IAS PYQTopic: Health and Diseases (34 Questions)
Consider the following statements:
- Statement I.At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), India refrained from signing the 'Declaration on Climate and Health'.
- Statement II.The COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health is a binding declaration; and if signed, it becomes mandatory to decarbonize health sector.
- Statement III.If India's health sector is decarbonized, the resilience of its health-care system may be compromised.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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With reference to monoclonal antibodies, often mentioned in news, consider the following statements:
- I.They are man-made proteins.
- II.They stimulate immunological function due to their ability to bind to specific antigens.
- III.They are used in treating viral infections like that of Nipah virus.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Consider the following statements:
- I.No virus can survive in ocean waters.
- II.No virus can infect bacteria.
- III.No virus can change the cellular transcriptional activity in host cells.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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The World Bank warned that India could become one of the first places where wet-bulb temperatures routinely exceed 35°C. Which of the following statements best reflect(s) the implication of the above-said report?
- I.Peninsular India will most likely suffer from flooding, tropical cyclones and droughts.
- II.The survival of animals including humans will be affected as shedding of their body heat through perspiration becomes difficult.
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With reference to the 'Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan', consider the following statements:
- 1.This scheme guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy and six months post-delivery health care service in any government health facility.
- 2.Under this scheme, private sector health care providers of certain specialities can volunteer to provide services at nearby government health facilities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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2023
Consider the following statements:
1. Some mushrooms have medicinal properties.
2. Some mushrooms have psycho-active properties.
3. Some mushrooms have insecticidal properties.
4. Some mushrooms have bioluminescent properties.
How many of the above statements are correct?
2023
Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana :
1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
2023
Consider the following statements in the context interventions being undertaken under Anaemin Mukt Bharat Strategy :
1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.
3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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