MCQ’S ON DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA
Q. An important drug used for the treatment of malaria – Quinine is extracted from
(a) Red ants
(b) Calyx of cinnamon
(c) Bark of tulsi
(d) Bark of Cinchona
Answer: (d)
Q. Entamoeba gingivalis found in the buccal cavity of man causes
(a) No disease
(b) Pyorrhoea
(c) Bronchitis
(d) Amoebic dysentery
Answer: (a)
Q. “Trypanosomiasis” is transmitted by or carrier of Trypanosoma in man is
(a) Fruit fly
(b) Tse-tse fly
(c) Housefly
(d) Mayfly
Answer: (b)
Q. The malignant tertian malaria is caused by
(a) Plasmodium malariae
(b) Plasmodium ovale
(c) Plasmodium falciparum
(d) Plasmodium vivax
Answer: (c)
Q. Which of the following parasites is responsible for the cause of African sleeping sickness or Gambiense fever?
(a) Leishmania
(b) Trypanosoma
(c) Entamoeba
(d) Trichomonas
Answer: (b)
Q. Tse-tse fly is a vector for sleeping sickness. Which of the following parasite transmits the infective stage?
(a) Wuchereria bancrofti
(b) Leishmania donovani
(c) Plasmodium falciparum
(d) Trypanosoma gambiense
Answer: (d)
Q. Schaffner’s dots are related to _______________.
(a) Entamoeba histolytica
(b) Leucocytes of frog
(c) RBC of man
(d) Epithelium of the stomach of the mosquito
Answer: (c)
Q. “Amoebiasis” or amoebic dysentery is caused by___________.
(a) Trypanosoma histolytica
(b) Entamoeba histolytica
(c) Entamoeba gingivalis
(d) Plasmodium vivax
Answer: (b)
Q. Which of the following statement is true about the Malarial parasites?
(a) Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient when the temperature comes to normal
(b) Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient, an hour before the rise of temperature
(c) Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient, a few hours after the temperature reaches normal
(d) Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient when the temperature rises with rigour
Answer: (c)
Q. Which of the following “Glossina palpalis” is a vector for
(a) Filariasis
(b) Plague
(c) Dengue
(d) Gambian fever
Answer: (d)
