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A person suffering from a disease caused by Plasmodium experiences recurring chill and fever at the time when the

  • sporozoites released from RBCs are being rapidly killed and broken down inside spleen

  • trophozoites reach maximum growth and give out certain toxins

  • Parasite after its rapid multiplication inside RBCs ruptures them, releasing the stage to enter fresh RBCs

  • Parasite after its rapid multiplication inside RBCs ruptures them, releasing the stage to enter fresh RBCs


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Parasite after its rapid multiplication inside RBCs ruptures them, releasing the stage to enter fresh RBCs

In malaria, chill and fever are due to the release of a toxic substance haemozoin, formed by the breakdown of haemoglobin present in RBCs. It will be released after the rupture of RBCs in erythrocytic schizogony.

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Which one of the following techniques is safest for the detection of cancer?

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

  • Radiography (X -ray)

  • Computed Tomography (CT)

  • Computed Tomography (CT)


When breast feeding is replaced by nutritive food in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from

  • marasmus

  • rickets

  • kwashiorkor

  • kwashiorkor


Which one of the following cannot be used for the preparation of vaccines against plague?

  • Formalin - inactivated suspensions of virulent bacteria

  • Avirulent live bacteria

  • Synthetic capsular polysaccharide material

  • Synthetic capsular polysaccharide material


A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxin in adults and characterised by
(i) a low metabolic rate
(ii) increase in body weight
(iii) tendency to retain water in tissue is 

  • hypthyroidism

  • simple goitre

  • myxoedema

  • myxoedema


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