community medicine 4

Question 1

BMI is calculated

Answer 1

weight in KG/Height in meter2

Below 18.5 ————underweight 18.5—24.9————healthy weight 25—29.9——-over weight 30 and above obesity

Question 2

All are critical determinants of FRU except

Answer 2

Safe abortion service

Question 3

Instrument used to measure chlorine demand of water

Answer 3

Horrock’s apparatus

Question 4

Swap gas is

Answer 4

Methane

Question 5

The process of soaking in water, half boiling with husk and drying is called

Answer 5

Parboiling

Question 6

Fast breathing is when

Answer 6

(1)40 breaths per minute or more in a child aged 1year to 5 years (2)50 breaths per minute or more in a child aged 2months up to 12 months (3)60 breaths per minute or more in a child less than 2 months of age

Question 7

about reduced osmolarity ORS composition (in gram/l)

Answer 7

Sodium chloride 2.6
glucose 13.5
Potassium chloride 1.5
Tri sodium citrate 2.9

Question 8

about dengue fever

Answer 8

(1) There are 4 serotypes of virus (2) Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are vectors (3) Once a mosquito become infective, it stays so for life (4) Transovarian transmission is possible

Question 9

most common cause of malaria in India is due to

Answer 9

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 10

the malarial species not usually found in India

Answer 10

Plasmodium vivax

Question 11

with regards to malaria

Answer 11

(1) thick smear is more dependable in searching for parasite (2) thin smear is better than thick smear in finding species

Question 12

about prevention of plasmodium vivax malaria relapse,

Answer 12

primaquine is used
Relapse in India is about 30%. Primaquine should not be given to pregnant, infants and glucose 6phosphatase deficient (G6PD). if we give primaquine to G6PD patient they will develop hemolysis. patient on primaquine should be advised to stop primaquine and consult doctor if he develops any of symptoms like dark colored urine, yellow color in eyes, abdominal pain, vomiting, bluish color of lips.

Question 13

PFA act ensure, at production level, iodine content of salt should not be less than

Answer 13

30ppm
at production level it should not be less than 30ppm; and at consumer level it should not be less than 15ppm

Question 14

neurolathyrism is caused by eating

Answer 14

khesari dhal
Lathyrus sativus is commonly known as khesari dhal. The toxin presents in its seed is Beta Oxalyl Amino Alanine.

Question 15

Nalgonda technique is used to

Answer 15

defluoridation of water

Question 16

about Pasteurization of milk which is correct

Answer 16

kill Q fever organism
Pasteurization kills tubercle bacillus and Q fever bacteria (Coxiella burnetii). It does not kill bacterial spores and thermoduric bacteria

Question 17

visual center of brain is in

Answer 17

occipital lobe

Broca’s area is in the dominant frontal lobe and is motor speech area. Optic chiasm is the X shaped part where right and left optic nerve cross. Cerebellum coordinate motor activities.

Question 18

Phosphatase test is done

Answer 18

to check the efficiency of Pasteurization

other test used to check efficiency of pasteurization are standard plate count and coliform count

Question 19

Anganwadi worker serve a population of

Answer 19

400 to 800

Question 20

Ortho tolidine test is used to detect

Answer 20

FREE chlorine in water

Question 21

about triage in disaster which is not correct

Answer 21

red indicate dead or moribund

triage uses 4 coloring codes RED-high priority transfer or treatment Yellow—- medium priority Green——ambulatory Black—–dead or moribund

Question 22

which of the following is considered as good

Answer 22

HDL

Question 23

True nerve of hearing is

Answer 23

cochlear nerve

Question 24

taste sense is carried by

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7th ,9th,10th cranial nerves

Question 25

right and left cerebral hemisphere of brain is connected by

Answer 25

corpus callosum