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PART A


SECTION GENERAL AWARENESS AND MEDIA AWARENESS (20 x marks)
1. Who wasrecipientofthe59thNationalAward intheBestActress
category?


Priyanka Chopra


Vidya Balan


Rani Mukherjee


Kangana Ranaut


2. Which sports personality recently went through treatment for a life­threatening disease?

Yuvraj Singh


Baichung Bhutia


Gagan Narang


None ofthe above


3. The world's billionth baby was named

Afreen


Jamila


Falak


Nupur


4. What is the capital ofJharkand?

Ranchi


Jamshedpur


Raipur


Dhantevada


5. Who is the editor-in-chiefof The Hindu?
Ram


Siddharth Varadarajan


P Sainath
Ravi



6. In which ofthe following cases was Gujarat ChiefMinister Narendra Modi given a clean chit?

Best Bakery


Babri Masjid


Ode


Akshardham


7. What is the nationality ofthe foreigner who was taken hostage by Maoists in Odisha recently?

French


British


Malaysian


Italian


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8. Which of the following cities is the headquarters of the World Health Organization?

The Hague


Geneva


Paris


New York


9. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for the book The Emperor ofAll Maladies?

Julian Barnes


Abraham Verghese


Siddhartha Mukherjee


Jhumpa Lahiri


10.Who isknownastheNightingaleofIndia?

Lata Mangeshkar


MS Subbalakshmi


Kishori Amonkar


Sarojini Naidu


11. Who was sworn in as the youngest ChiefMinister ofUttar Pradesl,t?

Mukesh Yadav·


Akhilesh Yadav


Mulayam Singh Yadav


Santosh Yadav


12.Who was the Railway Minister who presented the Railway Budget for the year 2012-13?

Dinesh Trivedi


Mamata Banerjee


Mukul Roy


Laloo Prasad Yadav


13.Which brand uses the tag line lovin' (A)KFC

Pizza Hut


MacDonald's


Burger King


14. Android is

a computer language


a mobile OS


virus


mobile app


15.Which IPL team is working with UNICEF to promote the cause of adolescent girls?

Pune Warriors


Chennai Superkings


Kolkata Knight Riders


Delhi Daredevils


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16. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in

Brazil


Argentina


Spain


Germany


17.The director ofthenewRajnikanth film "Kochadaiyan" is

R Soundarya


K S Ravi Kumar


Mani Ratnam


Shankar



18.The Indian Ambassador to the United States is

Shashi Tharoor


Ronen Sen


Nirupama Rao


Ranjan Mathai


19. Who starred in the film "3" opposite Dhanush

Shriya Reddy


Shriya Saran


Kajal Aggarwal


Shruti Hasan



20.Who is the Chairman ofthe Planning Commission?

Manmohan Singh


Montek Singh Ahluwalia


Sonia Gandhi


S Rangarajan


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SECTION HEALTH AWARENESS (25 x 1=25 marks)

Selectthe mostappropriateanswerfrom theoptionsgiven.
21.Which ofthefollowinggovernmentinitiativesrelates to publichealth? (A)NRHM

RTI


NREGA
(D)JNURM



22.The HINI virus is associated with

Avian flu


Swine flu


Hepatitis


Polio


23.ln 2011, India was declared "free" ofwhich disabling disease?

Small pox


Meningitis


Polio


Leprosy


24.Which ofthese isnota mental illness?

Depression


Bipolar mood disorder


Anorexia nervosa


Consumption


25.The in MMR refers to

Rheumatoid arthritis


Rubella


Rabies


Rosacea


26.0ne way in which HIV is transmitted is

Contaminated water


food


Sexual intercourse


Touch


27.Unani may be classified as a form of

Indigenous medicine


Folk medicine


Quackery


Homeopathy


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28.Sir Ronald Ross is credited with the discovery of

The polio vaccine


The malarial vector


The cause of tuberculosis


None of the above


29.In India, Health is a subject that is part of the

Central list


Concurrent list


State list


Private domain


30.Lifestyle diseases include

Diabetes, hypertension, obesity


Alzheimer's, diabetes, jaundice


All of the above


None of the above


31.ThePrimeMinisterrecentlyreferredtooneoftheseissuesasa "national shame"

Dowry deaths


Female foeticide


Hunger and malnutrition


Female infanticide


32.Child-sex ratio hasshowna continuingandalarmingdecline inwhich of the following states

Mizoram


Haryana


Bihar


Tamil Nadu


33.The Union Minister for Health is

Ambika Soni


Kapil Sibal


Ghulam Nabi Azad


Sharad Pawar


34.Which ofthe following companies has recently been involved in a controversy over essential drug patents?

