Primary Health Care & Nutrition MCQs for Master of Public Health, MPHN & MHP&E

1. First and foremost, element of PHC is
a. Immunization
b. FP/MCH
c. Health education
d. Provision of safe drinking water
2. Ottawa charter 1986 is related to:
a. Reproductive health
b. Health promotion
c. Primary Health care
d. Population development
3. Jakarta declaration 1997 is related to:
a. RH
b. Health promotion
c. PHC
d. Population development
4. Istanbul declaration 1996 habitat II is related to:
a. RH
b. Health promotion
c. Population development
d. Health settlement
5. ICPD held in:
a. Egypt,cairo 5-13 September 1994
b. Egypt,cairo 5-14 September 1994
c. Egypt,cairo 5-13 September 1995
d. Egypt,cairo 5-13 September 1996
6. In which and when the assembly of WHO decided a movement which is known is known and when the assembly of WHO decided a movement which is known as HFA by the year 2000?
a. May 1997,39th assembly
b. May 1977,30th assembly
c. May 1977,31th assembly
d. May 1977,30th assembly
7. No. of the principles in ICPD is:
a. 10
b. 15
c. 17
d. 20
8. Which of the following is not included in the eight elements of PHC?
a. Essential drugs
b. Safe drinking water and sanitation
c. Maternal and child health
d. Occupational health
9. WHO day is on
a. July 7
b. March 7
c. April 7
d. June 7
10. Vitamin A is not related to,
a. Retinol
b. VAD
c. Keratomalacia
d. Rickets
11. Aflatoxin causes,
a. neurolathyrism
b. hepatoma
c. cholengio carcinoma
d. botulism
12. The reference protein is
a. Egg
b. Milk
c. Soybean
d. Meat
13. Cereal protein are deficient in,
a. Methionine
b. Lysine
c. Typtophan
d. Leucin
14. Highest source of energy among the following is :
a. Fat
b. Carbohydrate
c. Protein
d. Minerals
15. Vitamin A in vegetable source is called :
a. Retinol
b. Carotene
c. Panthothenic acid
d. Calciferol
16. Which antibody is at the higher concentration at colostrums?
a. IgG
b. IgM
c. IgA
d. IgE
17. Milk secretion in breast of mother is influenced by mother’s
a. Nutritional status states
b. Physiological state
c. Hormonal state
d. All of the above
18. ‘Let down reflex’ is responsible for the
a. Milk secretion
b. Milk ejection
c. Milk absorption
d. Milk digestion
19. ‘ Bitot’s spot’ is the characteristic feature of …………… deficiency
a. Calcium
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin A
d. Vitamin C
20. Exclusive breast feeding prescribe the absolute breast feeding upto the age of
a. 4 months
b. 6 months
c. 1 year
d. 2 years
21. Pyridoxine is the name for
a. Vitamin B6
b. Vitamin B12
c. Vitamin B1
d. Vitamin D4

