MCQ’S ON TUBERCULOSIS
1. A combination of medications which are applied to treat tuberculosis is
(a) to generate a better response
(b) to decrease the resistance of the entity to the treatment
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Answer: (c)
2. This is the reason why diagnosing tuberculosis is turning challenging
(a) disease takes years to become active
(b) symptoms are irregular, they appear and then vanish
(c) symptoms are not very obvious and prominent always
(d) both (b) and (c)
Answer: (a)
3. The causative of Tuberculosis produces Tuberculin, it is a/an
(a) enzyme
(b) hormone
(c) endotoxin
(d) exotoxin
Answer: (c)
4. This is the main symptom of Tuberculosis
(a) Liquid formation
(b) Tubercle formation
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
5. Diagnosis of tuberculosis is done by
(a) Emulator and antiformin method
(b) Concentration method
(c) Petroff’s method
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
6. The causative of tuberculosis is
(a) Virus
(b) Bacterium
(c) Malnutrition
(d) Protozoan
Answer: (b)
7. The first person who discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis was
(a) Louis Pasteur
(b) Robert Koch
(c) Edward Jenner
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
8. Which of these is the culture medium for Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
(a) Wilson blair medium
(b) Löwenstein–Jensen medium
(c) Mac Conkey’s medium
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
9. For Tuberculosis, the drugs used to combat it are
(a) Streptomycin, Pyrazinamide
(b) Isoniazid, Rifampicin
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
10. The BCG vaccine is administered for immunity against
(a) Malaria
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Jaundice
(d) Hepatitis
Answer: (b)
