Biology
Name:
(a) Four categories of diseases on the basis of their occurrence.
(b) Two categories of diseases based on their communicability.
(c) Two degenerative/ageing diseases.
(d) Three diseases caused by protozoans.
(e) Three diseases caused by helminths.
Related Questions
Mention whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
(a) Filariasis is transmitted by the housefly.
(b) Malaria is caused by a protozoan.
(c) BCG vaccine is used for chicken pox.
(d) Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for malaria.
(e) AIDS is caused by a bacterium.
(f) HIV is a serious disease, usually fatal.
(g) AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient's clothes.
(h) Chicken pox and hepatitis are bacterial diseases.
(i) Goitre is endemic in sub-Himalayan regions of India.
(j) AIDS is caused by a fungus.
(k) Hay fever and asthma are allergies.
(l) Smallpox still occurs in India.
(m) The disease filariasis is caused by the bite of female anopheles mosquito.
Name the following:
(a) The vaccine for preventing tuberculosis …………… .
(b) An organ usually affected by tuberculosis…………… .
(c) A disease that weakens body’s defense system against infections …………… .
(d) The microorganism that requires a host to reproduce …………… .
(e) The popular name of the disease filariasis …………… .
Match the terms given in Column A with those of column B:
Column A Column B Allergy Thalassemia Metabolic disease Cataract Genetic disease Leukemia Degenerative disease Hay fever Cancer Diabetes mellitus The first pair indicates the kind of relationship that exists between the first two terms. Rewrite and complete the second pair on a similar basis:
(a) April 7 : World health day :: December 1 : ……………
(b) Malaria: Plasmodium :: Filariasis : ……………
(c) Hepatitis: Liver :: Tuberculosis : ……………
(d) Mumps: Viral disease :: Typhoid : ……………
(e) Covid- 19: Pandemic :: Yellow fever : ……………