SUBJECT NAME & CODE: Social and Preventive Pharmacy (BP802TT)

: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :

Sr.N Questions Answers
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SECOND MID SEM : CO4, CO5 & CO6

1. What is the full form of MTP? B

a. Medical termination of parturition c. Medical termination of pregnancy
b. mechanical transfer of pollen d. maternally transmitted pathogens

2. The programs to get total reproductive health as a social goal of national level C
are called
a. family organization c. Family Planning
b. Family Care d. reproductive care

3. Which of the following is used for grading protein energy C

malnutrition? a. Ballard's scale c. Gomez scale
b. Bishop scoring d. Krammer’s rule

4. Which type of the following food is rich in omega-3 fatty A

acids? a. oily fish c. chicken
b. pork d. egg

5. Which of the following food item believed to be complete meal or balanced C

diet?
a. vegetables c. milk
b. fruits d. honey

6. Which one of the following is the main target of family welfare A

programs? a. couples in the fertile age c. woman after fertile age b.
children below 12 years d. male after fertile age

7. Which one of the following is not the activity of the family welfare C
program? a. malnutrition program c. IUD program
b. child marriage d. one child One Nation policy

8. When the Family Planning Insurance scheme was B

introduced? a. 2003 c. 2007
b. 2005 d. 2009

9. Which is the first state in India to recognize the family web planning to D
Nation planning?
a. Kerala c. Karnataka
b. Goa d. Tamil Nadu

10. Which is the first country to initiate a family planning program in the C
world? a. Brazil c. India
b. Pakistan d. France

11. What is the additive drug in tobacco? B

a. ethanol c. ammonia
b. nicotine d. tar
12. Which of the following disease is commonly caused by spit D
tobacco? a. lung cancer c. brain cancer
b. liver cancer d. mouth cancer

13. Which of the following is not an effect of smoking during D

pregnancy? a. low birth weight, leading to breathing and other
health problems b. premature birth, leading to breathing and other
health problems c. Birth defects such as missing limbs or
malformed ears
d. Learning and behavior problems later in childhood

14. What is the leading cancer killer of women in United D

States? a. oral cancer from spit tobacco
b. breast cancer from various causes
c. liver cancer from excess alcohol consumption
d. lung cancer from smoking

15. Mosquito responsible for malaria transmission C

a. Aedes aegypti c. Anopheles
b. Aedes albopictus d. Haemagogus

16. How many people are at risk of malaria in the world? D

a. 1.2 million c. 3.2 million
b. 1.2 billion d. 3.2 billion

17. We can protect ourselves from malaria... D

a. using mosquito repellent
b. wearing light-colored, long-sleeved shirts and trousers
c. sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets
d. all of this

18. There is a vaccine against malaria.: B

a. true
b. false

19. The term ageism was coined by A

a. Robert Butler c. Dr. O. P. Sharma
b. Ignatz leo nascher d. Dr. Sharad Gokhale

20. The elderly population (>60 years) accounted for what percent of C
total population of India in 2011?
a. 6.2% c. 8.3%
b. 7.2% d. 9.3%

21. About 64/1000 elderly persons in rural areas and 55/1000 in urban areas A
suffer from one or more disabilities the most common disability among the
elderly in India is
a. Locomotor disability c. hearing disability
b. visual disability d. speech disability

22. Which of the following institutions in India does not conduct a geriatric C
treat medicine course?
a. IGNOU c. Mysore Medical College b. AIIMS Delhi d.
 Madras Medical College

23. which of the following mentioned portals and sub programs were created D
under sarva shiksha, abhiyan?
a. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan c. Shagun portal
b. Padhe Bharat Badhu Bharat d. All of the above

24. What does ‘S’ stand for in SATH, an initiative by government of India D
to initiate transformation in health and education sectors by associating
with states?
a. sustainable c. social
b. supervisory d. all of the above

25. Under Swatch swastika server through financial assistance of - rupees will D
be given to the community health centers for that. They can be
strengthened to meet the standards of Sanitation hygiene and infection
control a. 10 lakhs c. 20 lakhs
b. 15 lakhs d. 25 lakhs

