Use of antihistamines and steroids give a quick relief from

  • allergy 

  • nausea

  • cough

  • cough


A.

allergy 

Allergy is the hypersensitiveness of a person to some foreign substances coming in contact with or entering the body. The common allergens are dust, pollen mould, spores, fabricates, bacteria, etc. During an allergic reaction, there is increased the release of histamine from mast cells. Use of antihistamines and from mast cells. Use of antihistamine and steroids give a quick relief from allergy.

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Which one of the following statements is correct?

  • Patients, who had undergone surgery are given cannabinoids to relieve pain

  • Benign tumours show the property of metastasis

  • Heroin accelerates body functions

  • Heroin accelerates body functions


D.

Heroin accelerates body functions

Malignant tumour first grows slowly. No symptoms are noticed. This stage is called the latent stage. The tumour later grows quickly. The cancer cells go beyond adjacent tissue and enter the blood and lymph. Once this happens, they migrate to many other sites in the body, where the cancer cells continue to divide. It is metasis. Only maligant tumours are properly designated as cancer.

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Which one is the wrong pairing for the disease and its causal organism?

  • Late blight of potato - Alternaria solani

  • Black rust of wheat - puccinia graminis

  • Loose smut of wheat - Ustilago nuda

  • Loose smut of wheat - Ustilago nuda


A.

Late blight of potato - Alternaria solani

The causative agent of late blight of potato is fungus Phytophthora infestans, class- Oomycetes, order- Peronosporales, family-pythaiceae. In India, the late blight of potato is a seed born disease.

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Alzheimer disease in humans is associated with the deficiency of 

  • dopamine

  • glutamic acid

  • acetylcholine

  • acetylcholine


C.

acetylcholine

Alzheimer disease in humans is associated with the deficiency of acetylcholine.Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder, in which brain cells (neurones) deteriorate, resulting in the loss of cognitive functions, primarily memory judgement and reasoning, movement coordination and pattern recognition. In advanced stages of the disease, all memory and mental functioning may be lost.

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Which of the following is a pair of viral diseases?

  • Ringworm, AIDS

  • common cold, AIDS

  • Dysentery, common cold

  • Dysentery, common cold


B.

common cold, AIDS

Common cold and AIDS are viral diseases, occur due to myxovirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) respectively.
The causative agents of ringworm disease are fungi Trichophyton and Microsporum.
Typhoid and tuberculosis are bacterial diseases caused by salmonella typhi and mycobacterium tuberculosis respectively.

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