Sociology MCQs, Master of Public Health

1. Who gave the name sociology?
a. Auguste Comte
b. Herbert Spencer
c. Emiel Durkheim
d. Max Weber
2. The father of sociology is,
a. Auguste Comte
b. Herbert Spencer
c. Emiel Durkheim
d. Max Weber
3. Who is known as real father of sociology?
a. Auguste Comte
b. Herbert Spencer
c. Emiel Durkheim
d. Max Weber
4. Which is not the ascribed status?
a. Sex
b. Age
c. Nationality
d. Marital Status
5. Which is not achieved status?
a. Marital status
b. Racial status
c. Occupation
d. Education
6. The process by which people acquire culture from other is known as,
a. acculturation
b. Enculturation
c. Enaculturation
d. Inculturation
7. Handing down of opinion, customs, beliefs from generation to generation is known as
a. Tradition
b. Customs
c. Taboos
d. Folkways
8. The smallest unit of culture is known as
a. taboos
b. norms
c. mores
d. trait
9. Ecology and etiology is disease is related to
a. Sociology in medicine
b. Sociology of medicine
c. Eco-sociology
d. Etio-sociology
10. Wrong interpretation of sensation is known as
a. Illusion
b. Hallucination
c. Cognition
d. Delirium
11. Scientific examination of human behavior is
a. Civic science
b. Social science
c. Anthropology
d. None of the above
12. The term introvert extrovert was coined by
a. Carl jung
b. Sigmud freud
c. Erikson
d. Adolf mayer
13. IQ is calculated form
a. Chronological age
b. Menatal age
c. Height and weight
d. Both a and b
14. A normal person has IQ of
a. 70-79
b. 80-89
c. 90-109
d. 110-119
15. The idiot has an IQ fo
a. 0-25
b. 26-50
c. 51-70
d. 71-80
16. Standard of group behavior is
a. Norm
b. Values
c. Belief
d. Custom
17. Inability to experience pleasure is known as
a. unhappy
b. agitation
c. anhedonia
d. dejavu
18. normal range of mood with absence of depressed or elevated mood is
a. elation
b. euthymia
c. normal
d. intelligence
19. A perception that occurs in the absence of stimuli is
a. Delusion
b. Illusion
c. Hallucination
d. None
20. which of the following is correct
a. Id+superego=ego
b. Id+ego=superego
c. Ego+superego=id
d. None
21. Which of the following is not defense mechanism?
a. Sublimation
b. Substitution
c. Rationalization
d. Condensation
22. Bond between the parents and children and grand children and so on is ……kinship
a. Affial
b. consanguinal
c. Patriarchial
d. None
23. Set of expectancies with regard to postion is known as
a. Status
b. position
c. role
d. none
24. Manger post in organization is
a. Position
b. Status
c. Role
d. All
25. Age, sex and caste are set by
a. Achieved
b. Ascribed
c. Per-set
d. status-set
 

Health Management and Health Economics MCQs, Master of Public Health

1. A method of comparing the monetary value of all benefits of a project with all cost of that project is known as,
a. Cost benefit analysis
b. Cost effective analysis
c. Cost utility analysis
d. Cost effective analysis
2. In health care market if supply increases, demand…..
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. First increases than decreases
d. Remains same
3. NCMFH which is the part of national commission on sustainable development stands for
a. National commission on maternal and family health
b. National commission on mental and physical health
c. National commission on macroeconomics and health
d. National committee on maternal and family health
4. Which of the following is not included in essential drug list?
a. Vitamin A
b. ORS
c. Cotrimoxazole
d. Syp. Vitamin B
5. Which of the following is not related to HIV/AIDS?
a. VCT
b. PMTCT
c. PLWHA
d. RAW
6. IOM in TU was established in
a. 1971
b. 1978
c. 1976
d. 1972
7. M.S in Public Health in IOM was started in,
a. 1991
b. 1988
c. 1993
d. 1992
8. M.S in Public Health in IOM was stopped in,
a. 1996
b. 1997
c. 1998
d. 1999
9. A method of comparing the benefit measured in terms of a social objective of a project with all cost of that project is known as:
a. cost benefit analysis
b. cost effectiveness analysis
c. cost utility analysis
d. cost efficiency anlaysis
10. First hospital in Nepal with thirty beded male and female section was established in
a. 1882
b. 1884
c. 1886
d. 1890
11. which of the following does not fall under planning?
a. Follow up
b. Plan formulation
c. Execution
d. Evaluation
12. In supervision the most appropriate word is
a. Enforcement
b. Reinforcement
c. Suggestion
d. Inspection
13. one of the main functions of DPHO is:
a. To increase community participation in health sector
b. To manage the Health post in districts
c. Health promotion and hospital management
d. Supervision and control of sub-health post
14. Denominator of annual parasite index API is:
a. Total slides examined
b. Total confirmed cases
c. Total parasite load
d. Population at risk of malaria
15. Date of establishment of EPI is:
a. 1972
b. 1978
c. 1980
d. 1988
16. Date of establishment of IMCI is?
a. 1990
b. 1994
c. 1997
d. 1996
17. Date of establishment of DOTS is:
a. April 1996
b. April 1994
c. April 1998
d. April 1991
18. Date of establishment of MoH is:
a. 1958
b. 1956
c. 1954
d. 1952
19. In second LTHP the target to increase life expectancy y to:
a. 68 years
b. 68 years
c. 69 years
d. 69 years
20. Starting year of first five year plan is:
a. 1954
b. 1956
c. 1958
d. 1959
21. First LTHP came in:
a. 1972
b. 1975
c. 1985
d. 1980
22. When Nepal’s parliament approved a bill amending the law to permit abortion law:
a. March 2001
b. April 2002
c. March 2001
d. April 2001
23. Government initiated FCHV programme in FY?.
a. 2045/46
b. 2046/47
c. 2044/45
d. 2047/48
24. The first national public health programme in the country?
a. Malarial eradication programme
b. Leprosy control project
c. TB control project
d. None of the above
25. Roll back malaria launched in:
a. 1993
b. 1998
c. 1999
d. 1995
25. Clinical case of JE was first reported in:
a. 1976
b. 1978
c. 1980
d. 1982
26. UNFPA established in
a) 1969 1954 c) 1949 d) 1974
27. Nepal red cross society established in:
a. 1969
b. 1963
c. 1965
d. 1967
28. National vitamin A programme was initiated in:
a. 1981
b. 1992
c. 1993
d. 1994
29. Govt. of Nepal formulated the Drug act in:
a. 1978
b. 1988
c. 1976
d. 1986
30. Establishment of DDA in:
a. 1979
b. 1989
c. 1979
d. 1986
44. Denominator annual parasite index (API) is
a. Total slides examined
b. Total confirmed cases
c. Total parasite load
d. Population at risk of malaria
 

