Which vitamin is known chemically as retinol?
- A) Vitamin C
- B) Vitamin A
- C) Vitamin D
- D) Vitamin E
Answer: B) Vitamin A
What are common food sources of thiamine (Vitamin B1)?
- A) Milk and cheese
- B) Legumes, whole grain, and nuts
- C) Fish and butter
- D) Liver and eggs
Answer: B) Legumes, whole grain, and nuts
Deficiency of which vitamin leads to night blindness?
- A) Vitamin B1
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin A
- D) Vitamin D
Answer: C) Vitamin A
Which vitamin is associated with the deficiency disease beri-beri?
- A) Vitamin C
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin A
- D) Vitamin B1
Answer: D) Vitamin B1
Riboflavin is also known as:
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B1
- C) Vitamin B2
- D) Vitamin D
Answer: C) Vitamin B2
Which of the following foods are rich in riboflavin (Vitamin B2)?
- A) Eggs, milk, cheese, and nuts
- B) Fish, butter, and liver
- C) Legumes and whole grain
- D) Citrus fruits
Answer: A) Eggs, milk, cheese, and nuts
Inflammation of the tongue and sores in the mouth are symptoms of a deficiency in:
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin B1
- D) Vitamin D
Answer: B) Vitamin B2
Which vitamin is crucial for preventing skin dryness?
- A) Vitamin C
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin A
- D) Vitamin D
Answer: C) Vitamin A
A lack of which vitamin can lead to inflammation of the tongue?
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B1
- C) Vitamin B2
- D) Vitamin C
Answer: C) Vitamin B2
Beri-beri is caused by a deficiency of:
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin B1
- D) Vitamin D
Answer: C) Vitamin B1
Which vitamin is also known as niacin or nicotinic acid?
- A) Vitamin B3
- B) Vitamin B5
- C) Vitamin B6
- D) Vitamin B12
- Answer: A) Vitamin B3
Which of the following foods are rich sources of Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)?
- A) Meat and fish
- B) Eggs, liver, dairy products
- C) Organ meats and cereals
- D) Oranges and tomatoes
- Answer: B) Eggs, liver, dairy products
Deficiency of which vitamin can lead to skin disease, diarrhea, depression, and dementia?
- A) Vitamin B3
- B) Vitamin B5
- C) Vitamin B6
- D) Vitamin B12
- Answer: A) Vitamin B3
Pantothenic acid deficiency can cause which of the following symptoms?
- A) Rickets
- B) Fatigue and muscle crampC) Anemia and kidney stonesD) Scurvy
- Answer: B) Fatigue and muscle cramp
Which vitamin is known as pyridoxine?
- A) Vitamin B3
- B) Vitamin B5
- C) Vitamin B6
- D) Vitamin B12
- Answer: C) Vitamin B6
What are common food sources of Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)?
- A) Meat and fish
- B) Eggs and dairy products
- C) Oranges and potatoes
- D) Vegetable oils and olives
- Answer: A) Meat and fish
A deficiency in which vitamin can cause pale skin, constipation, and fatigue?
- A) Vitamin B3
- B) Vitamin B5
- C) Vitamin B6
- D) Vitamin B12
- Answer: D) Vitamin B12
Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
- A) Vitamin B5
- B) Vitamin C
- C) Vitamin D
- D) Vitamin E
- Answer: B) Vitamin C
Deficiency of Vitamin D (Calciferol) can lead to which conditions?
- A) Neurological problems
- B) Failure to clot blood
- C) Rickets and osteomalacia
- D) Scurvy
- Answer: C) Rickets and osteomalacia
- Which vitamin is known for preventing failure to clot blood?
- A) Vitamin E
- B) Vitamin K
- C) Vitamin D
- D) Vitamin C
- Answer: B) Vitamin K
- Which is the largest and strongest bone in the human body?
- A) Humerus
- B) Tibia
- C) Femur
- D) Radius
- Answer: C) Femur
- What is the smallest bone in the human body?
- A) Incus
- B) Stapes
- C) Malleus
- D) Patella
- Answer: B) Stapes
- What is the approximate volume of blood in an average 70 kg human body?
- A) 4 litres
- B) 5 litres
- C) 6 litres
- D) 7 litres
- Answer: C) 6 litres
- What is the normal range of red blood cells (RBC) in males?
- A) 4 to 5 million/cubic mm
- B) 5 to 6 million/cubic mm
- C) 6 to 7 million/cubic mm
- D) 3 to 4 million/cubic mm
- Answer: B) 5 to 6 million/cubic mm
- How long do red blood cells (RBC) typically live?
