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प्रश्न
Which one of the following diseases is not transmitted by mosquitoes?
विकल्प
Brain fever
Malaria
Typhoid
Dengue
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उत्तर
Typhoid
Explanation:
Typhoid is a bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi. It is a vehicle-borne disease that is transmitted by contaminated food and water. Brain fever (Japanese encephalitis), Malaria and dengue are transmitted by Culex, female Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes respectively
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
Hay fever and asthma are
- Deficiency diseases
- Genetic diseases
- Organic diseases
- Allergy diseases
Read the passage and answer the questions.
| Master 'X' is a 3-year-old child. He is living with his family in a slum. A public toilet is present near his house. His father is a drunkard. His mother does not know the importance of a balanced diet. |
- Master 'X' can suffer from which different possible diseases in the above conditions
- How will you help him and his family in this situation?
- Which disease can occur to the father of master 'X'?
Match the items given in Column A with the appropriate item of Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| Degenerative diseases | Vector |
| Diabetes | Filaria |
| AIDS | Viral disease |
| Cholera | Rheumatic heart disease |
| Influenza | Bacterial disease |
| Mosquito | Insulin |
| Elephantiasis | HIV virus |
| - | Entamoeba histolytica |
State whether true or false. If false, correct the statement.
Non- infectious diseases remain confined to the person who develops the disease and do not spread to others.
Higher Order Thinking Skill.
Suggest precautionary measures you can take in your school to reduce the incidence of infectious disease.
The vector Culex mosquito carries the third-stage larva of W. bancrofti known as ______.
Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
i. Symptoms of malaria begin to appear 7 to 15 days after the bite of an infective mosquito.
ii. Initial symptoms of malaria are fever, headache and chills.
Malarial sporozoites reproduce asexually through fission known as ____________.
Complete the table.
BCG: ______.
______: Chickenpox.
What is a disease? How many types of diseases have you studied? Give examples.
