Q. No.What does RCH stand for?
1. Reproductive and Complete Health
2. Regional and Central Healthcare
3. Reproductive and Child Healthcare
4. Reproductive and Cumulative Health
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
Statutory ban on amniocentesis in India was necessary because:
1. It is a very expensive
2. It can tell about chromosomal aberrations
3. It is an invasive procedure and carries high risk of abortions
4. It can be used for pre-natal sex determination to be fetus leading to female feticides
Which of the following cannot be detected in a developing foetus by amniocentesis?
1. Klinefelter's syndrome
2. Sex of the foetus
3. Down's syndrome
4. Jaundice
The permissible use of the technique amniocentesis is for
1. detecting sex of the unborn foetus
2. artificial insemination
3. transfer of embryo into the uterus of a surrogate mother
4. detecting any genetic abnormality
In context of amniocentesis, which of the
following statements is incorrect?
1. It is used for prenatal sex- determination
2. It can be used for detection of Down syndrome
3. It can be used for detection of cleft palate
4. It is usually done when a woman is between
14-16 weeks pregnant
Which one of the following is tested by the technique of amniocentesis?
1. Biochemical abnormalities in the foetus
2. Errors of metabolism in the foetus
3. Chromosomal abnormalities in the foetus
4. All of the above
| Assertion (A): | Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme. |
| Reason (R): | Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide. |
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) Are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| A: | Reproductive health refers to total well-being in all aspects of reproduction |
| B: | Amniocentesis is legally banned for sex determination in India |
| C: | "Saheli" - an oral contraceptive for females was developed in collaboration with ICMR (New Delhi). |
| D: | Amniocentesis is used to determine genetic disorders and survivability of foetus. |
| 1. | (B) and (C) only | 2. | (D) and (C) only |
| 3. | (A), (B) and (D) only | 4. | (A) and (C) only |
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