Assertion: AIDS is caused by the HIV, a retro-virus.Reason: Retro

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321.

Assertion: AIDS is caused by the HIV, a retro-virus.

Reason: Retroviruses have RNA genome.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


B.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Retrovirus is an RNA-containing virus that converts its RNA into DNA by means of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. This enables it to become integrated into its host's DNA. Some retroviruses can cause cancer in animals they contain oncogenes (cancer-causing genes), which are activated when the virus enters its host cell and starts to replicate. The special properties of retroviruses make them useful as vectors for inserting genetic material into eukaryotic cells. The best-known retrovirus is HIV, responsible for AIDS in humans.


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322.

What does 'T' stands for in DPT vaccine?

  • Tuberculosis

  • Typhoid

  • Trachoma

  • Tetanus


323.

Which one is correct?

  • Salmonella typhi and Haemophilus influenzae cause pneumonia

  • Widal test is done for malaria

  • Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis

  • Wuchereria causes enterobiasis


324.

Which of the following is correct?

  • All fungi are filamentous.

  • Transfer of DNA from one bacteria to another bacteria cannot take place

  • Virus cannot have both DNA and RNA

  • Protists reproduce asexually only


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325.

CD-4 receptor is associated with

  • AIDS

  • Cancer

  • Malaria

  • Pneumonia


326.

Which of the following is correct regarding HIV, hepatitis B, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis?

  • Trichomoniasis is a STD whereas other are not

  • Gonorrhoea is a viral disease whereas others are bacterial

  • HIV is a pathogen whereas others are diseases

  • Hepatitis B is eradicated completely whereas others are not


327.

Assertion : Interferons are antiviral proteins.

Reason : Interferons are secreted by virus infected cells.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


328.

A person who shows unpredictable moods, outbursts of emotions, quarrelsome behaviour and conflicts with others is suffering from

  • borderline personality disorder (BPD)

  • mood disorder

  • addictive disorder

  • schizophrenia


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329.

Cytokines that provide non- specific immnity against virus are

  • interlukin

  • tumour necrosis

  • colony stimulating

  • interferon


330.

Assertion: Sporozoites of malarial parasite enter in the human body due to biting of freshly born female Anopheles mosquito, whose mother was a carrier of malarial parasite.

Reason: Male and female gametocytes of malarial parasites are formed in the human intestine

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


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