This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 8 Human Health And Disease – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 8 Human Health And Disease Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Breastfeeding is how a baby will acquire a ..... A) Artificial active immunity. B) Artificial passive immunity. C) Natural active immunity. D) Natural passive immunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural passive immunity. 2. A drug 'Smack' is obtained from the: A) Leaves of Cannabis sativa. B) Flowers of Dhatura. C) Latex of Papaver sominiferum. D) Fruits of Erythroxyl coca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latex of Papaver sominiferum. 3. Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune-response is responsible for such rejections? ..... [NEET-2017] A) Autoimmune response. B) Physiological immune response. C) Hormonal immune response. D) Cell-mediated immune response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell-mediated immune response. 4. If a person X contracts a disease successfully, then what type of immunity has he developed? A) Anamnestic. B) Active. C) Innate. D) Passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active. 5. In malignant tumors, the cells proliferate, grow rapidly and move to other parts of the body to form new tumors. This stage of disease is called: A) Mitosis. B) Tetratogenesis. C) Metastasis. D) Metagenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metastasis. 6. Innate immunity consists of A) Physical barriers and physiological barriers. B) Cellular barriers. C) Cytokine barriers. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 7. Which of the following is a substance usually prepared from killed or weaken pathogens? A) Vaccines. B) Antibodies. C) White blood cells. D) Lymph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaccines. 8. Vaccine is an example of ..... A) Artificial active immunity. B) Natural active immunity. C) Natural passive immunity. D) Artificial passive immunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial active immunity. 9. The organisms which causes diseases in plants and animals are called: A) Pathogens. B) Insects. C) Worms. D) Vectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogens. 10. Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n A) Antibody. B) Lymph cell. C) Antigen. D) Neutrop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antigen. 11. Which statement about ascariasis is not correct? A) Children 3-8 years are more likely to be infected. B) It is caused by a roundworm. C) Spreads due to poor sanitation and infected food and soil. D) There is no standardised treatment for the disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no standardised treatment for the disease. 12. Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to immunity? A) Antibodies are protein molecules, each of which has four light chains. B) The antibodies against small pox pathogen are produced by T-lymphocyte. C) Preformed antibodies need to be injected to treat the bite by a viper snake. D) Rejection of a kidney graft is the function of B-lymphocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preformed antibodies need to be injected to treat the bite by a viper snake. 13. Which one of the following disease is non-communicable?(a) Diphtheria(b) Flu(c) Cancer(d) Malaria A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 14. An organism which has been used as a weapon in biological war causes which of the following disease? A) Common cold. B) Malaria. C) Anthrax. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthrax. 15. Full form of AIDS is A) Acquired immunity deficient syndrome. B) Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome. C) Acquired immunity deficiency syndrome. D) Acquired immuno deficient syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome. 16. Which of the following cells actively participate during allergy? A) Liver cells. B) Red blood cells. C) Mast cells. D) B-lymphocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mast cells. 17. ..... is a pathogenic bacterium which causes typhoid A) Salmonello typhi. B) Salomen typhi. C) Salmon typhoid. D) Salmonella typhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salmonella typhi. 18. Why is regular exercise important for our health? A) Regular exercise is only beneficial for athletes. B) Exercise is not necessary for good health. C) Regular exercise can lead to increased stress levels. D) Regular exercise is important for maintaining physical and mental health. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regular exercise is important for maintaining physical and mental health. 19. A mammogram is a A) Removal of great tissue. B) Machine that creates images. C) X-ray of breast tissue. D) A surgery to remove tumors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X-ray of breast tissue. 20. Diacetyl morphine is commonly known as(a) cocaine(b) hashish(c) ganja(d) heroin A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 21. The main function of the white blood cell in the human intestine system is to A) Produce antigens to combat antibodies. B) Carry oxygen around the body. C) Combat and destroy antigen particles. D) Transport antigen to B memory cells in the lymph nodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Combat and destroy antigen particles. 22. Which one of the following diseases is non-communicable? A) Flu. B) Malaria. C) Cancer. D) Diphtheria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cancer. 23. Antibodies present in colostrum is of: A) IgE type. B) IgG type. C) IgD type. D) IgA type. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IgA type. 24. Which of the following propertirs of aquired immunity is the basis of vaccination? A) Memory. B) Diversity. C) Specifity. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory. 25. The thymus is located near the A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) Kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 26. How among the following discovered that malaria is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquito: A) Sir C.C.G. Ross. B) Sir Ronald Ross. C) Sir Patrick Manson. D) Charles Louis Alphonse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Ronald Ross. 27. ..... is a CNS stimulant as it interferes with the trasport of the neuro-transmitter ..... (a) Cocaine, acetylcoline(b) Barbituarate, glutamate(c) Cocaine, dopamine(d) Barbiturate, glycine A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 28. Which of the following facrtors affect human health?