kerala psc nursing exam previous questions and answers

Staff nurse grade 2 previous questions and answers

Part 1

1. Most important indicator of the health status of a community is:

a)MMR

b)IMR(√)

c)Morbidity rate

d)Vital statistics

2. Deficiency of fluorine result in …………..

a)Dental carries(√)

b)Osteoporosis

c)Anemia

d)Tetany

3. The health directorate is headed by …………

a)DHS

b)Secretory of health service

c)Minister(√)

d)DME

4. The official organ of TNAI is …………..

a)Nursing journal of India(√)

b)SNA

c)INC

d)None of the above

5. The judicial organ of Gramasabha is:

a)Gram panchayath

b)Sarpanch

c)Nyana Panchayath(√)

d)Panchayath Samithi

6. The most sensitive vaccine to heat:

a)DPT(√)

b)BCG

c)OPV

d)None of the above

7. A modern method of sewage purify caption:

a)Rapid sand filters

b)Slow sand filters

c)Activated sludge process(√)

d)None of the above

8. A surface cleansing agent which act by lowering surface tension …………..

a)Detergent(√)

b)Deodorant

c)Surfactant

d)None of the above

9. The most abundant element in the human body ……………….

a)Calcium(√)

b)Phosphorus

c)Iron

d)None of the above

10. False harmful oral report about another person :

a)Slander(√)

b)Libel

c)Summon

d)None of the above

11. False harmful written report about another person:

a)Slander

b)Act

c)Summon

d)Libel(√)

12. While calculating birth rates, the denominator used is:

a)Live birth

b)Mid year population(√)

c)Census

d)None of the above

13. ………… is a food borne intoxication due to bacteria.

a)Diphtheria

b)Botulism(√)

c)Cholera

d)Diarrhea

14. Free and combined chlorine in water can be determined using:

a)Orthotoludine test(√)

b)Methylene blue test

c)Phosphatese test

d)None of the above

15. Zilla parishad is at the ………

a)Village level

b)Town level

c)Block level

d)District level(√)

16. Water from a community which doesn’t contain solid and liquid excreta:

a)Sewage

b)Sullage(√)

c)Effluent

d)Sludge

17. Dragon orserpent worm is:

(a)Dracunculus(√)

(b)Distoplasma

(c)Trichuris

(d)Enterobius

18. Mosquito which lays eggs on the leaves of certain aquatic plants is:

a)Aedes

b)Anopheles

c)Mansonia(√)

d)Culex

19. Supplementary feeding should start at the age of:

a)4-6 months(√)

b)2-4 months

c)6-8 months

d)8-12 months

20. According to 2000 census India’s population was between:

a)959 and 1052 million(√)

b)900 and 950 million

c)500-900 million

d)400-500

21. Govt. of India launched the programmed Reproductive and child health care in the year:

a)1996

b)1997(√)

c)1998

d)1999

22. DOTS is a method of treatment related to:

a)Diphtheria

b)TB(√)

c)Pertussis

d)Leprosy

23. Raising eyebrow is an example of ………….. communication

a)Verbal

b)Nonverbal(√)

c)Formal

d)None of the above

24. Vitamin useful in the prevention and treatment of bleeding

a)Vitamin K(√)

b)Vitamin D

c)Vitamin B

d)Vitamin E

25. Wells should be disinfected every day during epidemic of:

a)Fever

b)Cholera(√)

c)Botulism

d)Chicken pox

26. In women, the reproductive span is generally assumed between …………

a)18-44 years

b)14-45 years(√)

c)20-50 years

d)25-35 years

27. Percentage of protein a child should get from the midday school meal provided is:

a)30 %

b)50 %(√)

c)25 %

d)10 %

28. Anti-infective vitamin is:

a)Vitamin C

b)Vitamin D

c)Vitamin K

d)Vitamin A(√)

29. Following are the social problems except:

a)Alcoholism

b)Malnutrition(√)

c)Prostitution

d)STDs

30. Major signs and symptoms of AIDS are the following except:

a)weight loss

b)Dehydration(√)

c)Kaposi’s sarcoma

d)None of these

31. The population given to a family welfare centre is:

a)1000

b)2000

c)5000(√)

d)10000

32. Oral rehydration fluid contains the following except:

a)NaCl

b)KCl

c)Sodium citrate

d)Calcium carbonate(√)

33. Aspesis means:

a)Absence of pathogenic organisms(√)

b)Growth and multiplication of germs

c)Presence of Pathogens

d)None of the above

34.Mode of transmission of hepatitis?

a)Parental or vertical(√)

b)Vector borne

c)Droplet infection

d)Feco-oral route

35. Permanent method of family planning for males?

a)Tubectomy

b)Copper T

c)Vasectomy(√)

d)None of the above

36.Best source of calcium:

a)Meat

b)Vegetables

c)Fruits

d)Milk(√)

37. Hardness of water that can be removed by boiling:

a)Permanent hardness

b)Immunity(√)

c)Both a and b

d)None of the above

38. Following are the live vaccines except:

a)BCG

b)OPV

c)Cholera(√)

d)Measles

39. Following are the live vaccines except:

a)Protein deficiency(√)

b)Iron deficiency

c)Vitamin A deficiency

d)Poverty

40. Acute watery diarrhea with visible blood in stool is called:

a)Cholera

b)Diarrhea

c)Dysentery(√)

d)Typhoid

41.Pyorrhea means:

a)Dental carries(√)

b)Diarrhea

c)Dysentery

d)Typhoid

42. Sanitary installation for the purification of human excreta:

a)Water

b)Septic tank(√)

c)Tetanus

d)Shallow trench latrine

43. An outbreak of disease in a community in excess of normal expectation is called as:

a)Sporadic

b)Epidemic(√)

c)Endemic

d)Pandemic

44. World health day is:

a)April 7(√)

b)May 1

c)Jan 7

d)June 5

45. Lodine is essential for the synthesis of:

a)Thyroxine(√)

b)Aldosterone

c)Gonadotrophine

d)Protein

46. Risk factors for developing coronary heart disease include:

a)Smoking

b)Hypertension

c)Serum cholesterol

d)All of the above(√)

47. The recommended illumination required for casual reading is:

a)50lux

b)100lux(√)

c)300lux

d)25lux

48. Effective method of health education:

a)Symbosium(√)

b)Panel discussion

c)Group discussion

d)Lecture

49. A forum of conjunctivitis causes by a virus:

a)Glucoma

b)Style

c)Paronychia

d)Trachoma(√)

50. Milk protein more in human milk:

a)Casein

b)Lactalbumin(√)

c)Lucin

d)Mucin