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(Single Best Answer) Question 151: The typhus group of fevers are transmitted by the following :
1. Mites
2. Human body louse
3. Sand fly
4. Fleas

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1, 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4
D) 2, 3 and 4
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(Single Best Answer) Question 152: Which of the following is the common side effect of isoniazid ?
A) Diarrhoea
B) Hypertrophy
C) Peripheral neuritis
D) Acute tubular necrosis
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(Single Best Answer) Question 153: Which of the following statements is not true regarding haemolytic uraemic syndrome ?
A) It is a microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
B) Thrombocytopenia and schistocytes are seen in the peripheral blood smear
C) Renal insufficiency is a complication
D) Direct Coombs test is positive
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(Single Best Answer) Question 154: Secondary syphilis is characterized by all of the following except ?
A) Generalised mucocutaneous lesions
B) Generalised tender lymphadenopathy
C) Constitutional symptoms like fever and weight loss
D) Painless silver-grey mucosal erosions
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(Single Best Answer) Question 155: The gravest complication of Falciparium malaria is ?
A) Cerebral malaria
B) Acute pulmonary oedema
C) Algid malaria
D) Metabolic acidosis
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(Single Best Answer) Question 156: Each of the following antitubercular drugs is potentially hepatotoxic except ?
A) Ethambutol
B) Isoniazid
C) Rifampicin
D) Pyrazinamide
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(Single Best Answer) Question 157: Consider the following statements regarding HIV infection in pregnant women:
1. The maternal to foetal transmission of HIV mostly occurs during the perinatal period
2. The risk of vertical transmission increases in direct proportion to the maternal HIV viral load
3. Breast-feeding is an important route of HIV transmission to the infant

Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
A) 2 only
B) 1 and 3 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
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(Single Best Answer) Question 158: A 35-year-old nondiabetic, nonhypertensive individual presents to casualty with a sudden bursting headache and altered sensorium. What is the most likely diagnosis ?
A) Meningitis
B) Encephalitis
C) Intracerebral haemorrhage
D) Intracranial tumor
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(Single Best Answer) Question 159: Which of the following is a first-generation cephalosporin ?
A) Cefaclor
B) Cefazolin
C) Cefoxitin
D) Cefepime
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(Single Best Answer) Question 160: Which of the following drugs is useful in the treatment of Febrile Neutropenia?
A) Fluconazole
B) Itraconazole
C) Voriconazole
D) Flucytosine
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