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Entrance Examinations - 2019

Ph,D. Health Sciences (Public Health)

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70

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INSTRUCTIONS

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pages. Please check thoroughly for all the pages.

2.

Enter the Hall Ticket number on the first page

ofthis

booklet as well as on the OMR sheet.

3.

There are two PARTS in the question paper

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^{PART I} (Question numbers I - 35) and PART

ll

(Question numbers 36 -70). In oase

ofa

tie, marks obtained in PART I

will

be considered

for

rcsolving the tie.

Each question carries

I

mark and there is no negative marking.

All

answe$ have to be answered only in the OMR sheet following the instructions provided thereupon.

6.

Scientific calculators are not permined.

4.

5.

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1. Mean, Mediau anal Mode

are:

^PART

r

A.

Measues of deviation

B.

ways of sampling

C.

Measures

ofconhol

tendency

D.

None ofthe above 2. Research is:

A.

Searching again and again

B.

Finding solution to any problem

C,

working in a scientific way to ^search foi truth of any Foblem

D.

None ofthe above

3. Which

ofthe

following is the

first

step in starting the research process?

A.

Searching sources of information to locate problem.

B.

Survey of rclated literature

C.

ldentifi cation of problem

D.

Searching for solutions to ^the prcblem

4. A commou test itr res€arch dem|trds much

priority

_on:

A.

Reliabiliry

B.

Use-ability

C.

Objectivity

D. Allofthe

above 5. Action res€arth means:

A. A

longitudinal research

B.

An applied ^rcsearch

C. A

^research initiated to solve ^an immediate problem

D,

A rcsearch with socioeconomic objective

6.

A

reasoning where we start

with

certain paaticular statemelts and concluat€

with

a universal strtement is called:

A.

Deduotive Reasoning

B.

lnduclive Reasoning

C,

Abnormal Reasoning

D.

Transcendental Reasoning

7. In

the process ofconductitrg research 'Formulation

ofllypothesis"

^{is followed} by:

A.

^Statement of Objectives

B.

Analysis ofData

C.

Selection ofResearch Tools

D.

Collection of Data

8.

A

research paper ^is a

brief

report ofresearch work bised on:

A.

Primary Data only

B.

Secondary Data only

C.

Both

P

mary and Secondary Data

D.

None oflhe above

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9, One

ofthe

following is not an open source software:

A.

Dspace

B.

Windows

C.

Green'stone

D.

Linux

10.

Informal

self-educalion is possible in rvhat kind of

library?

A.

National Library

B.

Public Library

C.

Specific Library

D.

College Library

ll.

^{What is}

Biblio

etry?

A.

Function

oflibrary

Network

B.

lnfomation Management Service

C.

Information Management Tool

D.

Library Service 12.

Informatior

is:

A.

Raw Data

B.

^{Processed Data}

C.

Input ^dala

D.

Organized dala

13.

An

appropriale source to

find

out descriptiye information tu:

A.

Bibliography

B.

Directbry

c.

Encyclopedia

D.

Dictionary 14,

Shelflist

facilitates:

A.

classification

B.

We€ding out

'C.

Stock verification

D.

Dooumentation 15. Questionnaire ^is a:

A.

Research method

B.

Measurement technique

C.

Tool for data collection

D.

Data analysis technique

16.

A

periodical evaluation

ofan

employee is done

through;

A.

Job rotation

B.

Performance appraisal

C.

Ref.esher course

D.

Work guide

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17.

"Controlled Group"

^{is a term used itr:}

A.

Survey rcsearch

B.

Historical research

C.

Experimental rcsearch

D.

Desoiptive research lS.InductiYe logic proceeds

from:

A.

General to Ceneral

B.

Particular to General

C.

Geneml to Particular

D.

Particular to Particular

19, Which

ofthe

following is not a

"Graphic

repr€sentation"?

A.

Pie Chart

B.

Bar Chart

C.

Table

D.

Histogram

20. Which

ofthe

following is not covered under Intellectual Property Righfs?

A.

Co6T ights

B.

Patents

C.

Tmde Marks

D.

