Progesterone alone or in combination with estrogen can also be used as contraceptives by females as injections or implants under their skin. When used in this manner, they:

1. do not affect the release of the ovum

2. induce a foreign body reaction leading to rejection of the implanted blastocyst

3. can cause increased risk of ectopic pregnancy

4. have a much longer effective period

Consider the two surgical procedures given below and choose the correct statement :

1. A is a more difficult procedure than B

2. The reversibility of A is good but that of B is very poor

3. A will make the male impotent and B will make the female infertile

4. Both A and B can be called as sterilzaion procedures

Cu ions released from copper-releasing Intra Uterine Devices (IUDs)

(1) make uterus unsuitable for implantation

(2) increase phagocytosis of sperms

(3) suppress sperm motility

(4) prevent ovulation

Select the statement(s) that relate to reproductive health:

(1) Healthy reproductive organs with normal functions

(2) Emotional aspects of reproduction

(3) Social aspects of reproduction

(4) All of the above

Choose the correct statements:

I. According to the WHO, reproductive health is total well-being in the physical, social, emotional, behavioural aspects of reproduction

II. According to the WHO, reproductive health is total well being only in the social and emotional aspects of reproduction.

III. A reproductively healthy society has people with physically and functionally normal reproductive organs

IV. Reproductively healthy societies have abnormal sex-related emotional and behavioural interactions

1. I, II, III

2. II, IV

3. I, III

4. I

When were family planning programmes initiated in India?

(1) 1948

(2) 1962

(3) 1959

(4) 1951

What is the full form of RCH?

(1) Reproductive and Child Health Care

(2) Reproduction, Contraception and Health

(3) Reproduction and Child Health

(4) None of these

What is amniocentesis?

I. A pre-natal, foetal determination test.

II. A post-natal foetal determination test

III. It is based on the chromosomal pattern of the amniotic fluid.

IV. It is based on the chromosomal pattern of the chorionic fluid.

V. It is based on the chromosomal pattern of the amniotic fluid and the seminal fluid

(1) II, III

(2) I, V

(3) I, III

(4) I, V

Where was "Saheli" developed?

(1) Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

(2) Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

(3) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

(4) None of the above

What is the approximate world population according to the recent census? (May 2000):

(1) About 6 billion

(2) About 60 billion

(3) About 16 billion

(4) About 6 million