166 - comedk january 2008 paper mcqs with answers part 12

56q: metrifonate is effective against ?

a. amoebiasis
b. leishmaniasis
c. schistosomiasis
d. giardiasis

answer c. schistosomiasis

57q: thrombocytopenia due to increased platelet destruction is seen in ?

a. aplastic anemia
b. cancer chemotherapy
c. acute leukemia
d. systemic lupus erythematosus

answer d. systemic lupus erythematosus

58q: case control study is a type of ?

a. descriptive epidemiological study
b. analytical study
c. longitudinal study
d. experimental epidemiological study

answer b. analytical study

59q: commonest complication of CSOM is ?

a. sub periosteal abscess
b. mastoiditis
c. brain abscess
d. meningitis

answer b. mastoiditis

60q: periodic acid Schiff stain shows block positivity in ?

a. myeloblasts
b. lymphoblasts
c. monoblasts
d. megakaryoblasts

answer b. lymphoblasts

110 - AIIMS community medicine mcqs or social and preventive medicine mcqs ( spm or psm ) from all previous years AIIMS papers with answers - part 4

16q: life expectancy as per 1991 census is ?

 answer  male : 58.1 and female : 59.1 

17q: life expectancy as per 2001 census is ?

 answer  male : 62.8 and female : 64 .

18q: regarding propogated epidemic all are true except ?

a. herd immunity plays an important role in spread
b. person to person transmission takes place
c. high secondary attack rate
d. no secondary peaks

 answer  d . no secondary peaks . there are secondary peaks associated with propogated epidemic .

19q: the vector of japanese encephalitis in India is ?

 answer  culex tritaeniorhyneus .

20q: in a case controlled study , it is found that the disease is more common in the group taking coffee as compared to the control group . the significance of this is ?

a. cause and effect relationship established
b. disease median can be calculated
c. caffeine is associated with occurrence of disease
d. control will not get the disease

 answer c. caffeine is associated with occurrence of disease