(i) Infections(ii) Silent mutation(iii) Life style(iv) Genetic disorders(a) (i), (ii)and(iv)(b) (i) and (ii)(c) (i), (iii) and (iv)(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 29. Antiviral substances produced by many vertebrates in response to viral infection for resisting the multiplication of virus is known as A) Antivirin. B) Interferon. C) Virion. D) Antiviral drugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interferon. 30. When plants/animals are infected with virus, they may produce an anti-viral substance that is capable of inhibiting the multiplication of that virus. Identify the correct name of this substance. A) Interferons. B) Anti-virion. C) Virion. D) Antigen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interferons. 31. Adolescents become drug addicts mainly due to the following causes except- A) Mental disorder. B) To avoid tension. C) Curiosity. D) Peer pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental disorder. 32. Babies acquire ..... immunity to some diseases before birth and are protected during the first six months after they are born. A) Actitive. B) Active. C) Pasive. D) Passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive. 33. Practicipating in an exercise programme can A) Increase self esteem. B) Decrease self confidence. C) Decrease sense of empowerment. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase self esteem. 34. When a quick immune response is required due to infection of a deadly microbe, the patient is injected with A) Vaccine. B) Inactivated or weakened pathogen. C) Preformed antibodies. D) Protein of pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preformed antibodies. 35. India is free from following diseases? A) TB. B) AIDS. C) Polio. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polio. 36. A protein or polysaccharide molecule that stimulates antibody formation. A) Antibiotics. B) Antigen. C) Endotoxins. D) Exotoxin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antigen. 37. The non-specific type of defense present in our body is A) Acquired immunity. B) Innate immunity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innate immunity. 38. Which form of pathogen is used in vaccination?(a) Activated and strong pathogenic antigens(b) Inactivated and weakened pathogenic antigens(c) Hyperactive and strong pathogen(d) Preformed antibodies A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 39. The antibodies produced against allergens are ..... A) IgA. B) IgM. C) IgG. D) IgE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IgE. 40. Motile zygote of Plasmodium occurs in: A) Gut of female Anolpheles. B) Salivary glands of Anopheles. C) Human RBCs. D) Human liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gut of female Anolpheles. 41. The following test is used for detection of AIDS A) ELISA TEST. B) BLOOD PROFILE TEST. C) CULTURE TEST. D) SWAB TEST. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ELISA TEST. 42. Interferon is a glycoprotein which is A) Antifungal. B) Antibacterial. C) Antiviral. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antiviral. 43. Which fungi causes Ringworm? A) Microsporum. B) Trichophyton. C) Epidermophyton. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Cell-mediated immunity is provided by A) B-lymphocytes. B) T-lymphocytes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T-lymphocytes. 45. What is the protein coat and genetic material present in HIV? A) Ds DNA. B) Ss DNA. C) Ss RNA. D) Ds RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ss RNA. 46. Transplantation of tissues/organs to save certain patients often fails due to rejection of such tissues/organs by the patient. Which type of immune response is responsible for such rejections? [NCERT Exemplar](a) auto-immune response(b) humoral immune response(c) physiological immune response(d) cell-mediated immune response A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 47. HIV causes AIDS by attacking WBC called ..... A) CD4 Th cells. B) CD8 Tc cells. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CD4 Th cells. 48. Out of the following diseses which are caused due to bacterial infection?A. TyphoidB. ElephantiasisC. CholeraD. Tuberculosis A) A, C, D. B) A, B. C) B, C. D) A, B, C, D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A, C, D. 49. What are the types of immunity? A) Innate immunity. B) Acquired immunity. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 50. Opium is extracted from A) Cannabis Sativa. B) Erythroxylum coca. C) Papaver somniferum. D) Atropa belladona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Papaver somniferum. 51. Messenger molecules, released by virus-infected cells, that bind to the surfaces of healthy cells and stimulate them to synthesize proteins that prevent viral reproduction are called A) Lymphokines. B) Cytotoxins. C) Interferons. D) Antibiotics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interferons. 52. Which antibody is present abundantly in colostrum A) IgM. B) IgG. C) IgA. D) IgE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IgA. 53. Antivenom against snake poison contains A) Antibodies. B) Antigen-antibody complexes. C) Antigens. D) Enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antibodies. 54. Short lived immunity acquired from mother to foetus across placenta or through mother's milk to the infants is A) Cellular immunity. B) Passive immunity. C) Active immunity. D) Innate non-specific immunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive immunity. 55. Mark the odd one in the following A) Thymus. B) Appendix. C) Tonsil. D) Spleen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thymus. 56. Which of the following is a pair of viral diseases? A) Common cold, AIDS. B) Dysentery, common cold. C) Ringworm, AIDS. D) Typhoid, tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common cold, AIDS. 57. Which of the following secretes histamine? A) Mast cells. B) Neutrophils. C) Macrophages. D) B cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mast cells. 58. An allergic reaction is initiated by antibodies of the A) IgA group. B) IgG group. C) IgE group. D) IgM group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IgE group. 59. Study the statements about Filariasis / Elephantiasis. Find the incorrect statement. A) Elephantiasis is common name of Lymphatic Filariasis. B) It is caused by a nematode. C) The disease is transmitted by house flies. D) Infection usually occurs in childhood and remains asymptomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The disease is transmitted by house flies. 60. D.P.T vaccine is an example of A) Passive immunity. B) Active immunity. C) Both (A) and (B). D) Interferon. 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