50 - AIIMS MAY 2006 paper mcqs with answers part 1

1. The highest percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids are present in:


1. Groundnut oil.
2. Soybean oil.
3. Margarine.
4. Palm oil.

answer 2 . soyabean oil

2. Vitamin A deficiency is considered a public health problem if prevalence rate of night blindness in children between 6 months to 6 years is more than:
1. 0.01%
2. 0.05%
3. 0.1%
4. 1.0%

answer 4. 1.0 %

3. All of the following indicators are included in Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) except:


1. Infant mortality rate
2. Life expectancy at age one
3. Literacy rate
4. Per capita income

answer 4 . percapita income

4. In all of the following diseases chronic carries are found except:


1. Measles
2. Typhoid.
3. Hepatitis B
4. Gonorrhoea

answer 1 . measles

5. Specificity of screening test is the ability of test to detect:


1. True positives
2. False positives
3. False Negatives
4. True Negatives

answer 4 . true negatives

6. Anagen phase of the hair indicates:


1. The phase of activity and growth
2. The phase of transition
3. The phase of resting
4. The phase of degeneration.

answer 1 . the phase of activity and growth

7. ‘Chancre redux’ is a clinical feature of:

1. Early relapsing syphilis
2. Late syphilis
3. Chancroid
4. Recurrent herpes simplex infection

answer early relapsing syphilis

8. Max Joseph’s space is a histopathological feature of:


1. Psoriasis vulgaris.
2. Lichen planus
3. Pityriasis rosea
4. Parapsoriasis

answer 2 . lichen planus

9. Ivermectin is indicated in the treatment of:


1. Syphilis
2. Scabies
3. Tuberculosis
4. Dermatophytosis

answer 2 . scabies

10. The main cytokine, involved in erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) reaction, is:


1. Interleukin-2
2. Interferon – gamma.
3. Tumor necrosis factor – alpha.
4. Macrophage colony stimulating factor

answer 3 . tumor necrosis factor - alpha