Health: The Ultimate Treasure MCQs for UPSC Prelims
105 practice questions covering Health: The Ultimate Treasure, organised into 0 topics.
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Q1
easy
Using a toilet and washing the hands afterwards mainly prevents
Adiseases spread by mosquito bites, such as malaria and dengue in the rainy season
Bgoitre
Cnight blindness
Ddiseases that spread through food and water, such as cholera and typhoid
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Correct answer: D - diseases that spread through food and water, such as cholera and typhoid
Sanitation and hand washing keep sewage microorganisms out of food and water, which is exactly how cholera and typhoid spread. Goitre and night blindness follow nutrient shortages, and mosquito-borne diseases need mosquito control instead.
Q2
medium
A man eats fried food every day, never exercises and is overweight. He develops a heart problem. This illness is
Aa deficiency disease caused by a lack of iodine
Bcaused by a virus present in his food
Cnon-infectious, and linked to his diet and lack of activity
Dinfectious, caught from a family member
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Correct answer: C - non-infectious, and linked to his diet and lack of activity
Heart disease of this kind builds up over years from diet, weight and inactivity, and it does not pass between people. Nothing here suggests an infection or a virus, and a shortage of iodine causes goitre rather than heart disease.
Q3
medium
Which disease is spread by an insect that carries the microorganism from one person to another?
AMalaria
BScurvy
CDiabetes
DRickets
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Correct answer: A - Malaria
Malaria is carried from person to person by the female Anopheles mosquito, which passes on the protozoan when it bites. Scurvy and rickets are deficiency diseases and diabetes is non-infectious, so none of them is spread by insects.
Q4
medium
Which routine gives the best pattern of activity for a Class 8 student?
ALifting the heaviest possible weight once a week
BSitting quietly for an hour every day
COne very long run once a month
DAbout an hour of active play, games or cycling on most days
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Correct answer: D - About an hour of active play, games or cycling on most days
Moderate activity on most days builds fitness steadily and is what health advice for students recommends. A single long run once a month leaves the body unfit in between, quiet sitting is not activity at all, and very heavy lifting can injure a growing body.
Q5
hard
During an outbreak of a disease that spreads through contaminated water, four suggestions are made. Which one would actually reduce the number of new cases?
ASpray the streets with insecticide every morning
BChlorinate the community water supply and repair the leaking pipes
CAsk everyone to sleep with the windows shut
DAdvise people to keep drinking water in open pots so that it stays cool
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Correct answer: B - Chlorinate the community water supply and repair the leaking pipes
A waterborne disease is stopped by treating the water and sealing the pipes through which sewage leaks in. Shut windows do not affect water, insecticide targets insects rather than waterborne bacteria, and open pots let dust, insects and dipped hands contaminate the water further.
Q6
hard
Assertion (A): Water that looks clear and has no smell is always safe to drink. Reason (R): Many microorganisms that cause disease are far too small to be seen with the naked eye.
ABoth A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
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Correct answer: D - A is false, but R is true
A is false, because clear-looking water can still carry disease-causing microorganisms. R is true, and it is exactly why appearance is no guide to safety. So the assertion fails while the reason stands.
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