Humans and Environment - Jamb Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1984

Which of the following lists of diseases, their causes and transmission is CORRECT?

A. Cholera, virus, severe diarrhoea, infected water
B. Malaria, protozoan, high fever, contact with infected person
C. Syphilis, virus, veneral disease, sexual intercourse
D. Small pox, virus, skin with blister, close contact with infected person
E. Sleeping sickness, bacteria, tiredness, headache and dozing, tsetsefly bite

Question 17:

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following is NOT caused by bacteria?

A. Cholera
B. Gonorrhoea
C. Tuberculosis
D. Onchoceriasis
E. Typhoid

Question 18:

• JAMB 1985

Tsetse fly is harmful to man because it is associated with the spread of

A. River blindness
B. Malaria
C. Sleeping sickness
D. Leprosy
E. Dysentry

Question 19:

• JAMB 1986

Which of these disease CANNOT be prevented by immunization?

A. Poliomyelitis
B. Tuberculosis
C. Cholera
D. Onchocerciasis

Question 20:

• JAMB 1987

Poliomyelitis is an infectious diseases caused by

A. Virus
B. Protozoan
C. Bacterium
D. Fungus