The term ‘Health’ is defined in many ways. The most accurate definition of health would be

 

The organisms which cause diseases in plants and animals are called

1. pathogens 
2. vectors 
3. insects 
4. worms

The clinical test that is used for diagnosis of typhoid is

1. ELISA test   

2. ESR test 

3. PCR test 

4. Widal test

Diseases are broadly grouped into infectious and non-infectious diseases. In the list given below, identify the infectious diseases.

I. Cancer                                    II. Influenza
III. Allergy                                  IV. Smallpox
1. I and II                               
2. II and III
3. III and IV                             
4. II and IV

The sporozoites that cause infection when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a human being, are stored in

1. liver of the person                      
2. RBCs of mosquito
3. salivary glands of mosquito     
4. gut of mosquito

The disease chikungunya is transmitted by

1. house flies                         
2. Aedes mosquitoes
3. cockroach                         
4. female Anopheles

Many disease can be diagnosed by observing the symptoms in the patient.
Which group of symptoms are indicative of pneumonia?

The genes causing cancer are called

1. structural genes                         
2. expressor genes
3. oncogenes                               
4. regulatory genes

In malignant tumours, the cells proliferate, grow rapidly and move to other parts of the body to form new tumours. This stage of disease is called:

1. metagenesis 
2. metastasis   
3. teratogenesis     
4. mitosis

When an apparently healthy person is diagnosed as unhealthy by a psychiatrist, the reason could be that