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WHY DO WE FALL ILL MCQs

Total Questions : 53 | Page 6 of 6 pages
Question 51.


When the bacteria causing tuberculosis reaches the liver, it causes which disease?


  1.     Brain fever
  2.     Typhoid
  3.     Common cold
  4.     Jaundice
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Answer: Option D. -> Jaundice
:
D
In very few cases when the bacteria causing tuberculosis, reach the liver, people may experience jaundice, which is the yellowing of skin or eyes.
Question 52.


 _______ are the agents that act as carriers of a pathogen and spread diseases.


  1.     DNA
  2.     Parasites
  3.     Microbes
  4.     Vectors
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Answer: Option D. -> Vectors
:
D
Animals or insects carry infecting agents from a sick person to another potential host. These animals are thus the intermediaries and are termed as vectors. The most common vectors are mosquitoes.
Question 53.


The purpose of vaccination is to provide immunity.


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     Hepatitis A
  4.     Measles
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Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
The vaccine consists of dead and attenuated (harmless) microbes which when exposed to the body, creates a defence attack against the microbe and destroys it. In this process, a memory of this specific microbe is created so that when the same microbe attacks an organism next time, the immunity (strength to fight) is increased and microbe is killed much quickly.

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