List of top Public Health Questions

What is the National Pathfinder Survey related to?

Given the mean and standard deviation value, how is the standard error calculated?

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List I (Disease)	List II (Herd Immunity Threshold)
(A) Pertussis	(I) 92-94%
(B) Measles	(II) 75-86%
(C) Mumps	(III) 83-94%
(D) Rubella	(IV) 80-85%

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List I (Explanation)	List II (Concept/Theory)
(A) An overgeneralised and unverified prototype about a particular group.	I. Psychotherapy
(B) The use of any psychological technique in the treatment of mental/psychological disorder or maladjustment.	II. Stereotype
(C) A therapy in which the underlying assumption is that people have control over their behaviour, can make choices about their lives.	III. Humanistic Therapy
(D) A relatively persistent and consistent behaviour pattern manifested in a wide range of circumstances.	IV. Trait

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LIST I (Author/Expert)	LIST II (Book Idea/Concept Proposed)
(A) CEA Winslow	(I) Social Medicine
(B) Grotjahn	(II) A Treatise of the Scurvy
(C) James Lind	(III) On the Mode of Communication of Cholera
(D) John Snow	(IV) Definition of Public Health

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LIST I (Concept/Goal)	LIST II (Component/Year)
(A) Primary Health Care Approach	(I) Sub centre
(B) National Health Policy	(II) Intersectoral Coordination
(C) Primary Level of Health Care	(III) 1978
(D) Health for All Goal	(IV) 2017

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List I (Exposure)	List II (Disease)
A. Cotton dust	I. Byssinosis
B. Asbestos	II. Silicosis
C. Silica	III. Asbestosis
D. Hay or grain dust	IV. Farmer’s lung

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List I (Indicator)	List II (Denominator)
A. Specific death rate due to tuberculosis	I. Total number of COVID-19 cases
B. Specific death rate for males	II. Mid-year population
C. Case fatality rate for COVID-19	III. Mid-year population of males
D. Specific death rate in age group 15-19 years	IV. Mid-year population of persons aged 15-19

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List I (Study design)	List II (Analytical outcome)
A. Case-control study	III. Odds ratio
B. Cohort study	I. Relative risk
C. Cross-sectional study	IV. Prevalence
D. Descriptive study	II. Time, place, and person distribution

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List I (Screening test outcome)	List II (Meaning)
A. True-positive	I. Person has disease and screening test result is positive
B. True-negative	II. Person does not have disease and screening test result is negative
C. False-positive	III. Person does not have disease and screening test result is positive
D. False-negative	IV. Person has disease and screening test result is negative

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List I (Blood Alcohol Level %)	List II (Effects on Brain)
A. 0.02	I. Poor muscle coordination and impaired self-control
B. 0.08	II. Loss of judgment, altered mood
C. 0.20	III. Confusion, disorientation
D. 0.40	IV. Lethal dose

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List I (Dietary Reference Intake)	List II (Purpose)
A. Recommended Dietary Allowances	I. The highest average daily nutrient intake levels that are likely to pose no risk of toxicity to almost all healthy individuals of a particular population group.
B. Chronic Disease Risk Reduction Intakes	II. Ranges of intakes set for the energy-yielding nutrients that are sufficient to provide adequate total energy and nutrients while minimizing the risk of chronic diseases.
C. Tolerable Upper Intake	III. The average daily nutrient intake level that meets the needs of nearly all (97 to 98 percent) healthy people in a particular sex and life stage group.
D. Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges	IV. Levels of nutrient intake associated with low risks of chronic diseases.

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List I (Vaccine)	List II (Strain(s))
A. BCG	I. Jeryl Lynn strain
B. Measles vaccine	II. OKA strain
C. Mumps vaccine	III. Danish-1331 strain
D. Varicella vaccine	IV. Edmonston Zagreb strain

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List I (WHO Diagnostic Criteria)	List II (Blood Glucose Levels)
(A) Fasting plasma glucose in diabetic patient	(I) Less than 126 mg/dL
(B) Fasting plasma glucose in Impaired Glucose Tolerance	(II) More than 126 mg/dL
(C) 2-hour plasma glucose in Impaired Glucose Tolerance	(III) Less than 140 mg/dL
(D) Fasting Glucose	(IV) 140–200 mg/dL

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LIST I (Concept)	LIST II (Explanation)
A. Growth	Increase in the size of the body parts of the organism
B. Development	The process by which an individual grows and changes throughout the life cycle
C. Evolution	Species specific changes over a long period of time
D. Maturation	The changes that follow an orderly sequence and are largely dictated by the genetic blueprint

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Aedes aegypti is vector for all diseases, EXCEPT:

Haddon’s matrix is used for:

Average number of hookworm eggs per gram of faeces for the entire community is called as:

Indicators for obesity include all, EXCEPT:

Arrange the following causative organisms for food poisoning with increasing order of incubation period:
1. (A) Staphylococcal
2. (B) Salmonella
3. (C) Cl. perfringens
4. (D) Botulism

Nikshay portal is used in which health programme?

Which type of microscopy uses a special condenser to direct light onto the specimen from oblique angles only?

Which type of microscopy uses a special condenser to direct light onto the specimen from oblique angles only?

Which of the following diluents should be used when an RBC count is requested?

Which of the following conditions can result in the excretion of small amounts of occult blood in the faeces?
(A) Hemorrhoids
(B) Bleeding gums
(C) Peptic ulcers
(D) Intake of iron supplements