- A) 10 to 20 days
- B) 30 to 60 days
- C) 100 to 120 days
- D) 150 to 180 days
- Answer: C) 100 to 120 days
- What is the lifespan of white blood cells (WBC)?
- A) 1-2 days
- B) 3-4 days
- C) 5-6 days
- D) 7-8 days
- Answer: B) 3-4 days
- How long does it take for an RBC to complete one cycle of circulation in the body?
- A) 10 seconds
- B) 20 seconds
- C) 30 seconds
- D) 40 seconds
- Answer: B) 20 seconds
- What is another name for red blood cells (RBC)?
- A) Leukocytes
- B) Thrombocytes
- C) Erythrocytes
- D) Lymphocytes
- Answer: C) Erythrocytes
- Which type of white blood cell is the largest?
- A) Neutrophil
- B) Monocyte
- C) Eosinophil
- D) Basophil
- Answer: B) Monocyte
- Which type of white blood cell is the smallest?
- A) Neutrophil
- B) Monocyte
- C) Eosinophil
- D) Lymphocyte
- Answer: D) Lymphocyte
- Who discovered blood groups?
- A) Alexander Fleming
- B) Louis Pasteur
- C) Karl Landsteiner
- D) Robert Koch
- Answer: C) Karl Landsteiner
- What is the normal blood platelet count range in a healthy individual?
- A) 100,000 – 200,000 platelets per micro litre
- B) 150,000 – 400,000 platelets per micro litre
- C) 200,000 – 500,000 platelets per micro litre
- D) 250,000 – 450,000 platelets per micro litre
- Answer: B) 150,000 – 400,000 platelets per micro litre
- What is the normal range of haemoglobin in males?
- A) 12-13 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- B) 13-14 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- C) 14-15 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- D) 15-16 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- Answer: C) 14-15 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- What is the normal range of haemoglobin in females?
- A) 10-12 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- B) 11-14 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- C) 12-15 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- D) 13-16 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- Answer: B) 11-14 gm/100 c.c. of blood
- What is the total haemoglobin content in the body?
- A) 300-500 gm
- B) 400-600 gm
- C) 500-700 gm
- D) 600-800 gm
- Answer: C) 500-700 gm
- What is the normal pH range of urine?
- A) 4.5-6
- B) 5.5-7
- C) 6.5-8
- D) 7.5-9
- Answer: C) 6.5-8
- What is the normal pH range of blood?
- A) 7.26-7.31
- B) 7.32-7.37
- C) 7.36-7.41
- D) 7.42-7.47
- Answer: C) 7.36-7.41
- What is the normal volume of semen per ejaculation?
- A) 1-3 ml
- B) 2-5 ml
- C) 3-6 ml
- D) 4-7 ml
- Answer: B) 2-5 ml
- What is the normal sperm count per ejaculation?
- A) 100-200 million
- B) 150-300 million
- C) 200-350 million
- D) 250-400 million
- Answer: D) 250-400 million
- What is the average duration of the menstrual cycle?
- A) 24 days
- B) 26 days
- C) 28 days
- D) 30 days
- Answer: C) 28 days
- What is the normal blood clotting time?
- A) 1-2 minutes
- B) 3-5 minutes
- C) 6-8 minutes
- D) 9-11 minutes
- Answer: B) 3-5 minutes
- What is the weight range of the human adult brain?
- A) 1000-1100 gm
- B) 1100-1200 gm
- C) 1300-1400 gm
- D) 1500-1600 gm
- Answer: C) 1300-1400 gm
- What is considered normal blood pressure (B.P.)?
- A) 110/70 mm Hg
- B) 120/80 mm Hg
- C) 130/90 mm Hg
- D) 140/90 mm Hg
- Answer: B) 120/80 mm Hg
- Which blood group is known as the universal donor?
- A) A
- B) B
- C) AB
- D) O
- Answer: D) O
- Which blood group is known as the universal recipient?
- A) A
- B) B
- C) AB
- D) O
- Answer: C) AB
- What is the average body weight for an adult human?
- A) 50 kg
- B) 60 kg
- C) 70 kg
- D) 80 kg
- Answer: C) 70 kg
- What is the normal body temperature for an adult human?
- A) 35 degrees Celsius
- B) 36 degrees Celsius
- C) 37 degrees Celsius
- D) 38 degrees Celsius
- Answer: C) 37 degrees Celsius
- What is the normal breathing rate at rest for an adult?
- A) 8-12 breaths per minute
- B) 10-14 breaths per minute
- C) 12-16 breaths per minute
- D) 14-18 breaths per minute
- Answer: C) 12-16 breaths per minute
- How many pairs of spinal nerves are there in the human body?