26. Which of the following statements about the Deen Dayal upadhaya D
grameen kaushalaya yojana is not correct?
a. It is a placement linked skill training program exclusively rural
girls b. It is a generational poverty alleviation program
c. It aims to convert india’s demographic surplus into a demographic
dividend d. All are correct

27. India’s first healthcare and wellness centre under ayushman bharat yojana D
was inaugurated in
a. Bijapur (chattishgarh) c. Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) b. Udaipur
(Rajasthan) d. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

28. The ministry of communication has recently launched a pan india D

scholarship program for school children called ‘Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana’.
The objective of the scheme is to increase the reach of
a. Philately c. Music
b. Sports d. Fashion designing

29. Which one of the following statements about ‘Niryat Bandhu Scheme’ C
is correct?
a. It is the scheme for monitoring rural poor
b. It is a scheme for crop protection
c. It is a scheme for mentoring first generation
entrepreneurs d. It is a scheme for the vulnerable section
of the society

30. Which state has been named first among states for its performance under B
the Pradhan mantri surakshit matritv abhiyan in india?
a. Madhya Pradesh c. Tamil nadu
b. Himachal Pradesh d. Uttar Pradesh

31. Which of the following are causing agents of disease? D

a. Physical agents c. Chemical agents
b. Biological agents d. All of the above
32. Sanitization broadly means C
a. Supporting small scale entrepreneurs
b. Disposal of human excreta
c. To develop household water treatment and solid waste management
system d. Educate people and community

33. What is estimated death linked to poor sanitation and hygiene in rural A
india? a. 1 in every 10 deaths c. I in every 100 deaths b. 10 in every 50
deaths d. It can’t be estimated

34. The central rural sanitation program was launched in… C

a. 1980 c. 1986
b. 1950 d. 2012

35. The central rural sanitation program was reconstructed in April and A
renamed as……
a. Nirmal bharat abhiyan c. Bhartiya nirmalta abhiyan b. Nirmal
gram abhiyan d. Total sanitation scheme

36. The first Nirmal Gram Puraskar was given in… A

a. 2005 c. 2003
b. 2011 d. 2012

37. What do you mean by HWT? D

a. Household waste treatment c. Housing water treatment b.
Housing waste treatment d. Household water treatment

38. The materials required for the construction of sanitary latrines and B
other sanitary facilities are sold from…
a. Rural sanitization mart c. Rural sanitary mart b. Rural
sanitary mall d. Gram panchayat

39. The main objective of the program…. Is to eradicate 100% open C

defecation a. Nirmal Bharat abhiyan c. Central rural sanitation program
b. Total sanitation campaign d. Open defecation free India

40. Which of following is objective of community health? D

a. Promotion and protection of health i.e., primary level prevention b.
Early diagnosis and treatment and control of further spread of disease i.e.,
Secondary level prevention
c. Control of disability and rehabilitation
d. All of the above

41. The concept of primary health care was introduced at international level B
jointly by WHO and UNICEF at the Alma Atta conference in …… year. a.
1975 c. 1976
b. 1978 d. 1973

42. What was the goal to achieve Alma Atta conference? B

a. Basic facility for all c. Health for all
b. Sanitization for all d. None of the above
43. The full form of PHC…. A
a. Primary health center c. Primary health care b. Purposive
health center d. Pediatric health care

44. Required number of populations to establish PHC in plain D

area a. 20000 c. 15000
b. 25000 d. 30000

45. What are levels of care in PHC A

a. First level of health care c. Tertiary level health care b. Second
level of health care d. All of the above

46. What are objectives of PHC D

a. To provide comprehensive primary health care to the community at
PHCs b. To achieve and maintain an acceptable standard of quality of
care c. To make the services more responsive and sensitive to the need of
the community
d. All of the above

47. The government of India has launched the national urban health mission as C
a submission under the national health mission (NHM) in
a. 1 st April 2005 c. 1 st may 2013
b. 1 st may 2007 d. 1 st April 2015

48. Rajiv Rin Yojana addresses housing need of D

a. Economically weak and lower income groups in urban
areas b. Urban BPL population
c. Urban slum dwellers and homeless
d. All of the above

49. Urban areas covered under N.U.H.M are D

a. Town panchayats c. Municipalities
b. Municipal corporations d. All of the above

