Question

Match the disease in Column I with the appropriate items (pathogen/prevention/ treatment) in Column II.Column IA. AmoebiasisB. DiphtheriaC. CholeraD. SyphilisColumn II(i) Treponema pallidum(ii) Use only sterilized food and water(iii) DPT Vaccine(iv) Use oral rehydration therapy(a) A - (i), B - (ii), C - (iii), D - (iv)
(b) A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii)
(c) A - (ii), B - (i), C - (iii), D - (iv)
(d) A - (ii), B - (iii), C - (iv), D - (i)

Answer 1

Match the disease in Column I with the appropriate items (pathogen/prevention/ treatment) in Column II.Column IA. AmoebiasisB. DiphtheriaC. CholeraD. SyphilisColumn II(i) Treponema pallidum(ii) Use only sterilized food and water(iii) DPT Vaccine(iv) Use oral rehydration therapy(a) A - (i), B - (ii), C - (iii), D - (iv)
(b) A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii)
(c) A - (ii), B - (i), C - (iii), D - (iv)
(d) A - (ii), B - (iii), C - (iv), D - (i)

=> Option B

Answer 2

The correctly matched pair is as follows:  

Column I                   Column II  

A. Amoebiasis   (ii) Use only “sterilized food and water”.

Amoebiasis is caused due to consumption of contaminated food and water. In order to prevent this use only sterilized food and water.

B. Diphtheria   (iii) DPT Vaccine

DPT vaccine is used in prevention diphtheria disease.

C. Cholera   (iv) Use oral rehydration therapy

Due to continuous vomiting and excretion, the body gets dehydrated. Thus oral rehydration therapy is used to treat cholera.

D. Syphilis   (i) Treponema pallidum

The “causative agent” of STD syphilis is called as Treponema pallidum.