SOCIAL MEDICINE & COMMUNITY HEALTH
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. The period when the dependency ratio in a population declines because of decline in fertility, until it starts to
rise again because of increasing longevity is referred to as
(A) Demographic Burden
(B) Demographic Transition
(C) Demographic Bonus
(D) Demographic Divide
2. All of the following except one can be used as poor coital contraception :
(A) Once a month pill
(B) Mifepristone
(C) Levonoregestrol
(D) Combined pill
3. The depth of pit in Sulabh Shauchalya is
(A) 2 ft.
(B) 3 ft.
(C) 8 ft.
(D) 10 ft.
4. The drug which is to be used by health workers in the management of Acute Respiratory Injection is
(A) Chloramphenicol
(B) Gentamycin
(C) Oofloxacin
(D) Cotrimoxazole
5. Basic requirement of drinking water is estimated as
(A) 1 litre per head per day
(B) 2 litres per head per day
(C) 3 litres per head per day
(D) 6 litres per head per day
6. In a standard distribution curve
(A) Mean = 2 Median
(B) Mean = Median
(C) Mean = Variance
(D) Mean = Standard Deviation
7. The Birth & Death Registration Act was passed in
(A) 1872
(B) 1873
(C) 1975
(D) 1985
8. Population covered by sub centre in a hilly area is
(A) 1000
(B) 3000
(C) 3500
(D) 5000
9. As a short, term measure : Bhore committee recommended setting up of health centres for a population of
(A) 20,000
(B) 40,000
(C) 75,000
(D) 80,000
10. Aspiration of uterine contents within 6-14 days of a missed period is called
(A) Abortion
(B) Cervical Mucus Removal procedure
(C) Menstrual Regulation
(D) Menstrual Induction
11. In order to say there is no overcrowding the floor space available for 2 persons should be
(A) 70-90 sq. ft.
(B) 90-100 sq. ft.
(C) 100-110 sq. ft.
(D) more than 110 sq. ft.
12. The waste level in water of which of the following is measured by Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
(A) Organic matter
(B) Inorganic matter
(C) Total solids
(D) Suspended solids
13. Billings method also refers to
(A) Basal Body Temperature Method
(B) Symptothermic Method
(C) Cervical Mucus Method
(D) Lactational Amenorrhoea Method
14. Which of the following is correct criteria for determining the xerophthalmia problem ?
(A) Night blindness more than 0.5%
(B) Bitot spots more than 1%
(C) Corneal ulcer more man 0.05%
(D) Serum retinol less than 10 mcg/dl in more than 0.01%
15. The most important essential fatty acid which serves as a basis for the production of other essential fatty acids is
(A) Linoleic Acid
(B) Linolenic Acid
(C) Arachidonic Acid
(D) Oleic Acid
16. Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme provides pension for which of the following ?
(A) All people over 60 years
(B) All people over 65 years
(C) All people over 60 years and living below poverty line.
(D) All people over 65 years and living below poverty line.
17. Danger signs during labour include all except which one of the following ?
(A) Sluggish pains after rupture of membranes
(B) Meconium stained liquor
(C) A temperature of 37 °C during labour
(D) Good pains for an hour after rupture of membranes, but no progress.