- A) 30 pairs
- B) 31 pairs
- C) 32 pairs
- D) 33 pairs
- Answer: B) 31 pairs
- Which is the largest endocrine gland in the human body?
- A) Thyroid gland
- B) Pituitary gland
- C) Adrenal gland
- D) Pancreas
- Answer: A) Thyroid gland
- What is the normal heart beat rate at rest for an adult?
- A) 60 beats per minute
- B) 72 beats per minute
- C) 80 beats per minute
- D) 90 beats per minute
- Answer: B) 72 beats per minute
- Which is the largest gland in the human body?
- A) Thyroid gland
- B) Liver
- C) Pancreas
- D) Adrenal gland
- Answer: B) Liver
- Which is the largest muscle in the human body?
- A) Quadriceps
- B) Biceps
- C) Gluteus Maximus
- D) Pectoralis Major
- Answer: C) Gluteus Maximus
- What is the smallest muscle in the human body?
- A) Sartorius
- B) Stapedius
- C) Masseter
- D) Soleus
- Answer: B) Stapedius
- Which is the largest artery in the human body?
- A) Pulmonary artery
- B) Carotid artery
- C) Femoral artery
- D) Aorta
- Answer: D) Aorta
- Which is the largest vein in the human body?
- A) Jugular vein
- B) Pulmonary vein
- C) Inferior Vena Cava
- D) Superior Vena Cava
- Answer: C) Inferior Vena Cava
- Which is the largest and longest nerve in the human body?
- A) Vagus nerve
- B) Sciatic nerve
- C) Ulnar nerve
- D) Median nerve
- Answer: B) Sciatic nerve
- Which cells are the longest in the human body?
- A) Muscle cells
- B) Blood cells
- C) Neurons
- D) Skin cells
- Answer: C) Neurons
- Where is the gluteus maximus muscle located?
- A) Arm
- B) Leg
- C) Back
- D) Buttocks
- Answer: D) Buttocks
- What is the main function of the aorta?
- A) To carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
- B) To carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- C) To filter blood in the liver
- D) To aid in digestion
- Answer: B) To carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- Which virus causes Chickenpox?
- A) Rhinovirus
- B) Varicella-zoster virus
- C) Measles virus
- D) Variola virus
- Answer: B) Varicella-zoster virus
- Smallpox is caused by which virus?
- A) Measles virus
- B) Mumps virus
- C) Variola virus
- D) Dengue virus
- Answer: C) Variola virus
- What is the causative agent of the common cold?
- A) Rabies virus
- B) Rhinovirus
- C) Dengue virus
- D) JC virus
- Answer: B) Rhinovirus
- AIDS is caused by which virus?
- A) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- B) Measles virus
- C) Mumps virus
- D) Varicella-zoster virus
- Answer: A) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Which virus is responsible for causing measles?
- A) Mumps virus
- B) Dengue virus
- C) Measles virus
- D) Rabies virus
- Answer: C) Measles virus
- Mumps is caused by which virus?
- A) Measles virus
- B) Mumps virus
- C) Varicella-zoster virus
- D) Variola virus
- Answer: B) Mumps virus
- What is the causative agent of rabies?
- A) Dengue virus
- B) JC virus
- C) Rabies virus
- D) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Answer: C) Rabies virus
- Which virus causes dengue fever?
- A) Rabies virus
- B) JC virus
- C) Dengue virus
- D) Measles virus
- Answer: C) Dengue virus
- Viral encephalitis can be caused by all of the following viruses EXCEPT:
- A) Herpes simplex virus
- B) Polio virus
- C) Measles virus
- D) Mumps virus
- Answer: D) Mumps virus
- Which virus is NOT typically associated with viral encephalitis?
- A) Rabies virus
- B) Herpes simplex virus
- C) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- D) JC virus
- Answer: C) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Whooping cough is caused by which bacterium?
- A) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- B) Vibrio cholerae
- C) Bordetella pertussis
- D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Answer: C) Bordetella pertussis
- Diphtheria is caused by which bacterium?
- A) Mycobacterium leprae
- B) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- C) Clostridium tetani
- D) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Answer: D) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- What is the causative agent of cholera?
- A) Bordetella pertussis
- B) Vibrio cholerae
- C) Salmonella typhi
- D) Yersinia pestis
- Answer: B) Vibrio cholerae
- Leprosy is caused by which bacterium?
- A) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- B) Mycobacterium leprae
- C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- D) Clostridium tetani
- Answer: B) Mycobacterium leprae
- Which bacterium is responsible for causing pneumonia?