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Health Education MCQs, Master of Public Health

Health Education MCQs for entrance examination of Master of Public Health, MPHN & MHP &E

1. Which is not projected aids of health education?
a. Transparencies
b. Epidiascope
c. Picture
d. Silhouette slide
2. Which is the best mass method of health education?
a. Demonstration
b. Exhibition
c. Symposium
d. Role playing
3. The three laws of learning laws of readiness law of exercise law of effect is given by
a. I V Pavlov
b. Edward throndike
c. Kurt lewin
d. Skinner
4. The introduction of various things like electricity, airplane, television etc is
a. Invention
b. Discovery
c. Finding
d. Exploration
5. In proxemic theory of communication distance ,the social distance is:
a. 0-18 inch
b. 18ich to 4 feet
c. 4-10 feet
d. 10-100 feet
6. Creative ideation is also known as
a. Brain storming
b. Work shop
c. Symposium
d. all
7. Which of the following is the objective of health education?
a. Awareness interest adoption
b. Information motivation guiding into action
c. Interest participation and reinforcement
d. Evaluation motivation and implementation
8. According to Roger’s model of adoption people pass through a series of stages for adoption
a. Awareness evaluation trial interest and adoption
b. Awareness interest evaluation trial
c. Awareness interest trial evaluation
d. Interest evaluation trial awareness
9. Which of the following is not a key element of communication?
a. Health educator
b. Community people
c. Flash card
d. Evaluation
10. Distortion of message means
a. Twisting of message
b. Loss of clarity
c. Loss of certainty
d. All of above
11. The theory of communication which has been described as a properly prepared message according to the need of the receiver is called
a. trickledown theory
b. Bullet theory
c. Fano
d. Berlo
12. Source message and receiver are the three elements of communication in the model developed by
a. Aristotle
b. Sanons
c. Schranm
d. Weber
13. Motivation to the people in changing health behavior is
a. Incentives
b. Counseling
c. Education
d. All of the above
14. Midterm evaluation is done to
a. Determine achievement
b. Assess the degree of progress
c. Correct the deviation only
d. Support programmes with resources
15. which of the following is the very effective method of health education to bring about change in health behavior of people?
a. Panel discussion
b. Symposium
c. Group discussion
d. Role play
16. Which is the best way of changing the behavior?
a. Incentives
b. Internalization
c. Identification
d. Enforcement
17. The leader who exercises absolute power and puts maximum control over the group is
a. Authoritarian leader
b. Democratic leader
c. Laissez Faire leader
d. All of the above
18. Law of readiness in the learning process is given by
a. Kurt Lewins
b. Maslow
c. E.L. Throndike
d. Buchman
19. According to AH Maslow “ Love is ………….need”
a. Physiological need
b. Safety need
c. Social need
d. Self esteem need
 

