Which day is celebrated as Malaria day ?
20th August
15th August
26th Janurary
5th June
Correct Answer :
A. 20th August
Related Questions
The rossette stage in lif^ cycle of Plasmodium is found in
blood of man
RBC of man
liver of man
stomach of Anopheles mosquito
Incubation period of Plasmodium vwax is about
6-8 weeks
10-12 days
15-20 days
20-40 days
Which of the following is a correct matching ?
Yellow fever mosquitoes toga virus B
Rabies saliva myxomavirus
Poliomyelitis fleas poliovirus
Tobacco mosaic disease aphids tobacco mosaic virus
N.M.E.P is the abbreviation of
Naitonal Mosquito Eridication Programme
National Malaria Elimination Programme
National Malaria Eradication Programme
National Malaria Elimination Process
Characters that are more useful in classification of animals are
morphological features
homologous features
analogous features
none of these
Trophozoites of E.histolytica reproduced by
binary fission
conjugation
autogamy
budding
Down stroke and recovery stroke are characteristic of
movement of pseudopodia
movement of flagella
movement of cilia
none of these
In Paramecium, proteins are digested
partly in endoplasm and partly in food vacuole
during the acid phase of the food vacuole
during the alkaline phase of the food vacuole
both (b) and (c)
The shivering, a characteristic symptom of malaria, occurs when
sporozoites enter the blood
metacryptozoites are liberated from the liver cells
merozoites are liberated from RBC with toxin
schizonts are formed in the RBC
The type of pseudopodia found in Amoeba are
reticulopodia
lobopodia
actinopodia
aropodia
In a Paramecium, the trichocysts are used for
fight or flight response
defence
offense
both (b) and (c)
Which of the following organelles are associated with defence in Protozoans ?
Nematocysts
Statocysts
Trichocysts
Otocysts
Treatment of the infection by malarial parasite in the principal host is studied under
chemo-therapy
chemo-diagnosis
chemo-prophy laxis
prophylaxis
Plasmalemma membrane covers thebody of
Taenia solium
Paramecium
Amoeba proteus
Plasmodium
Vector can be defined as
disease transmitting host
natural reservoir of disease causing organism
pathogenic organism
any kind of disease transmitting organism
Sporozoites of Plasmodium vivax are produced from
ookinete
gametocytes
merozoites
sporoblasts
The intermediate host in the life cycle of �. histolytica is
Housefly
Mosquitoes
Tsetse fly
None of these
Ingestion of some water with food in Amoeba takes place by the process of
endosmosis
pinocytosis
phagocytosis
none of these
Trypanosomiasis is a disease, transmitted by vector
Louse
Tsetse fly
Mayfly
Firefly
Kala-azar is a disease caused by
Trypanosma gambiense transmitted by Tsetse fly
Leishmania donovani transmitted by sandfly
Taenia solium transmitted by infected pork
Wuchereria bancrofti transmitted by Culex
When the causes ot malaria was not known, it was supposed to be cuased by
dirty water
foul air
mosquito
housefly
The ecological niche of Entamoeba histolytica is
small intestine of man
arge intestine of man
fresh water body such as ponds, rivers etc.
stagnaant water
A digenic protozoan parasite is
Monocystis
Amoeba
Plasmodium
Opalina
When kerosene is sprayed on the stagnant water wherein the larvae of Anopheles develop, it
burns the body wall of the larvae
diffuses through the body wall and kills them
suffocates them to death
prevents contact of spiracles with air
A liver biopsy of a patient suffering from amoebic hepatic abscess would demonstrate the presence of
trophozoites
cysts
precystic stages
sporozoites
If a fresh water Amoeba for some reason in unable to form contractile vacuole, it will
stop forming pseudopodia
stop manufacturing metabolic water
burst consequent to osmotic swelling
become static for some time
Benign tertian malaria is caused by
P. falciparum
P. vivax
P. malariae
P. ovale
In an electric field, the Paramecium moves
towards the negative pole
towards the positive pole
around to avoid effect of current
forms cyst and does not move
Trypanosoma is transmitted by
contamination
kissing
contagination
inoculation
The mode of life of Plasmodium in man and mosquito respectively is
intracellular in both
intercellular in both
intracellular and intercellular
intercellular and intracellular