Topic MCQs · Everyday Science
111 MCQs on Diseases sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 36 solved papers (2007–2025). Below are the top 100 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: Cancer
According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, global cancer cases are projected to rise significantly due to aging populations and lifestyle factors.
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Correct Answer: Plague
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.
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Correct Answer: Virus
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Correct Answer: Uganda
The Zika virus was first isolated in 1947 in a rhesus macaque monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda.
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Correct Answer: Eyesight
Myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, is a refractive error of the eye affecting clear vision of distant objects.
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Correct Answer: Virus
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness caused by the dengue virus.
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Correct Answer: Uganda
The Zika virus was first discovered in 1947 in a rhesus macaque monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda.
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Correct Answer: SARS-CoV-2
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses officially named the virus responsible for COVID-19 as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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Correct Answer: Plague
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.
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Correct Answer: Malaria
Sir Ronald Ross proved in 1897 that mosquitoes transmit malaria, an achievement for which he won the Nobel Prize.
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Correct Answer: Virus
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.
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Correct Answer: H5N1
H5N1 is a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.
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Correct Answer: Typhoid
Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria, usually transmitted through contaminated food or drinking water.
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Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti
Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a dengue virus, most commonly Aedes aegypti.
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Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Osteomalacia, the softening of bones in adults, is typically caused by a severe deficiency of Vitamin D[cite: 656, 680].
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Correct Answer: Spleen
The malaria parasite (Plasmodium) primarily infects red blood cells, which are filtered by the spleen, often leading to an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly).
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Correct Answer: HIV
AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which attacks the body's immune system.
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Correct Answer: Brain
Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system (brain) that affects human movement.
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Correct Answer: Eye
A cataract is a clouding of the clear lens of the eye, significantly reducing vision quality.
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Correct Answer: Allergy
Asthma attacks are frequently triggered or provoked by allergic reactions to environmental agents like pollen or dust.
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Correct Answer: Liver
Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism.
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Correct Answer: None of these
HIV/AIDS, measles, and influenza are all viral diseases caused by viruses. Therefore, none of the options are non-viral.
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Correct Answer: Spleen and liver
The malaria parasite multiplies within the human liver before entering the bloodstream and causing massive destruction to red blood cells, severely stressing the spleen.
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Correct Answer: Rabies
Hydrophobia (fear of water) is the historic name for rabies, a viral disease that causes acute inflammation of the brain in humans.
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Correct Answer: Liver
Hepatitis specifically refers to an inflammatory condition of the liver, which is commonly caused by viral infections.
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Correct Answer: Leukaemia
Leukaemia is a broad term for cancers of the blood cells, usually beginning in the bone marrow and resulting in high numbers of abnormal blood cells.
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Correct Answer: Smallpox
Smallpox is the only infectious human disease to have been completely eradicated globally, certified by the WHO in 1980.
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Correct Answer: Dengue
Dengue fever is commonly called 'breakbone fever' because of the severe muscle and joint pain it causes.
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Correct Answer: Throat
Diphtheria is a serious infection that typically creates a thick gray coating in the throat and nose, making breathing severely difficult.
From: PPSC Junior Clerk (BS-11) Labour and Human Resource Department Past Paper 2019 Solved (2019) · PPSC
Correct Answer: Light
Photophobia translates literally to 'fear of light' and is an extreme sensitivity to visible light often associated with migraines.
From: PPSC Junior Clerk Board of Revenue Past Paper 2019 Solved (2019) · PPSC
Correct Answer: Virus
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses.
From: PPSC Junior Clerk S&GAD Past Paper 2019 (Paper 2) Solved (2019) · PPSC
Correct Answer: Appendicitis
The medical term for the inflammation of the appendix is appendicitis, usually requiring surgical removal.
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Correct Answer: Blood
Leukemia is a broad term for cancers of the blood cells, usually involving the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.
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Correct Answer: Lungs
Tuberculosis (TB) affects the lungs.
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Correct Answer: Eye
Trachoma is a disease of the eye, a bacterial infection that can cause blindness.
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Correct Answer: Respiratory system
Pneumonia directly affects the respiratory system, infecting the lungs.
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Correct Answer: Liver
Hepatitis and jaundice are diseases of the liver.
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Correct Answer: white blood cells
Leukaemia is a cancer with an abnormal increase in white blood cells.
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Correct Answer: there is marked reduction of red cells in blood
Anaemia is the body condition when there is a marked reduction of red cells in the blood.