Thesaurus 21. Otrtolo$/ is:

A.

An Indexing Method

B.

Classification oflntemet based documents

C.

Cataloguing of Intemet ^based documents

D.

Doculnentation service

22. The tratrsmission

ofreceiver's

reactiou back to lhe sender is knowu as:

A.

Nois€

B.

Feedback

C.

Medium

D.

Sowce

23, A set of rules that ^govern ov€rall dala communications system is

popularly

klrown as:

A.

Protocol

B.

Agreement

C.

Pact

D.

Memorandum

24. Staffitrg ^is concerned

rvith

providing and DaintaiDing"..'.'...resources.

A.

Physical

B.

Teohnical

C.

Human

D.

Financial

25, Which of the followitrg is not true about ^€ journals?

A.

They ^are distributed through digital methods

B.

They also have editors or editorial ^boards

C.

^{They arc} publications ofserial nature

D.

They are always ftee

ofcost

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26. Whether

Library

is a system?

A.

Yes, it ^has various sections as sub-systems coordinating each other

foming

a system

B.

No, it cannot be a system

c.

It is quite impossible

D.

Library is separate fiom a system.

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_{27. What} is the most common

kind

of

litter,

by number, found in waterways?

A.

plastic bags

' 8.

plastic bottles

C.

aluminum cans

D. All

ofthese 28, What is sediment?

A.

^sand and rocks that are too heavy to be caried by water

. B.

^{the oryanic solids that are suspend} in wastewater

C.

soil or bits of rock ^suspended in water

- D.

the solids, like fats, ^grease and oils, that float ^on top ofwastewater 29, What caus€s acid rain?

A.

sulfur ^and ritrogen compounds from power ^plants, factories and motor vehioles

B.

sulfur ^and nitrogen compounds given

offby

plants as the weaihq warms in the summer

C.

carbon dioxide from power plants, factories ^and motor vehicles

D.

carbon dioxide and methane given

offby

arctic soils as they warm in the spring

.

^{30. How} many people in the

world

do not have access to toilets?

A.

about

l0 million

. B.

about

I million C.

about ¹⁰⁰

million D.

about

I billion

31,

Which ofthese diseases can happen from

drinking

eontamin.ted water?

A.

^Pneumonia

' B.

^Smallpox

C.

Malaria

D.

Cholera

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^{32. Moulds' yeast and fungi} are eramples

ofa:

A.

Physical hazard

. B.

^{Chemical hazard}

C.

Pathogenic

bacterium '

D.

Biological hazard

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_{33, Medical} research indicates that

-

is a Ieading cause

ofgrowth

stunting.

A.

Lack of exercise

- B.

Eating unhealthy foods

C.

Defecating in ^{the oPen}

D.

Sleeping on hard surfaces

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3,1. What is the single most effectiye way to prevent the iransmission ofdisease?

A.

Antibiotics

B.

Hand washing with water only

C.

Hand washing with soap and water

D.

No way

35. Ortho-tolidine test determitres:

A.

F.ee chlorine

B.

Combined chlorine

C.

^Chlorine demand

D.

^{Both free and} combined chlorine

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HEALTTI)

36. Food poilotring is caused by:

A.

Cl. perfringes

B.

Salmonella pamtyphi

A C.

Vibrio Cholerae

D.

Staph. epidermis

37.

Child mortalify

rate due to AIDS is Lighest itr:

A.

Asia

B.

Sub-Saharan

Afiica C.

Latin America

D.

Cardbbean

38. Rickettsialpox is

traNmitted

by:

A.

Flea

B.

Mite

C. Tick D.

Mosquito

39.

l'dllowitrg

rate does trot use mid-year population as a denominator:

A.

Pregnancy rate

B.

Marriage rate

C.

Death late

D.

Birth rate

40, The most common occupational disease is:

A.

Asbestosis

B.

Plumbism

C.

Dermatosis

D.

Silicosis

41, Small for date in comparison to premature

birth

hasi

A.

Low birthweight

B.

More congenital anomalies

C.

More ^chances of mental retardation

D.

