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प्रश्न
You are aware of Polio Eradication Programme in your city. Children are vaccinated because
विकल्प
vaccination kills polio causing microorganisms
prevents the entry of polio causing organism
it creates immunity in the body
all the above
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उत्तर
it creates immunity in the body
Explanation:
- Vaccination is a technique to develop immunity in individuals without infection.
- The term vaccine is used for the preparation of antigenic proteins of pathogens or weakened or dead pathogens which on inoculation into a healthy person provides temporary/permanent immunity against the diseases by inducing antibodies formation.
- The pathogens, given in a vaccine, are unable to cause disease but are sufficient to generate the primary immune response.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the causative germ of AIDS. How is this disease transmitted?
Name the following:
Two diseases caused due to deficiency of protein in the diet of a child
Find the odd one out:
Given below is a crossword puzzle. Read the clues across and clues down, and fill up the blank squares. Check up your performance with the correct solution given at the end.
Clues across
1. Category of pathogen that causes diseases, like common cold and mumps.
5. This is the vaccine for preventing tuberculosis.
6. An organ usually affected by tuberculosis
7. Jumbled spelling of one of the most common insect which visits our exposed foods and contaminates them.
8. Cover this part of your body by a handkerchief while sneezing to prevent droplet infection to others.
9. These may readily grow in your hair, if you do not wash it regularly.
10. A disease that weakens body’s defence system against infections.
Clues down
1. Germ or germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent occurrence of an infectious disease.
2. A disease caused by an infected dog, and which affects the central nervous system.
3. A disease in which the eyes, the skin and the urine turn yellow.
4. The disease pertussis is popularly known as whooping
| 1 V | 2 | U | 3 | 4 | |||
| A | O | ||||||
| 5 B | U | ||||||
| 6 L | G | ||||||
| 7 I | S | F | H | ||||
| 8 | S | I | |||||
| E | 9 | I | C | ||||
| 10 A | D | E |
Multiple choice questions. Tick (✓) the correct choice:
Which of the following is not a viral disease?
Mention the food constituents which may be lacking in one’s diet, in case of the following:
A person suffering from poor eyesight.
Mention the causal organisms of the following disease: Polio
Define the following: Immunisation
Name two diseases caused by animal bites
Name the vitamin and mineral whose deficiency causes rickets
