Public Health MCQ — 90 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider the following statements: 1. Janani Suraksha Yojana is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. 2. Janani Suraksha Yojana aims only at reducing neonatal mortality and has no maternal-health objective. 3. Janani Suraksha Yojana integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-delivery care. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q2. Consider the following statements: 1. IDSP was launched in November 2004 by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. 2. Under IDSP, only Central and State Surveillance Units were established; District Surveillance Units were not part of the structure. 3. IDSP aims to strengthen a decentralized, laboratory-based, IT-enabled surveillance system for epidemic-prone diseases. 4. IDSP was extended up to March 2012, but it did not continue under NHM in the 12th Plan. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements: 1. The Government of India implemented NPCDCS in all States to prevent and control major non-communicable diseases. 2. Population-based screening under this initiative targets persons more than 30 years of age. 3. The common NCDs screened under the initiative are diabetes, hypertension, oral cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer. 4. For activities up to district level and below under NPCDCS, States receive financial support under NHM. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements: 1. In 2020, RNTCP was renamed as the National TB Elimination Program to emphasize India's aim to eliminate TB by 2025. 2. The National Strategic Plan 2017-2025 implements NTEP activities under four strategic pillars: Detect, Treat, Prevent and Build. 3. The SDG targets for TB use 2020 as the baseline year. 4. One SDG target for TB is that zero TB patients and their households face catastrophic costs as a result of TB disease. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q5. Consider the following statements: 1. NHP 2017 set a target to reduce under-five mortality to 23 by 2025. 2. It targeted reducing infant mortality rate to 28 by 2025. 3. It targeted achieving and maintaining elimination status of kala-azar by 2017. 4. It targeted reducing blindness prevalence to 0.25 per 1000 by 2020. Which of the statements given above are correct?