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Correct Answer: Use of milled rice
The verified answer is Use of milled rice.
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Correct Answer: Opacity of lens
The verified answer is Opacity of lens.
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Correct Answer: Aedes aegyptis
Aedes aegyptis is the cause of Dengue fever.
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Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
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Correct Answer: Immune
The verified answer is Immune.
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Correct Answer: Bacterial
Bacterial type of infection is tuberculosis.
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Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C vitamin's deficiency in the human body causes scurvy.
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Correct Answer: Diabetes
The verified answer is Diabetes.
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Correct Answer: Immune
AIDS virus destroys the Immune system of the human body.
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Correct Answer: H.I.V
The verified answer is H.I.V.
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Correct Answer: Anaemia
The verified answer is Anaemia.
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Correct Answer: Rabies
Rabies of the following is not caused by bacteria.
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Correct Answer: Tetanus
Tetanus of the following is caused by bacterial infection.
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Correct Answer: Smallpox
Smallpox of the following diseases indices immunity.
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Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
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Correct Answer: Heart
The verified answer is Heart.
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Correct Answer: Blood to clot
The verified answer is Blood to clot.
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Correct Answer: Single-stranded RNA
The verified answer is Single-stranded RNA.
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Correct Answer: Vitamins
The verified answer is Vitamins.
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Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
The verified answer is Tuberculosis.
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Correct Answer: Thyroid glands
The verified answer is Thyroid glands.
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Correct Answer: Hysteria
Hysteria of the following is not a contagious disease.
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Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
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Correct Answer: Astigmatism
The verified answer is Astigmatism.
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Correct Answer: Distant objects
The verified answer is Distant objects.
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Correct Answer: Central Nervous system
The verified answer is Central Nervous system.
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Correct Answer: Colour blindness
Colour blindness is genetically linked.
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Correct Answer: Smallpox
Smallpox is caused by virus.
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Correct Answer: Insulin
The verified answer is Insulin.
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Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
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Correct Answer: Haemophilia
Haemophilia is hereditary.
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Correct Answer: Hydrophobia
Hydrophobia is caused by the bite of a mad dog.
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Correct Answer: Pellagra
Pellagra of the following is skin disease.
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Correct Answer: Colour blindness
Colour blindness is inheritable.
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Correct Answer: Leprosy
Leprosy of the following is least infectious.
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Correct Answer: Sleeping sickness
Sleeping sickness of the following is not a mosquito borne disease.
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Correct Answer: Cholera
The verified answer is Cholera.
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Correct Answer: T cells in blood
The verified answer is T cells in blood.
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Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
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Correct Answer: Number of WBCs increases in blood
Number of WBCs increases in blood is true with respect to Leukaemia:.
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Correct Answer: Nerve cells
The verified answer is Nerve cells. Note: FLAG: Alzheimer's is degeneration of nerve cells in the brain; (b) and (c) overlap, book ticks (b).
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Correct Answer: Hookworm
The verified answer is Hookworm.
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Correct Answer: Tetanus
Tetanus.
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Correct Answer: Pancreas
The verified answer is Pancreas.
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Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis of the following diseases usually spreads through milk.
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Correct Answer: Sugar
The verified answer is Sugar.
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Correct Answer: Angina
The verified answer is Angina.
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Correct Answer: Meningitis
Meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
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Correct Answer: Loss of memory
The verified answer is Loss of memory.
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Correct Answer: Malaria
The verified answer is Malaria.
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Correct Answer: Culex mosquito
The verified answer is Culex mosquito.
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Correct Answer: Concave lens
The verified answer is Concave lens.
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Correct Answer: Aneamia
Deficiency of Iron in human diet causes Aneamia.
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Correct Answer: Eyes
The verified answer is Eyes.
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Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
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Correct Answer: Bones
The verified answer is Bones.
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Correct Answer: AIDS
AIDS of the following diseases has posed a serious threat the world over.
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Correct Answer: Influenza
Influenza is not water-borne.
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Correct Answer: Vitamin A
The verified answer is Vitamin A.
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Correct Answer: Post-mortem
The verified answer is Post-mortem.
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Correct Answer: Water-borne diseases
The verified answer is Water-borne diseases.
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Showing 100 of 108 distinct Diseases questions (111 tagged in the bank in total). The rest are reachable through the source papers in the Past Papers archive and the Quiz Builder.
The bank holds 111 questions tagged "Diseases" under Everyday Science, drawn from 36 solved papers (2007–2025). After merging the same question asked in multiple papers, 108 are distinct; this page shows the top 100.
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