Pfizer


Merck


Novartis
(D)Ciba



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35. The World Health Organization has designated May 31 as

World No Tobacco Day


World Health Day


World Disability Day


World Immunization Day


36. In 1994, the city ofSurat fell victim to this epidemic.

Typhoid


Malaria


Plague


Dengue


37. Vitamin deficiency is said to cause

vision loss


anaemia


muscular weakness


none ofthe above


38. Asperger's Syndrome is a type of

skin disease


autism-spectrum disorder


mental retardation


mobility dysfunction


39. Anthrax is a

pesticide


drug


bacteria


toxic chemical


40. New Delhi's helmet law has been controversial because

it explicitly exempts women


it exempts Sikhs


it insists that Sikh women should wear helmets


it is not implemented evenly


41.The common cold is an example ofajan

highly contagious disease


chronic disease


childhood disease


untreatable disease


42. Geriatrics is a medical specialization that deals with

blood disorders


child health


ageing


genetic diseases


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43.Outbreaks ofcommunicable diseases are most common during

times ofwater shortage


monsoon


famine


cold weather



44.Packaged vegetarian food products are labeled with a

red triangle


green triangle


green dot


red dot


45. Which ofthe following diseases does not yet have a vaccine?

yellow fever


hepatitis B


influenza


malaria


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SECTION COMPREHENSION (10 xl =10 marks)
Read thefollowing extract and answer the questions byselecting the most appropriate answerfrom the optionsgiven below each.
Nine-year-old Rani is unhappy. She has to stay away from her mother Janki Patel, who is taking part in a clinical trial at a centre 10 kilometres from her house at Bapu Nagar in Ahmedabad. "I do not like these trials. They take my parents away," says Rani.
In their late thirties, Janki and her husband Amar Patel attend trials so that they can pay Rani's school fee and earn two square meals a day. They are subjects of non­therapeutic trials conducted on healthy individuals to confirm efficacy of drugs launched abroad on Indians. One trial fetches them between Rs 5,000 and Rs 6,000. The money kept the Patels going after they lost their jobs as diamond cutters three years ago when the market crashed.
BA Research India Limited, a contract research organisation asked Japki ifshe was willing to take a cancer drug which may have side-effects like vomiting and headache. Desperate for money, she gave in. CROs recruit participant, design trials, and manage and analyse data obtained from the trials.
Within two years, Janki has taken medicines for heart ailments, chest pain and fertility. She now complains of joint pain. Amar, who has undergone three trials, suffers blackouts. They spend their savings on their treatment now. When they approached the CROs-BA Research and Lambda-they were asked to prove that their ailments were side-effects of the trials. "I know it is sheer exploitation," says an agent who recruits subjects for CROs. "I am asked to focus on the poor because they desperately need money. A rich person rarely becomes a subject."
"When one person is given many medicines, it can have side-effects, especially if there is no proper spacing," says Deval A Parikh, consultant gastroenterologist at Jagmohan Hospital, Ahmedabad. Parikh conducts trials in the hospital.
As per the law, the subject of a trial or his family must be given copies of the patient information sheet, informed consent form and clinical trial liability insurance policy, says Anand Rai, health activist and doctor. Governed by Schedule of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, clinical trials must be monitored by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and ethics committees. No trial can begin without the ethics committee's consent. A body of at least seven members comprising professionals like pharmacologists, lawyers and sociologists, an ethics committee can be institutional or independent. It is this body's responsibility to safeguard the rights, safety and well­being of a trial subject. It should also check the trial design, ensure insurance cover and review informed consent forms.
The basic ethical guidelines for performing clinical trials is the Declaration of Helsinki issued by the World Medical Association. In India, gUidelines have been set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). But there is no law that makes the guidelines binding on those involved in conducting trials. Trials must also adhere to
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Good Clinical Practice guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonisation drafted in 1996. It facilitates mutual acceptance of clinical trial data by the regulatory authorities of Japan, EU and the US-the three major drug manufacturers. The United States Food and Drug Administration, however, recently said it will not require conformation to the Declaration of Helsinki for trials done outside the US.
The global clinical trial industry is worth Rs 1,56,870 crore. Clinical trials conducted in India in 2008 were worth Rs 1,345 crore, shows data collected by Ziven Consulting, a Gurgaon-based clinical trial consulting firm. The figure may seem small but is growing at a staggering 6S per cent every year.
(Adapted from: "Ethics on trial" by Ankur Paliwal, Down to Earth, June 30,2011)
46.The main theme ofthe story is