Less survival chances

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42,

World

No tobacco dav is on:

A.

^lO'h

Januarv '

B. 7"'April

c.

^22"d

April D.

^31"r May

43.

Vitamin Bl2

is not foutrd itr:

A. Milk B. Liver C.

^Soyabean

D.

Fish

44.Al1 are

ildicators ofair pollution

except:

A.

Sulphur di oxide

B.

Smoke

C.

Carbon di oxide

D.

Dust particles

45. All ofthe

follording cotrstituents are high in humatr

milk

than in Cow's

milk

except:

A.

Pmtein

B.

Cystine

C. Tauine D.

Lactose

46. The hrgest constituent

ofhuman

body is:

A.

Proteins

B.

Fats

C.

Water

D.

Minerals

47. Which of these does NOT shape Gender?

A.

Hobbies

B.

Media

C.

Peers

D.

Family

48. Getrder stability occuN at rdhat age?

A.

^{5 years}

B.

^{4 yea$}

C.

^{2 years}

D. I

year

49, Study

ofaging

is called asl

A.

Gerontology

B,

Hisrology

C.

Physiology

D.

Anthropology

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50, Thatratologr is the study of:

A.

Life expectancy

B.

Biological aging

C.

Death and dying

D.

Adulthood

51. By far, the l€adidg

killer

ofperson over age 65 is:

A.

Heart disease

B.

^AIDS

C.

Stroke

D.

Diabetes

52. Of the fouowitrg, which is more frcquent stereotype

ofolder

^adulls:

A.

Full ofwisdom and knowledge

B.

Healthy and indep€ndent

C.

Confused ^and disoriented

D.

Sleepy and l^2

y

53. Which

ofthe

following improv€s attitudes towards aging and older adults:

A.

Slaying awa) from older adults

B.

Education about older adults

C.

Travelling to older communities

D.

Watching the porhayals ofolder adults in cinemas

andTV's

54. Over the

lduft

^years' er!'rronmeirt ^seem$ to play bigger role than the genetics

in:

A.

The stability ofperson traits

B.

Longevity

C.

Alzheimer's ^disease

D.

Environment never play ^a bigge. role 55.

Old€r arried

men have been fouod to have:

A.

Moderat€ positive emotions

B. tnwer

level ofpositive emotions

C.

Fluctuating emotions

D.

Lower level ofnegative emotions 56. What priDciplc best applier

for

euthanasia?

A.

Beneficence

B.

Non Maleficenoe

C.

^Justice

D.

Autonomy

5?. The

certral

guiding principle to medical decision making is:

A.

Aulonomy

B.

Substituted judgment

C.

Selfdelermination

D.

lndividual liberty

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58. Getrder roles refers

lo

A.

The subordination ofwomen based on the assumption ofsuperiority ofmen.

B.

Chromosomal and hormonal differences that cause inevitable differences in the behavior ofmen

and women.

C.

The rights, responsibilities, expectations, and relationships of women and men.

D.

^{None ofthe above.}

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^59. Which

ofthe followirg

is necessary in obtaining informed consert?

A.

A description

ofthe

statistioal analyses that

will

be carried out

B.

A description ofthe purpose

ofthe

research

C. A

desoiption ofthe reliability and validity oftest instuments

D. A

list ofpublications that the researcher ^has had in the last ten years

60. What is

it

called when the participants are not revealed to anyone

but

researcher and stalT?

A.

Confid€ntiality

B.

Anonymity

C.

Elhics

D.

Discretion

61. Endemic meaus that a disease:

A.

Occurs clearly in excess of

nomal

exp€ctancy

B.

Is habitually ^present in human populations

C.

Affects large number ofcounhies simultaneously

D.

Exhibits a seasonal paftem

62.Which

ofthe followilg

is characteristic

ofa

singl€-exposure' common-vehicle outbreak?

A.

Frequent secondary cas€s

B.

lncreasing severiry

\rith

increasing age

C.

Explosive

D.

Cas€s include both people who have been exposed and those who were not exposed 63. Standard deviation is the deviation

ofan

individual value

fiotrl

the

A.

Median

. B.

