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  • - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • - Duration: 15 minutes
  • - Number of Questions: 15

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Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 1
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Formation of antibodies within our body is called:

Detailed Solution: Question 1

  • The production of antibodies by plasma cells in response to an antigen is called active immunity.
  • Active immunity refers to the immune response that occurs when the body is exposed to a pathogen or foreign substance and produces its own antibodies in response. This type of immunity can be obtained naturally, such as through infection, or artificially, through vaccination. 
  • Innate immunity is the body's first line of defense against pathogens and is present from birth. 
  • Acquired immunity refers to the immune response that develops over time in response to exposure to various pathogens and foreign substances.
  • Passive immunity, on the other hand, occurs when pre-formed antibodies are transferred from one individual to another, such as through maternal antibodies passed from mother to baby during breastfeeding.

Hence the correct option is 'D'

Topic in NCERT: Active and Passive Immunity

Line in NCERT: "When a host is exposed to antigens, which may be in the form of living or dead microbes or other proteins, antibodies are produced in the host body. This type of immunity is called active immunity."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 2
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Antibodies are produced by:

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  • Antibodies are produced by specialized white blood cells called B lymphocytes (or B cells). When an antigen binds to the B-cell surface, it stimulates the B cell to divide and mature into a group of identical cells called a clone.
  • B cells, also known as B lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell of the lymphocyte subtype. They function in the humoral immunity component of the adaptive immune system by secreting antibodies. B-cells bind to an antigen, receive help from a cognate helper T cell and differentiate into a plasma cell that secretes large amounts of antibodies.

Hence the correct option is 'B'
 

Topic in NCERT: Acquired Immunity

Line in NCERT: "The B-lymphocytes produce an army of proteins in response to pathogens into our blood to fight with them. These proteins are called antibodies."

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Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 3
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Which lymphoid organ reduces in size as an individual ages and becomes quite small by the time of puberty?

Detailed Solution: Question 3

The thymus reduces in size with age and becomes very small by the time puberty is attained.
This phenomenon is primarily due to changes in the thymus's function and tissue composition as an individual matures.

Hence the correct option is 'D'

Topic in NCERT: Lymphoid organs

Line in NCERT: "The thymus is quite large at the time of birth but keeps reducing in size with age and by the time puberty is attained it reduces to a very small size."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 4
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The disease chikungunya is transmitted by:

Detailed Solution: Question 4

Chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue virus.

  • Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person already infected with the virus.
  • Infected Mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other people through bites.

Hence the correct option is 'B'

Topic in NCERT: Preventing Vector-Borne Diseases

Line in NCERT: "Such precautions have become more important especially in the light of recent widespread incidences of the vector-borne (Aedes mosquitoes) diseases like dengue and chikungunya in many parts of India."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 5
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Anti venom against snake poison contains:

Detailed Solution: Question 5

  • Snake antivenom is a medication made up of antibodies used to treat snake bites by venomous snakes. It is a type of antivenom.It contains antibodies.
  • It is a biological product that typically consists of venom neutralizing antibodies derived from a host animal, such as a horse or sheep.
  • The host animal is hyperimmunized to one or more snake venoms, a process which creates an immunological response that produces large numbers of neutralizing antibodies against various components (toxins) of the venom.
  • The antibodies are then collected from the host animal, and further processed into snake antivenom for the treatment of envenomation.

Hence the correct option is 'D'

Topic in NCERT: Passive Immunisation

Line in NCERT: "Even in cases of snakebites, the injection which is given to the patients, contain preformed antibodies against the snake venom."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 6
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The sporozoites that cause infection, when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are stored in_________.

Detailed Solution: Question 6

  • Sporozoites enter the female Anopheles mosquito when they bite an infected person where these sporozoite fertilise and multiply in the stomach wall of the female Anopheles and stored in the salivary gland of mosquito till it is again transferred to the human body by a mosquito bite.
  •  After entering the human body the sporozoites reach the liver cells, where they multiply. This is followed by their attack on red blood cells resulting in their rupture. The ruptured RBCs release a toxin called  hemozoin, which is responsible for high recurring fever, chills and shivering.
  • Life cycle of malarial parasite in Female Anopheles mosquito:

Life cycle of the malaria parasite: Humans and female Anopheles... | Download Scientific Diagram

Hence the correct option is 'C'

 

Topic in NCERT: Life Cycle of Plasmodium

Line in NCERT: "The parasites multiply within them to form sporozoites that are stored in their salivary glands."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 7
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How are Infectious Diseases transmitted?

Detailed Solution: Question 7

Infectious diseases are transmitted from one person to another by droplet infection, direct contact with infected persons, animal bite, contact with soil or by transplacental transmission.

Topic in NCERT: COMMON DISEASES IN HUMANS

Line in NCERT: "A healthy person acquires the infection by inhaling the droplets/aerosols released by an infected person or even by sharing glasses and utensils with an infected person."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 8
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Assertion (A): Malaria is caused by a virus.

Reason (R): Malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes.

Detailed Solution: Question 8

Answer: Option D.