50. The major cause of death in urban areas A

a. cardiovascular diseases c. Malignant and other neoplasms b.
Tuberculosis d. Diarrheal diseases

51. The key public health challenges are D

a. Weak and dysfunctional public system of outreach
b. Poor environmental health, poor housing
c. Many slums not having primary health care facility
d. All of these

52. NUHM will promote……….. convergence to avoid duplication of C

resources and efforts
a. Inter sectoral c. Both
b. Intra sectoral d. none
53. Which of the following statements is correct? D
a. Health promotion can refer to any event, process or activity that
facilitates the protection or improvement of the health status of
individuals, groups, communities or populations
b. The objective of health promotion is to prolong life and to improve
quality life
c. Health promotion practice is often shaped by how health is
conceptualized d. All of these

54. -------- refers to the application of consumer-oriented marketing techniques B

in the design, implementation and evaluation of programs aimed towards
influencing behavior change
a. Health education c. Consumer health
b. Social marketing d. None of these

55. Which of the following are major components of coordinated school D

health? a. Comprehensive school health education
b. Physical education
c. Nutrition services
d. All of the above

56. Biggest achievement of immunization program is the eradication B

of a. Chickenpox
b. Smallpox
c. Tetanus
d. TB

57. On which date the World Health Organization recognize to celebrate the A
world tuberculosis day.
a. 24th March
b. 7 th April
c. 24th April
d. 14th November

58. Which one of the following food is rich in omega -3 fatty A

aid? a. Olly fish
b. Chicken
c. Pork
d. Egg

59 Which of the following food item believed to be complete meal or C

balanced diet?
a. Vegetable
b. Fruits
c. Milk
d. Honey

60 Which one of the following is the main target of family welfare A

program? a. Couples in the fertile age
b. Children below 12 years
c. Woman after fertile age
d. Male after fertile age
61 Which of the following is not the activity of the family welfare C
program? a. Malnutrition program
b. Child marriage
c. IUD program
d. One child one nation policy

62. When the family planning insurance scheme was B

introduced ? a. 2003
b. 2005
c. 2007
d. 2009

63. Which is the first state in india to recognise the family web planning to D
nation planning ?
a. Kerala
b. Goa
c. Karnataka
d. Tamil nadu

64 What is the additive drug in tobacco? B

a. Ethanol
b. Nicotine
c. Ammonia
d. Tar

65. Which of the following disease is common caused by spit D

tobacco? a. Lung cancer
b. Liver cancer
c. Brain cancer
d. Mouth cancer

66. Mosquito responsible for malaria transmission is C

a. Aedes aegypti
b. Aedes albopictus
c. Anopheles
d. Haemagogus

67. How many people are at risk of malaria in the world ? D

a. 1.2 million
b. 1.2 billion
c. 3.2 million
d. 3.2 billion

68. We can protect ourselves from malaria....... D

a. Using mosquito repellent
b. Wearing light– coloured , long sleeved shirts and
trousers c. Sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets
d. All of these
69. Which state has been named first among states for its performance under B
the pradhan matri surakshit matritv abhiyan in india
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Tamil nadu
d. Uttar Pradesh

70. India’s first health care and welfare centre under ayushman bharat yojana D
was inaugu in
a. Bijapur(chattisgarh)
b. Udaipur (rajasthan)
c. Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)
d. Varansi(uttar Pradesh)

71. Which of the following instritution in india does not conduct a geriatric C
treat medicine course?
a. IGNOU
b .AIIMS Delhi
c. Mysore medical college
d. Madras medical college

72 The main objective of the program............. is to eradicate 100% C

open defecation
a. Nirmal bharat abhiyan
b. Total sanitation campaign
c. Central rural sanitation program
d. Open defecation free India

73 The concept of primary health care was introduced at international level B

jointly by WHO and UNICEF at the alma atta conference in.........year a.
1975
b. 1978
c. 1976
d. 1973

74. Which of the following are major components of coordinated school D

health ? a. Comprehensive school health education
b. Physical education
c. Nutrition services
d. All of the above

75. What are levels of care in PHC A

a. First level of health care
b. Second level of health care
c. Tertiary level of health care
d. All of the above