18. What is the Apgar score of a new born who has heart rate of 80, breathing slowly some flexion of extremities, is grimacing, body is pink while extremities are blue ?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 4
(D) 6
19. Boys over 16 years who are two difficult to be handled in a certified school are sent to
(A) Remand homes
(B) Borstals
(C) Foster homes
(D) Orphanages
20. Concept of Social Medicine was conceived in 19th century by
(A) Neumann
(B) Hippocrates
(C) Aesculapius
(D) Louis Pasteur
21. Death Rate in Kerala (2010) was
(A) 7.0
(B) 7.2
(C) 8.6
(D) 6.3
22. Social indicators as defined by the United Nations Statistical office, have been divided into
(A) 4 categories
(B) 7 categories
(C) 12 categories
(D) 15 categories
23. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) is a measure of
(A) Crude death rate
(B) Disease specific mortality
(C) Disability prevalence
(D) Overall disease burden
24. Concept of Primary Health Care came into light following an international conference in Alma Ata USSR in the year
(A) 1972
(B) 1976
(C) 1978
(D) 1981
25. Prevention of the emergence or development of risk factors in countries or population groups in which they have not developed is
(A) Primordial Prevention
(B) Primary Prevention
(C) Secondary Prevention
(D) Tertiary Prevention
26. Latest revision of International Classifications of Diseases (ICD) since its inception came to effect as 10th revision on
(A) 11th March, 1987
(B) 3rd April, 1989
(C) 1st January, 1993
(D) 6th December, 1998
27. Public Health Act appeared in England in the year
(A) 1830
(B) 1842
(C) 1848
(D) 1857
28. In International death certificate underlying cause of death is recorded on line
(A) Ia
(B) Ib
(C) Ic
(D) II
29. Standard Mortality Ratio (SMR) is expressed as
(A) Percentage
(B) Proportion
(C) Ratio
(D) Percentile
30. Pomeroy technique of sterilization is also known as
(A) Laproscopy
(B) Minilaprotomy
(C) Vasectomy
(D) No Scalpel Vasectomy
31. The following measures are used to evaluate a screening test, except
(A) Percentage of false positive
(B) Sensitivity
(C) Probability
(D) Specifically
32. Measles vaccine can be combined with the following vaccines, except
(A) Mumps
(B) Rubella
(C) Inactivate d (Salk) Polio Vaccine (IPV)
(D) Varicella
33. Recommended age of first dose of HPV Bivalent vaccine
(A) 1-5 years
(B) 10-13 years
(C) 15-17 years
(D) 18-21 years
34. Recommended protein requirement per kg body weight for adult is
(A) 1 gm
(B) 2 gms
(C) 5 gms
(D) 10 gms
35. Drug of choice for chemoprophylaxis in plague is
(A) Erythromycin
(B) Tetracycline
(C) Ampicillin
(D) Ofloxacin
36. Agent suitable for disinfection of faces is
(A) Ethylene oxide
(B) Paracetic acid
(C) Lime
(D) Crude Phenol
37. Percentage of new smear positive cases in Tuberculosis is maximum in which of the following age groups ?
(A) 15-24 years
(B) 25-34 years
(C) 45-54 years
(D) 65+ years
38. Incubation period for pneumonic plague in human is
(A) 1 to 3 days
(B) 2 to 7 days
(C) 10 to 15 days
(D) 21 days
39. Blue/white translucent plastic bag/ puncture proof container is meant for waste category
(A) cat 5 and cat 9 and cat 10 (solid)
(B) cat 4, cat 7
(C) cat 3, cat 6, cat 7
(D) cat 1, cat 2, cat 3 and cat 6
40. The multicentre growth reference study was undertaken in all of the following countries, except
(A) Oman
(B) Norway
(C) Ghana
(D) Bangladesh
41. All the following named diseases have incubatory carriers, except
(A) Measles
(B) Tetanus
(C) Whooping cough
(D) Polio
42. The protein content of cow’s milk is
(A) 4.3 gm / 100 gm
(B) 3.3 gm / 100 gm
(C) 3.2 gm / 100 gm
(D) 1.1 gm / 100 gm
43. A drug / medicine is considered counterfeit if it
(A) Is produced with an intention to cheat.
(B) Is produced by legitimate manufactures.
(C) It arises due to problem in manufacturing process
(D) Does not meet the quality specifications.
44. ‘At Risk’ infant is one in which
(A) Birth order is 3 or more
(B) Weight is below 80% of expected weight
(C) Fails to gain weight during three successive months.