Mode

C.

Range

D.

Mean

64, Age-adjusted death rates are used to:

A.

Conect death mtes for errors in the statement ofage

B.

Determine ^the actual number of ^{deaths that} occurred in specific age groups in a population

C.

Eliminate the effects of differences in ^{the age} distributiont of populations in comparing death rates

D.

^{Compare deaths in penons}

ofthe

^{same age group}

65. For

r

disoase such as pancreatic cancer' which is highly

fatal

aDd

ofshort

duratioD:

A,

lncidence mtes and mortality rates

will

be similar

B.

Mottality rates

will

^be much higher than incidence rates

C,

Incidence ^rates

will

^be much higher than mortality ^mtes

D.

Incidence Iates

will

b€ unrelated ^to mortality rates

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66,

A

program malager

from

an international health fuuding agency Deeds to identify regions

that

would benefit from an intervenlion aim€d at reducing premature

disabiliq.

The program _manager asks a hoatth care consultant to develop ^a proposal using an index that would help her make this decision. Which of the following would best serve this purpose?

A.

Case-fatality

B.

^Crude mortality rate

C.

Disability-adjusted life-years

D.

Standardiz€d mortality mtio

67.

A

physical examinalion was used to screen

for

breast cancer in 2'500 wometr

with

biopsy-proyen adetrocrrcinoma

ofthe

breast and itr 5,000 ^age- and rac€-matched control wom€n. The results of th€

physical examination were positive (i.e., ^{a mass} was palpated)

in

1,800 cases and in 800

control

women, all

ofwhom

sho$ed no evidence ofcatrcer at biopsy. The sensitivity

ofthe

physical examination was:

A.

72%

B. 84%

c.

^69Vo

D.

None ofthe above

68. The extent to which a specific health care treatment, service, procedure, progmm' or other

inteflention

does what

it

is intended to do when used in a community-dwelling population is lermed its:

A.

Efficacy

B.

Eflectiveness

C.

Effect modification

D.

Efficiency

69. The association betweed exposure to television viewing and mental acuity in children was studied atrd the followihg information was recorded

for

each

child

in ihe study; Religion

(Ilindu

or any other religioD), age (in y€ars), and amount of exposure to TV viewing (rated

from

0

for

no exposure to ³

for

more thatr three years exposure to TV aiewing). Which

olthe

following choices lists these variables itr the order of: dichotomous nominal' ordinal, and cotrtitruous?

A.

Amount ofexposure, religion, ^age

B.

Age, religion, amount ofexposure

C.

Religion, age, amount

ofexposure

^.

. D.

Religion, amount ofexposure, ^age

70. Which

ofthe

^{following procedure}

will

^{give us} an idea about th€ slrength

ofalsociation

between an exposure and an outcome

variable:

A. 't'

^test

B.

chi - square test

C,

both the above

D.

none ofthem

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University of Hyderabad

Entrance Examinations - 2019 School/Department/Centre

: SCHOOLOF MEDTCALSCTENCES

Course/Subject : Ph. D

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Health Sciences (public

Health)-

Code: V-89

Signature

School/DepaFrfen

B.R. SHAMANNA

Professor School ot Medical Sciences

Q.No. Q,No. Q.No. Q.No.

1 D 26 51 76

2

c

27 D s2

c

77

c

28

c

53 _B 7a

4 D 29 s4 B 79

5

c

30 D 55 D 80

6 31 D 56 D 81

7

c

32 D 57

c

^a2

a

c

33

c

58

c

83

9 _B 34

c

59 B 84

10 a 35 D 60 85

17

c

36 B 61 _B 86

12 _D 37 B 62

c

a7

13 D 38 a 63 D 88

t4 c

39 A 64

c

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15

c

40

c

55 A 90

76 _B

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66

c

91

'77 c

_{42 D 67 A 92}

18 B 43

c

58 B 93

L9

c

44

c

69 D 94

20 D 45 ^'10 D 95

21 B 46

c

17 96

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47 72 97

A 48 B 73 98

24

c

49 A 74 99

25 D 50

c

^7S 100

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