Mcq Subject: Social & Preventive Medicine

Which is the best index for burden of disease?

A. Case fatality rate

B. Morbidity data

C. Dependency ratio

D. Disability adjusted life years

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True statements regarding the calculation of HDI are all of the following except

A. In gross enrolment, only secondary education is considered, not primary education

B. 1/3rd weightage is given to adult literacy

C. 2/3`dweightage is given to gross enrolmen

D. Country's achievement is computed on the basis of adult literacy

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Recommnended daily intake of iodine in pregnancy-

A. 90 microgram

B. 120 microgram

C. 150 microgram

D. 250 microgram

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A radiotherapist prescribes a new drug combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma. It prolongs the survival. Which of the following is true in this situation?

A. Incidence reduces and prevalence increases

B. Incidence remains the same and prevalence increases

C. Incidence reduces and prevalence remains the same

D. Incidence increases and prevalence reduces

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HIV sentinel surveillance provides data:

A. To monitor disease trends

B. To identify high risk population

C. To estimate disease incidence

D. To assess the quality of related services

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Extremely axle insecticide according to WHO classification, are coded as:

A. Red

B. Green

C. Yellow

D. Blue

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A new method of measuring Haemoglobin levels has been developed. Ten successive readings of a single sample are as follows: 9.4, 10.4, 9.6, 9.1, 10.8, 12.1, 10.1, 9.8, 9.2, 9.5. But the Haemoglobin measured by standard calorimetry was 10.2. Therefore the given method has

A. Low validity, low reliability

B. High validity, low reliability

C. High validity, high reliability

D. Low validity, high reliability

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In a population of 10000 people, the prevalence of a disease is 20%. The sensitivity of a screening test is 95% and specificity is 80%. The positive predictive value of the test will be –

A. 45.70%

B. 54.30%

C. 15.30%

D. 98.50%

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Which of the following is the best study design to assess in quick time the strength of association between smoking and lung cancer?

A. Cross-sectional study

B. Case controlstudy

C. Randomized controlled trial

D. Coho study

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A recently delivered woman with a 15 days old child suffering from cough, sneezing and fever needs help. She has no money for transpoation to nearby hospital. Which of the national programme can help this woman?

A. JSSK

B. Indira Gandhi YojanaF-IMNCI

C. F-IMNCI

D. Home-based Care

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