General Knowledge Quiz of Medical Science

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Health, Doctors and Medical General Knowledge Questions Answers

Ques. “Pruritus” is a medical word for what?
(a) Itching
(b) Nausea
(c) Sleeplessness
(d) Bleeding

Ans. (a)

Ques. Jonas E. Salk developed the which Vaccine
(a) Rabies
(b) Typhus
(c) Polio
(d) TB

Ans. (c)

Ques. The injection of anti-toxin is given to prevent
(a) Tetanus
(b)Tuberculosis
(c) Typhoid
(d) Filariasis

Ans. (a)

Ques. Who is considered the father of Surgery?
(a) Yatindra Mohan Sengupta
(b) Chitta Ranjan Das
(c) Susruta
(d) Chanakya

Ans. (c)

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Ques. Who invented chloroform as anaesthetic?
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) James Simpson
(c) Alexander Fleming
(d) Christian Barnard

Ans. (b)

Ques. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
(a) Encephalitis – Brain
(b) Colitis – Colon
(c) Hepatitis – Liver
(d) Jaundice – Throat

Ans. (d)

Ques. Tamiflu is front line drug against
(a) AIDS
(b) Bird Flu
(c) Swine Flu
(d) Cancer

Ans. (b)

Ques. Which mirror is used by doctors for examining eyes, ears, nose and throat?
(a) Concave mirror
(b) Convex mirror
(c) Normal mirror
(d) Plane mirror

Ans. (a)

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Ques. Which of the following is used as vaccine for Tetanus ?
(a) Recombivax
(b) Toxoid
(c) PedvaxHIB
(d) Havrix

Ans. (b)

Ques. Who is the father of Homeopathy?
(a) Elvis Presley
(b) Marco Polo
(c) Ferdinand Magellan
(d) Samuel Haniman

Ans. (d)

Ques. Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?
(a) Haemorrhoids
(b) Haemoptysis
(c) Haemophilia
(d) Haemorrhage

Ans. (a)

Ques. Who invented Penicillin?
(a) Madam Curie
(b) Ian Fleming
(c) A.J. Cronin
(d) Alexander Fleming

Ans. (d)

Ques. In medicine, which suffix denotes ”inflammation of”?
(a) –it is
(b) –ology
(c) –opsy
(d) –ectomy

Ans. (a)

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Ques. When are CPM (Continuous passive mo­tion) machines used?
(a) During rehabilitation following a soft tissue surgical procedure or trauma
(b) In tennis training to fire balls for prac­tice shots
(c) Bottling beer in a factory
(d) Kneading bread

Ans. (a)

Ques. Which of the following is used for washing wounds?
(a) Tartaric Acid
(b) Salicyclic Acid
(c) Oxalic Acid
(d) Boric Acid

Ans. (d)

Ques. A tophus, or tophi, can occur as a result of what?
(a) Polio
(b) Over-exposure to sun
(c) Inflammation in the body’s joints
(d) An excess of uric acid in the body

Ans. (d)

Ques. Who is the father of medicine?
(a) Hippocrates
(b) The Beatles
(c) Queen Isabella I
(d) Diana

Ans. (a)

Ques. The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are
(a) abrasion, crystallization, pressure release
(b) abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis
(c) crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation
(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

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Ques. What is cholesterol?
(a) An amino acid derivative
(b) Signalling molecule, known as an eicosanoid
(c) A naturally occurring steroid
(d) A protein hormone

Ans. (c)

Ques. A dehydrated person should not drink
(a) Tea
(b) Coffee
(c) Seawater
(d) Alcohol

Ans. (d)

Ques. Which one of the following types of medicines is used for treating indigestion?
(a) Antibiotic
(b) Analgesics
(c) Antacid
(d) Antiseptic

Ans. (c)

Ques. Penicillin is commercially obtained from
(a) Penicillium expansum
(b) Penicillium chryosogenum
(c) Penicillium notatum
(d) Pennicillium claviforme

Ans. (b), (c)

Ques. Development of the iron lung with which Drinker and Shaw’s names are associated, and which was used to aid polio victims, was first funded by which body?
(a) Medical Research Council, UK
(b) Boston Children’s Hospital
(c) South Australia Health Department
(d) Consolidated Gas Company of New York

Ans. (d)

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Ques. Consider the following Statements about Symptoms of Dengue:
(I) Sudden high fever
(II) rashes on 3rd on 4th day of fever
(III) Severe pain behind eyes
(IV) Severe bodyache
(V) Unusual bleeding tendency or shock
Which of these Statements are true ?
(a) Only (I) and (II)
(b) Only (III) and (IV)
(c) Only (IV) and (V)
(d) All the above

Ans. (d)

Ques. Who is known as the father of toxicology?
(a) James Joyce
(b) Rachel Carson
(c) Paracelsus
(d) J. Robert Oppenheimer

Ans. (c)

Ques. ‘Salk’ vaccine against.
(a) Small Pox
(b) Polio
(c) Rabies
(d) Measles

Ans. (b)

Ques. Which of the following is used in ‘bloodless’ surgery ?
(a) U. V. light
(b) Laser
(c) Maser
(d) X-rays

Ans. (b)

Ques. Biopsy is done on.
(a) Tissues taken from a dead body
(b) Tissues taken from a living body
(c) Blood from veins
(d) Blood from arteries

Ans. (b)

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Ques. The sharp pain caused by the sting of an ant is due to
(a) Nitric acid
(b) Hydrochloric acid
(c) Formic acid
(d) Acetic acid

Ans. (c)

Ques. Who discovered vaccine of small pox?
(a) Louis Pasteur
(b) Edward Jenner
(c) Alexander Flemming
(d) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Ans. (b)

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