MCQ Questions on Human Health and Disease

MCQ Questions on Human Health and Disease

1. Immunosuppressants such as _________ prevent transplanted organs from being rejected in recipients.
(a) Thrombin
(b) Cyclosporine
(c) Aspirin
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (b) Cyclosporine


2. Both B & T lymphocytes are produced in the bone marrow; however, only the T lymphocytes travel to the ______ and mature there.
(a) Spleen
(b) Thymus
(c) Pituitary gland
(d) Adrenal gland

Answer

Answer: (b) Thymus


3. The _________ is at its largest in children, but with the onset of puberty, it eventually shrinks and gets replaced by fat.
(a) Thymus
(b) Hypothalamus
(c) Parathyroid gland
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Thymus


4. Ascaris lumbricoides is a species of parasitic roundworm that lives in _________.
(a) Humans
(b) Grasshoppers
(c) Pigs
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Humans


5. Which of the following diseases has been eradicated?
(a) Smallpox
(b) Rinderpest
(c) Polio
(d) All of the above

Answer

Answer: (d) All of the above


6. A kind of an injury or damage, which results in the premature death of all the nearby cells in a tissue or an organ through autolysis is called _______.
(a) Neurosis
(b) Necrosis
(c) Apoptosis
(d) Cellular senescence

Answer

Answer: (b) Necrosis


7. Hypochondria is also termed as_______.
(a) Health anxiety
(b) Sleep apnea
(c) Hypnagogia
(d) Narcolepsy

Answer

Answer: (a) Health anxiety


8. The immune system comprises_______.
(a) Humoral and fibrous systems
(b) Humoral and Cell-mediated systems
(c) Antigens
(d) Lymphocytes

Answer

Answer: (b) Humoral and Cell-mediated systems


9. Which of the following is a viral disease?
(a) Diphtheria
(b) Filariasis
(c) Leprosy
(d) Influenza

Answer

Answer: (d) Influenza


10. Carcinoma arises from the_______.
(a) Epithelial cells
(b) Bone Marrow
(c) Pigment containing Cells
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Epithelial cells


11. Melanoma is a type of cancer that develops from _______.
(a) Granulocytes
(b) Melanocytes
(c) Adipocyte
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (b) Melanocytes


12. Human Immunodeficiency Virus causes aids by attacking a type of white blood cell called_______.
(a) CD4
(b) CD3
(c) CD8
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) CD4


13. Plague is caused by the bacterium _______.
(a) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
(b) Yersinia pestis
(c) Yersinia enterocolitica
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (b) Yersinia pestis


14. Elephantiasis is caused by _______.
(a) Filarial worms
(b) Flatworms
(c) Tapeworms
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Filarial worms


15. ___________ is an example of a stimulant.
(a) Lorazepam
(b) Amphetamine
(c) Oxazepam
(d) Phencyclidine

Answer

Answer: (b) Amphetamine


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