseases.

5 .

The pH value of blood is

A)

5.0

B)

6.1

C)

7.4

D)

9.1

Correct Answer : 7.4

Blood is normally slightly basic, with a normal pH range of about 7.35 to 7.45. Usually the body maintains the pH of blood close to 7.40. A doctor evaluates a person's acid-base balance by measuring the pH and levels of carbon dioxide (an acid) and bicarbonate (a base) in the blood.

6 .

The confirmation test for AIDS is

A)

Western blot

B)

Biopsy

C)

ELISA

D)

X-ray

Correct Answer : Western blot

ELISA Test ELISA, which stands for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, is used to detect HIV infection. If an ELISA test is positive, the Western blot test is usually administered to confirm the diagnosis.

7 .

Which one is the only movable bone in the human skull

A)

Lacrimal Bone

B)

Vomer

C)

Maxilla

D)

Mandible

Correct Answer : Mandible

The only bone in your skull that forms freely movable joints is your mandible, or jawbone.

8 .

Who first performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

A)

C. Walton Lillehei

B)

Christiaan Barnard

C)

Norman Shumway

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Christiaan Barnard

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, on the international map.

9 .

Total number of bones in a human spine

A)

21

B)

28

C)

33

D)

52

Correct Answer : 33

Vertebrae are the 33 individual bones that interlock with each other to form the spinal column. The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx. Only the top 24 bones are moveable; the vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused.

10 .

Which one is a water soluble vitamin

A)

Vitamin C

B)

Vitamin D

C)

Vitamin A

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Vitamin C

The water-soluble vitamins include ascorbic acid (vitamin C), thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin Bâ‚† (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine), folacin, vitamin Bâ‚â‚‚, biotin, and pantothenic acid.