Solution: Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, not a virus. The statement in R is true as the disease is indeed transmitted by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, making A false and R true.

Topic in NCERT: MALARIA AND ITS CAUSATIVE AGENT

Line in NCERT: "Plasmodium, a tiny protozoan is responsible for this disease."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 9
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Which of the following is the unit of immune system?

Detailed Solution: Question 9

​​​​​​​Lymphocytes are a unit of the immune system.

  • Lymphocytes are one of several different types of white blood cells.
  • Lymphocytes are of two types B cells and T cells.
  1. When a macrophage engulfs organisms, B cells (humoral immunity) release antibodies which cause the destruction of bacteria.
  2. The T cells (cell-mediated immunity) destroy the infectious organisms by killing the body cells that are affected.

Hence the correct option is 'C'

Topic in NCERT: Immune System in the Body

Line in NCERT: "The human immune system consists of lymphoid organs, tissues, cells and soluble molecules like antibodies."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 10
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Immuno-deficiency syndrome could develop due to:

Detailed Solution: Question 10

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is an immunodeficiency syndrome caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

  • HIV is a virus that attacks and progressively weakens the immune system, leading to the syndrome called AIDS.

  • Therefore, an immunodeficiency syndrome such as AIDS develops due to infection by HIV.

  • Other listed items (for example, a defective thymus) may cause certain primary immunodeficiencies, but the viral cause of the syndrome referred to here is HIV.

Correct option: B

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 11
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Fill in the blanks in the different columns of the table given below

Detailed Solution: Question 11

A - Rhino viruses represent one such group of viruses which cause one of the most infectious human ailments – the common cold. They infect the nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs. The common cold is characterised by nasal congestion and discharge, sore throat, hoarseness, cough, headache, tiredness, etc., which usually last for 3-7 days. Droplets resulting from cough or sneezes of an infected person.
B- Many fungi belonging to the genera Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are responsible for ringworms which is one of the most common infectious diseases in man. Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body such as skin, nails and scalp (Figure 7.3) are the main symptoms of the disease
C- Bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae are responsible for the disease pneumonia in humans which infects the alveoli (air filled sacs) of the lungs. As a result of the infection, the alveoli get filled with fluid leading to severe problems in respiration. The symptoms of pneumonia include fever, chills, cough and headache.
D- Wuchereria (W. bancrofti and W. malayi), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, usually the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs and the disease is called elephantiasis or filariasis . The genital organs are also often affected, resulting in gross deformities. The pathogens are transmitted to a healthy person through the bite by the female mosquito vectors - culex mosquito

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 12
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The function of IgE is:

Detailed Solution: Question 12

The function of IgE antibody as mediators in allergic reactions of Type I is explained by their ability to interact both with antigen and with receptor molecules on the membrane of blood basophils and tissue mast cells. It is essential for type I hypersensitivity, which occurs as allergic asthma, rhinitis, and other allergic disorders. It also plays a key role in allergic reactions to anaphylactic medicines, bee stings, and antigen preparations used in immunotherapy tolerance.

Hence the correct option is 'B'  

Topic in NCERT: Allergies

Line in NCERT: "The antibodies produced to these are of IgE type."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 13
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The chemical test that is used for diagnosis of typhoid is:

Detailed Solution: Question 13

Widal Test is used for diagnosis of Typhiod. Widal Test is used for diagnosis of Typhoid.

1. ESR is done to check out the concentration of Erythrocytes in blood.

2. PCR is done to amplify the amount of DNA molecules.

3. Widal test is a serological test for typhoid or enteric fever.

4. ELISA is done in AIDS.

Hence the correct option is 'C'

Topic in NCERT: Widal test

Line in NCERT: "Widal test: A classic case in medicine, that of Mary Mallon nicknamed Typhoid Mary, is worth mentioning here."

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 14
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A person suffering from a disease caused by Plasmodium, experiences chill and fever at the time when?

Detailed Solution: Question 14

The chill and fever experienced by a person suffering from malaria is caused by the rupture of RBCs. This rupture happens when the parasite (Plasmodium) has completed its cycle of multiplication inside the RBCs and releases new forms (merozoites), which enter fresh RBCs. This process leads to the characteristic symptoms of malaria, such as fever and chills.

Test: Common Diseases in Humans & Immunity - Question 15
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Select the correct sequence about the life cycle of Plasmodium:

Detailed Solution: Question 15

The correct sequence of the Plasmodium life cycle involves the following steps:

Sporozoites are injected into humans by the female mosquito. The sporozoites travel to the liver where they mature. After the liver stage, the parasite enters the RBCs where it multiplies.Some of the parasites develop into gametocytes, which are released into the blood.These gametocytes are taken up by a female mosquito during a blood meal. Inside the mosquito, the gametocytes undergo sexual reproduction to form sporozoites.Finally, sporozoites are transmitted back to humans when the mosquito bites again.
Consider the given stages in the life cycle of Plasmodium and choose the correctly matched pair : 1. A : Merozites infect human when mosquito bites 2. B : Parasite reproduced sexually

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