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Epidemiology MCQs for entrance examination of Master of Public Health, MPHN & MHP&E

1. Which of the following is not the analytical study?
a. Cross sectional comparative study
b. Case control study
c. Cohort study
d. Prevalence study
2. Sentinel surveillance indicates
a. identifying the missing cases
b. identifying high risk group
c. surveillance of water population
d. surveillance of environmental control
3. Prevalence of disease is estimated from
a. case control study
b. cross sectional study
c. cohort study
d. randomized trial
4. The following disease have a bimodal distribution except
a. Breast cancer in female
b. Cervix cancer
c. Leukemia
d. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
5. Odds ratio is calculated in
a. Case control study
b. Cross sectional study
c. Cohort study
d. Randomized trial
6. Prevention of emergence or development of risk factors is a type of
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Primordial prevention
7. The numerator is not the component of denominator in
a. rate
b. ratio
c. Proportion
d. None of the above
8. CHERNOBYL tragedy is an example of
a. Point source epidemic
b. Propagated epidemic
c. Modern epidemic
d. Continuous epidemic
9. All of the following disease are spread by droplet nuclei except
a. Influenza
b. Chicken pox
c. Anthrax
d. Q fever
10. Father of public health is
a. cholera
b. john Snow
c. Luis Pasteur
d. Typhoid
11. Among the routine vaccine of EPI which one is most sensitive to heat
a. TT
b. Measles
c. Polio
d. DPT
12. Vaccine that should be kept in freezer are
a. Polio, DPT, measles
b. Polio measles BCG
c. BCG DPT measles
d. BCG DPT and polio
13. In the epidemiological terminology human host is referred to as
a. Soil
b. Seed
c. Extrinsic factor
d. none of them
14. Level of resistance of a community or group of people to a particular disease is
a. Passive immunity
b. Active immunity
c. Herd immunity
d. None of them
15. Prevalence is a
a. Ratio
b. Rate
c. Proportion
d. Mode of diseases
16. First step of epidemic investigation?
a. Preparing case definition
b. Mapping the epidemic
c. Confirmation
d. Searching for the cases
17. Health education on early diagnosis and treatment is
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
d. primordial prevention

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Environmental & Occupational Health MCQs for entrance examination of Master of Public Health, MPHN & MHP &E

1. Impounding reservoir is an example of
a. Surface water
b. Rain water
c. Ground water
d. None of the above
2. According to guideline recommended by WHO for quality of water E coli in distribution system per 100 ml of water is:
a. 0
b. 50
c. 100
d. 5
3. Biological layer is present in
a. Rapid sand filter
b. Slow sand filter
c. Reed bed system
d. Mechanical filter
4. Obsolete pesticide is related to the following except:
a. expired pesticide
b. unlabeled pesticide
c. banned pesticide
d. recently discovered pesticide
5. The infectious medical waste generation rate is …….. kg/person / day.
a. 0.5
b. 0.48
c. 0.68
d. 0.4
6. Nepal ambient air quality standard for PM10 is
a. 120(24 hr.)
b. 110(24 hr.)
c. 116(24 hr.)
d. 124(24 hr.)
7. For collection of hazardous waste , color of bin is
a. black
b. yellow
c. red
d. green
8. Hottest year was
a. 2001
b. 2002
c. 2003
d. 2004
9. The dose of toxin that is lethal to half of the population is known as ..
a. LD50
b. L50
c. D50
d. LD
10. The LD50 of highly toxic substance is …. mg/ kg.
a. less than 1
b. 1-50
c. 51-500
d. 50-500
11. The “Gauli Bridge disaster” is related to
a. RTA
b. Silicosis
c. Nuclear Accident
d. Asbestosis
12. In Pnumoconiosis all are included except
a. Asbestosis
b. Silicosis
c. Anthracosis
d. Bagasosis
13. Ergonomics is related to
a. Economics
b. Agriculture
c. Engineering means to reduce occupational hazards
d. Agricultural economics
14. The acceptable level of iron in portable water is:
a. 0.1mg/l
b. 0.4mg/l
c. 0.5mg/l
d. 0.01mg/l
15. Which is correct?
a. GV=TDIBWP/C
b. GV=TDIcP/BW
c. GV=TDIBWC/P
d. GV=TDINOEALP/C
16. SODIS is related to:
a. Water disinfection
b. Solid disinfection
c. Sodium
d. None of the above
17. Guinea worm is…………disease.
a. Water based
b. Water borne
c. Water based
d. Water related insect vector
18. Skin and eye infections are:
a. water washed
b. water borne
c. water based
d. none of the above
19. In air pollution there is greater risk if the particle size is:
a. smaller
b. larger
c. none
d. both
20. Which is used in HIST method of pasteurization?
a. 63 deg C for 30 min
b. 72 deg C for 15 sec
c. 135 deg for 1 sec
d. None of the above
21. Which part of atmosphere contains O3 as a major component
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
22. Garbage is responsible for transmitting
a. Kala-azar
b. Malaria
c. JE
d. Plague

