Mcq Subject: Social & Preventive Medicine

All of the following can cause epidemic in post-disaster period except

A. Leishmaniasis

B. Leptospirosis

C. Rickettsiosis

D. Acute respiratory infections

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For testing the statistical significance of the difference in heights of school children –

A. Student's t test

B. chi-square test

C. Paired 't' test

D. ANOVA

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True about Total Goitre Rate (TGR) is:

A. It is an indicator of iron deficiency in the community

B. Community survey of TGR does not require doctors in the team

C. Goitres are classified as not visible, palpable and visible

D. Goitres are classified as not visible, palpable and visible

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Not included in the human poverty index is:

A. % of population not surviving up to 40 yrs age

B. Occupation

C. Underweight for age

D. % population not using safe water supply

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A research was undeaken by a group of psychiatrists and obstetricians to assess postpaum depression in mothers giving bih to male versus female children according to the Edinburgh depression scale (EPDS). What test should be used to compare the outcomes?

A. Student's t-test

B. Paired t-test

C. Chi-square test

D. Pearson's correlation coefficient

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. The prospectively evaluated, double-blinded, randomized clinical trail represents the ‘gold-standard’ for providing evidence for therapeutic decision making. This was first proposed by the father of evidence-based medicine:

A. Tolstoy

B. Sackett

C. Hippocrates

D. da Vinci

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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a complication observed with which of the following vaccines? (Asked twice)

A. MMR

B. HIV conjugate polysaccharide vaccine

C. Typhoid Vi polysaccharide vaccine

D. Influenza vaccine

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Mass Drug Administration is not helpful for

A. Lymphatic Filariasis

B. Vitamin A Deficiency

C. Worm infestation

D. Scabies

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Among a 100 women with average Hb of 10 gm%, the standard deviation was 1, what is the standard error?

A. 0.01

B. 0.1

C. 1

D. 10

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In a survey of sleep apnea scores among 10 people, the highest sample of 58 was entered by mistake as 85. This will affect the result as:

A. Increased mean, decreased median

B. Increased mean, increased median

C. Increased mean. no change in median

D. No change in mean, increased median.

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