(D) Birth weight is less than 2.75 kg
45. Who among the following was considered the ‘Father of Medicine’ ?
(A) Aesculapius
(B) Imhotop
(C) Apollo
(D) Hippocrates
46. The concept of health centres was first propounded by
(A) Lord Stretchy
(B) Lord David
(C) Lord Dauson
(D) Lord Litin
47. The concept that social medicine stands on two pillars : Medicine and sociology, was given by
(A) Jules Guerin
(B) John Snow
(C) Ambrose Pare
(D) Crew
48. Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is a composite index of the following components except :
(A) Infant Mortality Rate
(B) Maternal Mortality Rate
(C) Life Expectancy at age one
(D) Literacy
49. Values of Human Development Index (HDI) range from
(A) 0 – 1
(B) 0 – 10
(C) 0 – 100
(D) 0 – 1000
50. The gap in time between the onset of primary case and secondary case is called
(A) Serial Interval
(B) Generation Time
(C) Secondary Attack Rate
(D) Secondary Response
51. Following type of viral hepatitis is transmitted through faced contamination of water :
(A) ‘A’
(B) ‘B’
(C) ‘C’
(D) ‘D’
52. India was declared free from smallpox in the year
(A) 1977
(B) 1978
(C) 1979
(D) 1980
53. Koplik’s spots are the characteristics of
(A) Diphtheria
(B) Mumps
(C) Measles
(D) Rubella
54. Last case of guinea worm disease in India was reported in Jodhpur in the year
(A) 1996
(B) 1997
(C) 1998
(D) 1999
55. Breteau Index is generally used to assess the density of vector in
(A) Yellow fever
(B) Dengue
(C) Chikungunya
(D) Kala-azar
56. The host in which agent completes its sexual cycle is known as
(A) Definitive host
(B) Intermediate host
(C) Obligate host
(D) None of the above
57. The lower and upper age limits in Framingham Heart Study was set as
(A) 20-59 years
(B) 30-59 years
(C) 40-59 years
(D) 30-45 years
58. Following are the prospective studies on relation of smoking to lung cancer, except
(A) Doll & Hill Study
(B) Hammond and Horn Study
(C) James Lind Study
(D) Dorn Study
59. World Health Organization discontinued compulsory smallpox vaccination in the year
(A) 1980
(B) 1981
(C) 1982
(D) 1984
60. Secondary attack rate in chicken pox is estimated to be
(A) 15%
(B) 50%
(C) 75%
(D) 90%
61. Following are the types of isolation, except
(A) Standard
(B) Ring
(C) Strict
(D) High Security
62. Vaccines at Primary Health Centre level should not be stored for more than
(A) 1 month
(B) 1.5 months
(C) 2 months
(D) 3 months
63. Transmission of infection from man to vertebrate animals is called
(A) Anthropozoonoses
(B) Zooanthroponoses
(C) Amphixenoses
(D) Epornithic
64. Pleomorphism is mainly a characteristics of
(A) Measles
(B) Chickenpox
(C) Small pox
(D) German Measles
65. First time measles virus was isolated by
(A) Enders
(B) Guerin
(C) Lind
(D) Vasalius
66. Pandemic of influenza-A in 2009 was
(A) H1N1
(B) H2N2
(C) H3N2
(D) H5N1
67. Recommended strain for BCG production is
(A) Danish 1131
(B) Danish 1313
(C) Danish 1331
(D) Danish 3131
68. The time interval between innoculation of infective larvae and first appearance of detectable microfilaria is known as
(A) Intrinsic Incubation Period
(B) Extrinsic Incubation Period
(C) Clinical Incubation Period
(D) Pre-patent Period
69. The Extrinsic Incubation Period for malaria is
(A) 5-10 days
(B) 1-7 days
(C) 10-20 days
(D) 7-14 days
70. The mask recommended for health workers collecting samples in suspected swine flu cases is
(A) N 35
(B) N 95
(C) N 100
(D) N 120
71. Following are the diseases transmitted by Aedes Mosquito except :
(A) West Nile Fever
(B) Yellow Fever
(C) Chikungunya Fever
(D) Rift Valley Fever
72. World Health Organization declared T.B. a global public health emergency in the year
(A) 1991
(B) 1993
(C) 1998
(D) 2005
73. Goal 4 of Millennium Development Goals is related to
(A) Maternal Health
(B) Child Mortality
(C) Poverty and Hunger
(D) HIV/AIDS
74. National Family Health Survey-3 was conducted in the year
(A) 1998
(B) 2000
(C) 2006
(D) 2008
75. The objective of National Population Policy-2000 was to bring TFR to replacement level by the year
(A) 2005
(B) 2006
(C) 2010
(D) 2012
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