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Demography MCQs for entrance examination of Master of Public Health

1. Most useful single measure of mortality is,
a. Case fatality rate
b. CDR
c. ASDR
d. Proportional Mortality rate
2. Which of the following is the best indicator of health status of a community?
a. Birth rate
b. Infant mortality rate
c. Crude death rate
d. None of the above
3. Mortality experience is taken into consideration when defining:
a. General fertility rate
b. Total fertility rate
c. Net reproduction rate
d. Gross reproduction rate
4. Demographic gap means:
a. Differences in sex ratio
b. Differences between age specific birth and death rates
c. Differences between birth and death rates
d. Differences in child and women ratio
5. Denominator of prenatal mortality is:
a. Number of live births
b. Number of deliveries (live and still births)
c. Live births –still births
d. Number of still births
6. Total fertility rate (TFR) refers to:
a. Number of births per one thousands woman
b. Number of women between 15-49 years
c. Number of children per women approximate completed family size
7. The denominator to calculate literacy rate is:
a. Population above 14 years
b. Total population
c. Population above 7 years of age
d. Population of above 10 years age
8. Net reproduction rate (NPR=1) implies a couple protection rate CPR of
a. 50
b. 60
c. 70
d. 80
9. Highest ASFR is in the age group:
a. 15-19
b. 20-24
c. 25-29
d. 30-34
10. Which of the following is indicator of degree of age heaping/
a. Whippie’s index
b. Myer’s blened index
c. Moiver’s index
d. both a and b
11. Tenth plan has the target of reducing IMR per thousand live birth to
a. 42
b. 46
c. 50
d. 45
12. Highest ASFR is in the group
a. 15-19
b. 20-24
c. 25-29
d. 30-34
13. A person who is an international migrant entering the country from a place outside the country is
a. In- migrant
b. Immigrant
c. Emigrant
d. Out-migrant
14. Sudden unprecedented fertility rise after World War II (1946-1964) is called
a. Baby Boom
b. Baby Bust Syndrome
c. Age Heaping
d. None
15. Father of demography is
a. John Grant
b. John Snow
c. Breson
d. Haley
16. The formula for geometric growth model is
a. Pt=P0(1+r)t
b. Pt=P0(1+t)r
c. Pt=Pr(1+t)r
d. Pt=Pt(1+t)r
17. Nuptiality refers to
a. Death
b. Birth
c. Marriage
d. Fertility
18. Population change has three components except:
a. Birth
b. Death
c. Migration
d. Morbidity
19. The balancing equation is
a. P1+(B-D)+(I-E)=P2
b. P1-(B-D)-(I-E)=P2
c. P2+(B-D)+(I-E)=P1
d. P1+P1(B-D)+P1(I-E)=P2
20. Population doubling time is
a. Growth rate(GR %)/ 70
b. 70/GR %
c. 60/GR%
d. GR%/60
21. Young Population is
a. 10-20 years
b. 15-25 years
c. 10-25 years
d. 19-25 years

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