The functioning ofthe DCGI


The process of clinical trials


Janki's experiences


The Declaration of Helsinki


47.In India, the authoritythatoversees clinical trials is

The Medical Council of India


The Food and Drug Administration


The Drugs Controller General of India


The Health Ministry


48.The article statesthat clinical trials are

a growing business in India


always done unethically


a dangerous business


not an important area of concern


49.According to the article, most trial subjects are

poor people


rich and educated


children


women


50.An institutional ethics committee should include

a social worker, lawyer and medical scientist


at least seven people


internal and external members


all ofthe above


51.Janki and Amar are participating in the clinical trial because

they have no option


they need the money


they would like to help science


they need the drugs for their own treatment


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52.A non-therapeutic trial involves

subjects who need the drug for a disease


healthy subjects


finding out ifthe drug is safe


testing the drug on animals


53.Accordingtothe article, oneofthe risksofgoingthrough a clinical trialis

unknown side effects ofthe drug


not getting the money


getting the disease that is being treated by the drug


getting involved in something illegal


54.Obtaining informed consent from the patient is the responsibility of

the treating doctor


the CRO


ICMR


ethics committee


55.The Declaration ofHelsinki is

an international agreement on clinical trials


an agreement between Japan, EU and USA


an international law


the same as the Conference on Harmonisation


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SECTION LANGUAGE COMPETENCE (20 X 20 MARKS)

Complete the sentences with the most appropriate word orphrasefrom the options provided.
56.The hospital has acquired some very expensive_---­
equipments
equipement
equipment
equipements
57.The nurses the new rule.
protested for
protested
have protested
protested against
58.He has a illness for which he requires treatment.
chronic
habitual
regular
routine
59.You need to get quickly and come with me.
dressed up
dress up
dressed

dressed off
60. the favourable recommendation, he did not get the job.

Despite of


Inspite of


In spite of


Inspite


61.The student's English is very clear.

verbal


spoken


oral


(D)anyofthe above
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62.She has never been afraid of her opinions.

expressing


saying


telling


saying out


63.1 do not have the slightest intention the invitation.

to accept


ofaccepting


with accepting


in accepting


64.By the time the train arrived, the station.

he was leaving


he had left


he will have left
left



65. We are able to exchange information than in the past.

quicker


fastly


more quickly


better


66. Ifyou remain patient, we will where we are going.

explain you


explained


explain to you


explaining


67. I to see the damp patches on the walk.

could able


was able


abled


could


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68.The doctor thanked the patient's family for their

cooperation


collaboration


cooperativeness


collaborating nature


69.Ifyou are interested in birds, you should visit the sanctuary.

scarce


rare


more scarce


much rare


70.Scientists have not yet found a for the disease.

cause


reason


effect


reasoning


71. Over the 30 years there has been marked development in the region.

recent


last


recently


just


72. He is said to have died

with pneumonia


of pneumonia


having pneumonia


in pneumonia


73. Fortunately, my workload has

reduced


lessened


fallen


minimized


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74. He needed to look at the to check ifhe had the right word.
thesaurus
encyclopedia
dictionary
index
75. Global warming is changes in the weather.
bringing
bringing about
leading
about

PARTB
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Write in not more than 250 words why you want to join the MA (Communication) programme. Clearly write what you expect from the course and your future plans after completing the course. There are no marks for this statement. However, your paper will not be evaluated ifyou do not attempt this question.

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