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Every year one question is based on diseases/famines,either conventional or the ones in news. One can easily get one to two questions right by focussing on this topic.Its less time consuming and has great rate of returns in prelims exam.
Lets a look at previous years questions to decipher the trend-
Prelims 2018-
Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
1.Angola and Zambia
2.Morocco Tunisia
3.Venezuela and Colombia
4.Yemen and South Sudan
Prelims 2018
Consider the following :
1.Birds
2.Dust blowing
3.Rain
4.Wind blowing
Which of the above spread plant diseases?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Prelims 2017
Consider the following statements:
1. In tropical regions, Zika virus disease is transmitted by the same mosquito that transmits dengue.
2. Sexual transmission of Zika virus disease is possible.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Prelims 2017
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
Viruses can infect
1. bacteria
2. fungi
3. plants
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Prelims 2015-
H1 N1 virus is sometimes mentioned in the news with reference to which one of the following diseases?
(a) AIDS
(b) Bird flu
(c) Dengue
(e) swine flu
Prelims 2015
Among the following, which were frequently mentioned in the news for the outbreak of Ebola virus recently?
(a) Syria and Jordan
(b) Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
(c) Philippines and Papua New Guinea
(d) Jamaica, Haiti and Surinam
Prelims 2014
Consider the following diseases
1. Diphtheria
2. Chickenpox
3. Smallpox
Which of the above diseases has/have been eradicated in India?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
Prelims 2014
Consider the following pairs :
Vitamin Deficiency : Disease
1. Vitamin C Scurvy
2. Vitamin D Rickets
3. Vitamin E Night blindness
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
So,we can clearly see the trend.
Our paid subscribers will have access to the list of diseases in news and other probable disease/famine related well researched questions based on trend analysis for Prelims 2020.The conventional diseases can be done from standard NCERT books.
Clear the cutoff with ease.
