Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Diseases Caused by Protozoa

  • 1. 
    Which of the following parasites is responsible for the cause of African sleeping sickness or Gambiense fever?

  • Leishmania
  • Trypanosoma
  • Entamoeba
  • Trichomonas

  • 2. 
    Tse-tse fly is a vector for sleeping sickness Which of the following parasite transmits the infective stage?

  • Wuchereria bancrofti
  • Leishmania donovani
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Trypanosoma gambiense

  • 3. 
    Schaffner’s dots are related to _______________

  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Leucocytes of frog
  • RBC of man
  • Epithelium of the stomach of the mosquito

  • 4. 
    “Amoebiasis” or amoebic dysentery is caused by___________

  • Trypanosoma histolytica
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Entamoeba gingivalis
  • Plasmodium vivax

  • 5. 
    Which of the following statement is true about the Malarial parasites?

  • Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient when the temperature comes to normal
  • Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient, an hour before the rise of temperature
  • Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient, a few hours after the temperature reaches normal
  • Malarial parasites can be best obtained from a patient when the temperature rises with rigour

  • 6. 
    Which of the following  “Glossina palpalis” is a vector for

  • Filariasis
  • Plague
  • Dengue
  • Gambian fever

  • 7. 
    An important drug used for the treatment of malaria – Quinine is extracted from

  • Red ants
  • Calyx of cinnamon
  • Bark of tulsi
  • Bark of Cinchona

  • 8. 
    Entamoeba gingivalis found in the buccal cavity of man causes

  • No disease
  • Pyorrhoea
  • Bronchitis
  • Amoebic dysentery

  • 9. 
    “Trypanosomiasis” is transmitted by or carrier of Trypanosoma in man is

  • Fruit fly
  • Tse-tse fly
  • Housefly
  • Mayfly

  • 10. 
    The malignant tertian malaria is caused by

  • Plasmodium malariae
  • Plasmodium ovale
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Plasmodium vivax
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