- A) Salmonella typhi
- B) Mycobacterium leprae
- C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- D) Yersinia pestis
- Answer: C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Tetanus is caused by which bacterium?
- A) Bordetella pertussis
- B) Clostridium tetani
- C) Vibrio cholerae
- D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Answer: B) Clostridium tetani
- What is the causative agent of typhoid fever?
- A) Mycobacterium leprae
- B) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- C) Salmonella typhi
- D) Yersinia pestis
- Answer: C) Salmonella typhi
- Tuberculosis is caused by which bacterium?
- A) Mycobacterium leprae
- B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- C) Clostridium tetani
- D) Vibrio cholerae
- Answer: B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Which bacterium is responsible for causing the plague?
- A) Bordetella pertussis
- B) Yersinia pestis
- C) Salmonella typhi
- D) Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Answer: B) Yersinia pestis
- Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a bacterium?
- A) Whooping cough
- B) Diphtheria
- C) Measles
- D) Typhoid
- Answer: C) Measles
- Which organism causes malaria?
- A) Virus
- B) Bacteria
- C) Plasmodium parasite
- D) Fungal spores
- Answer: C) Plasmodium parasite
- What spreads malaria?
- A) Culex mosquitoes
- B) Aedes mosquitoes
- C) Anopheles mosquitoes
- D) Sandflies
- Answer: C) Anopheles mosquitoes
- Amoebic dysentery is caused by which protozoan?
- A) Plasmodium falciparum
- B) Trypanosoma brucei
- C) Entamoeba histolytica
- D) Leishmania donovani
- Answer: C) Entamoeba histolytica
- Which protozoan causes sleeping sickness?
- A) Plasmodium vivax
- B) Entamoeba histolytica
- C) Trypanosoma brucei
- D) Leishmania donovani
- Answer: C) Trypanosoma brucei
- What is the causative agent of kala-azar?
- A) Plasmodium malariae
- B) Entamoeba histolytica
- C) Trypanosoma cruzi
- D) Leishmania donovani
- Answer: D) Leishmania donovani
- Tapeworms are classified as which type of parasites?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Fungi
- C) Intestinal parasites
- D) Blood parasites
- Answer: C) Intestinal parasites
- What causes filariasis?
- A) Flatworms
- B) Filarial nematode worms
- C) Tapeworms
- D) Roundworms
- Answer: B) Filarial nematode worms
- Which parasite is responsible for most cases of filariasis?
- A) Trypanosoma brucei
- B) Leishmania donovani
- C) Wuchereria bancrofti
- D) Enterobius vermicularis
- Answer: C) Wuchereria bancrofti
- Pinworm infections are caused by which organism?
- A) Entamoeba histolytica
- B) Enterobius vermicularis
- C) Wuchereria bancrofti
- D) Taenia solium
- Answer: B) Enterovirus vermicularis
- Which disease is NOT caused by a protozoan?
- A) Malaria
- B) Amoebic dysentery
- C) Sleeping sickness
- D) Tapeworm infection
- Answer: D) Tapeworm infection
- Anemia is caused due to the deficiency of which mineral?
- A) Calcium
- B) Iron
- C) Iodine
- D) Magnesium
- Answer: B) Iron
- Ariboflavinosis is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
- A) Vitamin B1
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin B3
- D) Vitamin B6
- Answer: B) Vitamin B2
- Which vitamin deficiency causes BeriBeri?
- A) Vitamin B1
- B) Vitamin B2
- C) Vitamin B3
- D) Vitamin B6
- Answer: A) Vitamin B1
- Goitre is caused by a deficiency of which mineral?
- A) Calcium
- B) Iron
- C) Iodine
- D) Magnesium
- Answer: C) Iodine
- Impaired clotting of the blood is due to the deficiency of which vitamin?
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin D
- C) Vitamin E
- D) Vitamin K
- Answer: D) Vitamin K
- Kwashiorkor is caused by a deficiency of what?
- A) Carbohydrates
- B) Fats
- C) Proteins
- D) Vitamins
- Answer: C) Proteins
- Night Blindness is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin?
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B
- C) Vitamin C
- D) Vitamin D
- Answer: A) Vitamin A
- Osteoporosis is caused by a deficiency of which mineral?
- A) Iron
- B) Calcium
- C) Iodine
- D) Magnesium
- Answer: B) Calcium
- Rickets is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B
- C) Vitamin C
- D) Vitamin D
- Answer: D) Vitamin D
- Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin?
- A) Vitamin A
- B) Vitamin B
- C) Vitamin C
- D) Vitamin D
- Answer: C) Vitamin C
