Medical Quiz

Health and Hygiene Quiz


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What is the immune system?

A. The antibiotics that fight diseases

B. The body system that fights ninjas

C. The body system that fights diseases

D. The medicine that makes you feel better


Viruses can replicate without a host.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


The flu is caused by a ______________.

A. bacteria

B. virus

C. fungi


Lifestyle choices are small daily choices that you can make to help lower your risk of some diseases.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE


Garbage should be covered because

A. it falls on the road.

B. flies breed over it and it spreads diseases

C. animals eat from garbage bin

D. None of the above.


Which of the following is not a communicable disease

A. Cholera

B. cancer

C. Chicken pox

D. malaria


A disease that is hereditary can be passed from parents to their children.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Cleanliness, physical exercise, rest and sleep are a part of __________________

A. Hygiene

B. Social hygiene

C. Personal hygiene

D. None of above


Lack of Vitamin D causes _________

A. Night blindness

B. Goitre

C. Rickets

D. Beri Beri


The body’s ability to “remember” how to make antibodies quickly is called immunity.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


State good or bad-
I wash my hands before and after a meal

A. Good

B. Bad

C. Both

D. None


Excess intake of Fats can cause

A. Obesity

B. Heart Diseases

C. Diabetes

D. All of the above


A medicine that can give you immunity to a disease is called a __________.

A. microbes

B. vaccine

C. white blood cell


How can the rate of an infectious disease be reduced?

A. By preventing transmission between people

B. By wearing clean clothing


You can get ringworm of the skin by sharing contaminated towels, clothing, and sports equipment, and by direct contact with an infected person. Ringworm is what type of disease?

A. virus

B. bacteria

C. fungus

D. parasite


Having iodized salt regularly in your food will help in the prevention of __________.

A. Goitre

B. Anaemia

C. Rickets


Who invented the first vaccine?

A. Edward Rist

B. Edward Jenner

C. Robert Koch


Vaccines stimulate the body to produce…

A. autoimmune diseases

B. helper t-cells

C. fever

D. antibodies


Introduction into the body of a weakened, killed or piece of a disease-causing agent to prevent disease.

A. vaccination

B. immunization

C. pathogen

D. organ transplant


Swelling in the front part of the neck is a common symptom of ____________

A. Osteoporosis

B. Goitre

C. Anaemia

D. Beri Beri


The carrier of malaria causing protozoan is:

A. Female anopheles mosquito

B. cockroach

C. housefly

D. female Aedes mosquito


Which micro organisms cause communicable diseases?

A. Pathogens

B. Pathogerms

C. Partitions


The main cause of contagious diseases is ____________

A. Contaminated air

B. Contaminated food

C. Poor hygiene condition

D. All of the above


Pediatricians are doctors who specialize in……..

A. …caring for the elderly.

B. ….diseases that mainly affect the heart and blood vessels.

C. …the eyes and other parts of the visual system.

D. …caring for young people, from infants to young adults.


Choose the following which is not a good habit

A. Avoid talking or laughing while eating.

B. Use a hanky while coughing or sneezing

C. Put sharp objects into eyes and ears

D. Biting nails can make us fall I’ll.




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