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| 210)Which of the following is a substance abundantly available in the sea and administered in a certain deficiency disease ? | |||
| Vitamin A | Iron | ||
| Clourin | Iodine | ||
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| 211)The body loses a huse amount of water whena person suffers from severe diarrhoea. This acute water loss can be regained by | |||
| a slow and gradual intravenous administration of 0.1% glucose dissolved in sterile distilled water as a ready source of energy | an intravenous drip comprising glucose and normal saline | ||
| a slow and gradual intravenous administration of of sterile distilled water | an intravenous drip comprising sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride and glucose | ||
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| 212)Following replacement of breast feeding by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories, infants below the age of one year suffer from | |||
| marasmus | ricket | ||
| pellagra | none of these | ||
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| 213)Fat persons are less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy because | |||
| the high level of cholesterol in the blood interferes with the efficient working of the liver, heart and kidney and so there are greater chances of hypertension, cirrhosis and renal failure | the more weight the body has to carry, the greater the strain on the heart and greater the chances of high blood presure and heart attacks | ||
| fat inhibits many important enzymes of energy-yielding reactions in the body | accumulation of fat around the pericardial membrane interferes with the functional efficiency of the heart | ||
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| 214)Ringworm is a disease caused by the | |||
| fungus that forms mycelia in the skin | arbovirus making the hair fall out of the skin | ||
| hairy bristles of the caterpillar of a moth | bacterial spores in the skin causing hair to fall out | ||
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| 215)The disease that is caused by viral infection is | |||
| common cold | typhoid | ||
| cholera | tetanus | ||
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| 216)Jaundice results from the malfunctioning of the | |||
| lungs | stomach | ||
| liver | kidney | ||
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| 217)An increase in the number of leucocytes to 500000/ cu. mm and above indicates | |||
| leucopoiesis | aleukemia | ||
| leucopaenia | leukemia | ||
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| 218)Trypansomes are transmitted from animal to animal or man by | |||
| bacilli | spirochaetes | ||
| tsetse fly | sand fly | ||
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| 219)Syphilis is caused by | |||
| vibrio | bacillus | ||
| spirochaete | gonococcus | ||
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| 220)Which of the following worms enters the intestine by penetrating the skin? | |||
| threadworm | ringworm | ||
| tapeworm | hookworm | ||
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| 221)What is responsible for diptheria and influenza? | |||
| bacteria | virus and bacteria respectively | ||
| bacteria nad virus respectively | water pollution | ||
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| 222)The first surgical transplant of the human heart was performed by | |||
| Christian Barnard | Gerhard Hansen | ||
| William de Vries | Joseph Lister | ||
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| 223)Cancer is a deadly disease because it has the ugly potentials of | |||
| showing cells either very large or extremely small | dissemination to vital organs | ||
| rapid growth to form a tumour | having no resemblance to the normal cells of a tissue or organ | ||
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| 224)In the event of a snake bite, a piece of cloth is tied tightly around the wound to | |||
| prevent the poison from circulating to the brain causing cerebral haemorrhage | prevent the poison from mixing with pure blood | ||
| prevent the poison from spreading | prevent the poison from returning to the heart | ||
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