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In exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, and others, we find many questions from the General Science section. In this section, Biology topics are considered favorites. we will provide topic-wise practice questions so that students can be able to practice more and more and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide practice questions in Health, Nutrition, and Disease section.                                                                    
 

Que 1.  Deficiency of which vitamin causes Scurvy disease?
(a) Vitamin D 
(b) Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin  K
(d) Vitamin A

Ans. (b) Vitamin C
Explanation-Scurvy is a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency.

Que 2. Which one of the following is used in the treatment of blood cancer?
(a) Iodine 131
(b) Sodium 24
(c) Phosphorus 32
(d) Cobalt 60

Ans. (d) Cobalt 60
Explanation- Cobalt therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope Cobalt 60
to treat conditions such as cancer.

Que 3. Where is the Indian Veterinary Research institute located?
(a) Bareilly 
(b) Mathura
(c) Karnal
(d) Patna

Ans. (a)  Bareilly
Explanation- Indian Veterinary Research institute is located at Izatnagar, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh state.

Que 4. Which of the following is an important source of vitamin E?
(a) Palm oil
(b) Coconut oil
(c) Mustard oil
(d) Wheat germ oil

Ans. (d) Wheat germ oil
Explanation- The richest sources of vitamin E are cooking oils, especially wheat germ oil. 

Que 5. Who discovered vitamins?
(a) Gerardus Johannes Mulder 
(b) Miller and Urey 
(c) funk 
(d) Anselme Payen

Ans.(c) funk
Explanation- The discovery of vitamins was a major scientific achievement in our understanding of health and disease. In 1912, Casimir Funk originally coined the term “vitamin”.

Que 6. Where is vitamin stored in the body?
(a) Skin 
(b) Liver
(c) Lungs 
(d) Kidney

Ans. (b) Liver
Explanation-Vitamin A is also fat-soluble, meaning that any amount not immediately needed by the body is absorbed and stored in fat tissue or the liver.

Que 7. Which type of cells increases leukaemia?
(a) Bone cells 
(b) Platelets
(c) Red blood cells 
(d) White blood cells

Ans. (d) White blood cells
Explanation- Leukemia usually involves white blood cells.

Que 8. What do you call someone who can’t stop eating?
(a) Bulimia 
(b) Diabetes
(c) Anorexia Nervosa
(d) Hyperacidity

Ans. (a) Bulimia
Explanation- Bulimia is a serious eating disorder in which you frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating.

Que 9. Which vitamin is obtained from sun rays?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin K
(d) Vitamin D

Ans. (d) Vitamin D
Explanation- Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin that has been produced on this earth for more than 500 million years.

Que 10. Which mirror is used by the dentist to see the image of the teeth of a patient?
(a) Concave mirror
(b) Convex lens
(c) Convex mirror
(d) Plane mirror

Ans. (a) Concave mirror
Explanation- The mirror used by a dentist to examine the teeth of patients is a Concave mirror. 

Que 11. Which mosquito causes the Zika virus?
(a) H1N1 
(b) Tick-transmitted virus
(c) The varicella zoster virus 
(d) It transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes

Ans. (d) It transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes
Explanation- Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by  Aedes Mosquitoes.

Que 12. What species causes typhoid fever?
(a) Virus 
(b) Bacteria
(c) Fungus
(d) Allergy

Ans. (b) Bacteria
Explanation- Typhoid fever is caused by a type of bacteria called salmonella Typhi.

Que 13. What is the reason behind the defect of presbyopia?
(a) Gradual weakening of  ciliary muscles only
(b) Diminishing flexibility of the eye lens only
(c) Both gradual weakening of ciliary muscles and Diminishing flexibility of the eye lens
(d) Sudden dysfunction of ciliary muscles and eye lens

Ans. (c) Both gradual weakening of ciliary muscles and Diminishing flexibility of the eye lens.
Explanation- Presbyopia is a vision defect that happens due to the weakening of the ciliary muscles of the eye lens.

Que 14. Which is not caused by viruses?
(a) Cholera 
(b) Chickenpox
(c) Hepatitis 
(d) Measles

Ans.(a) Cholera
Explanation- cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea; which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated

Que15.Which among the following is the richest source of protein?
(a) Beetroot
(b) potato
(c) Soybean
(d) wheat

Ans. (c) Soybean
Explanation- Soybean is the richest source of protein.

Que 16. What is break fever most commonly known as?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Rhinitis
(c) Yellow fever
(d) Dengue

Ans. (d) Dengue
Explanation- Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a virus generally transmitted by the mosquito Aedes Aegypti.

Que 17. The immunization technique was developed by whom?
(a) Louis Pasteur
(b) Robert Koch
(c) Joseph lister
(d) Edward Jenner

Ans. (d) Edward Jenner
Explanation- The immunization technique was developed by Edward Jenner. He was the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.

Que 18. Malfunctioning of which one of the following causes diabetes?
(a) Liver 
(b) pancreas 
(c) Kidney 
(d) Heart

Ans. (b) pancreas 
Explanation- Malfunction of the pancreas causes diabetes.

Que 19. A medicine bottle containing tablets or capsules, and a small pouch of silica gel are kept to?
(a) Absorb moisture
(b) Absorb gases
(c) Keep the bottle warm
(d) kill bacteria

Ans. (a) Absorb moisture
Explanation- A small pouch of silica gel is kept in medicine bottles containing tablets or capsules to absorb moisture as silica gel is considered to be the best drying.

Que 20. Dropsy is a disease caused due to adulteration in?
(a) Ghee 
(b) Turmeric powder
(c) Mustard oil 
(d) Argon oil

Ans. (c) Mustard oil 
Explanation- Epidemic dropsy is an acute non-infectious disease resulting from the use of edible oils adulterated with Argemone Mexicana seed oils.

 



Last Updated : 25 Nov, 2022
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