UNI JANUARY-2017

SECTION 1
Q1. Very short questions:-

1. What is primordial prevention?

2. Incidence rate can be calculated in which type of study design?
3. Which is the best measure to compare the vital statistics of countries?
4. Enumerate two diseases transmitted by culex mosquito?
5. What is sewage?
6. Enumerate two cultural barriers to communication?
7. Which study design would be appropriate to measure efficacy?
8. What is case fatality rate?
9. What is the man power requirement in a sub centre?
10. What is the importance of net reproduction rate?

Q2. Define primary health care and discuss the principles of primary health care.

Q3. Short questions:-

1. What is odds ratio?

2. Compare between a source and reservoir of infection.
3. Enumerate two types of carriers with examples.
4. What is perinatal mortality ratio?
5. What is triage?

SECTION 2
Q4. Short questions:-

1. What are the uses of epidemiology?

2. Discuss three health promotion strategies.
3. Which are the internationally notifiable diseases?
4. What is secondary attack rate? What is its relevance in communicable disease?
5. Compare screening test to diagnostic test.

Q5. Write short notes on:-

1. Successful parasitism
2. Post coital contraception
3. Kangaroo mother care
4. Disability adjusted life year
5. Disability limitation

MAHESH GEEGAL
GMC SURAT
 PRELIM DECEMBER-2016
SECTION 1
Q1. Very short questions:-

1. Enumerate 2 interventions aimed at specific protection.

2. Define a case of XDR-TB under RNTCP
3. What is median incubation period?
4. What is high risk classification of district/PHC by status of neonatal tetanus control?
5. Enumerate 2 measures of dispersion.
6. Enumerate 2 health care delivery indicators.
7. What are the domestic sources of air pollution?
8. Enumerate 2 insecticides that act as contact poisons.
9. What is critical vector density?
10. Enumerate 2 fundamental aspects of disaster management.

Q2. What is primary health care? Discuss the principles of primary health care.

Q3. Short questions:-

1. Name 4 causes leading to vaginal discharge in females.

2. Enumerate 4 services under package for newborn & child health under RCH.
3. Treatment for multibacillary leprosy
4. What is an epidemiological case sheet?
5. Difference between incidence & prevelance.

SECTION 2
Q4. Short notes:-

1. Odds ratio
2. Negative predictive value of a screening test
3. Anti-larval measures for mosquito
4. Cold chain
5. Health hazards of noise pollution

Q5. Short notes:-

1. Treatment plan of diarrhoes of more than 2 month child according to IMNCI

2. Difference between cohort and case control study
3. Difference between monitoring and evaluation
4. Health hazards of health care waste
5. Couple protection rate

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JULY-2016
Q.2 Selection of cases and controls in case control studies.

Q.3 Very short questions:-

a) Four types of morbidities resulting from an earth quake

b) Examples of a viral and a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes

c) Mention two treatment options for plastic bags with red colour coding under biomedical waste disposal guidelines

d) Complete and correct names of NVBDCP and RNTCP.

e) Indicators used to calculate human development index.

Q.4 short questions:-

a) Describe disease Eradication

b) Blocked flea.

c) The purpose of Evaluation of any health programme

d) Populations Growth Rate

e) Convalescent carries

Q.5.Write short notes:-

a) Tertiary prevention

b) Ratio in epidemiology

c) Drugs used for mass drug administration campaign against filariasis

d) Post exposure prophylaxis following a rabid dog bite

e) Effect of water pollution on human health

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GMC SURAT
 PRELIM MAY-2016
Q2. Describe various level of prevention

Q3. Very short questions:-

a) What is negative growth in demography? Name one country which currently show negative growth rate in the world?

b) What is difference between monitoring and Evaluation

c) What is disease eradication? How does it differ from disease control?

d) Mention 4 criteria should you look for before screening for any disease?

e) What is herd immunity? Give examples of 2 diseases where it is important?

Q4. Short notes:-

a) List of Disease covered National vector borne disease control programme with the names of specific vectors responsible for their
transmission

b) Write current population of world, India and Gujarat in figures and words with a statement in form of a comment for each.

c) Draw 2x2 (two by two) table and calculate odds ratio using hypothetical data.

d) Reasons for failure of contraceptive methods among Indian couple

e) Specificity of a screening test to think about Leptospirosis infection in cases of jaundice during rainy seasons among rice field workers of
south Gujarat

Q5.Short notes:-

a) compare/contrast:- Sensitivity & specificity

b) compare/contrast:- case control study & cohort study.

c) comment on:- Dowry is the basic cause of adverse sex ratio .

d) comment on:- Instilling right human values in medical students can reduce malpractice in doctor community.

e) comment on:- Homosexuality is not normal.

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JANUARY-2016

Q2. Define the term cohort. Describe three types of cohort studies.

Q3. Very short questions:-

a) Four types of morbidities resulting from a disaster situation

b) Two viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes

c) Mention two treatment options for plastic bags with yellow colour coding under biomedical waste disposal guidelines

d) Complete and correct names of NVBDCP and RNTCP .

e) Physical quality of life index (PQLI).

Q4. Short questions :-

a) Describe Disease control

b) Blocked flea

c) Objectives, Targets and goals .

d) Age Pyramid (Do not Draw any figure/diagram)

e) Incubatory carries

Q5. Write short notes on:-

a) Primary prevention

b) Cold chain

C) Eligible couple

d) Post exposure prophylaxis following a rabid dog bite.

e) Effect of air pollution on human health

MAHESH GEEGAL
GMC SURAT
 PRELIM DECEMBER-2015

Q.2 a) Write the housing standards which are recommended by the Environmental Hygiene committee (1947) in india.

b) What could be the effect of poor housing on the status of man’s health and well-being?

Q3. Write short notes on:-

a) Chi-square Test

b) Positive predictive value of a screening test.

c) Triage

D) Rehabilitation

e) Health hazards of healthcare waste

Q4. Write answer of the following short questions:-

a) Mention any two diseases/clinical conditions in which iceberg phenomenon is not observed.

b) List any four elements of primary health care.

c) Why case control study design is not able to provide exact relative Risk?

d) Write two different ways for presenting the qualitative /discrete data having nominal scale of meauserment.

e) Give any single example of a fertility rate(ratio) which is not meaningful to calculate in a village (population=898) of orna primary health
centre of surat district.

Q5.Write short notes:-

a) Spectrum of disease

b) Explain the term attack rate using an example of swine flu.

c) Monitoring as one of the steps in a planning cycle.

d) Write names of 7 vaccine preventable Diseases (VPD) covered under universal immunization programme (UIP).

e) Advices to a lady following her copper-T insertion

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JULY-2015
Q2.There is a malaria epidemic reported in surat city. How would you investigate it ?

Q3.Very short questions:-

a) Enumerate 4 morbidity indicators .

b) What is community diagnosis?

c) How is Quality of life a better indicator of health of people than standard of living

d) Which colour bags would you dispose the following in a hospital setting needles ,drip sets, vaccines and cytotoxic drugs?

e) Comment on :- ‘corrected effective temperature is a better indicator of thermal comfort than Effective temperature’.

Q4. Short questions:-

a) Periodic fluctuations in time distribution.

b) Advantages and Disadvantages of condom

c) Effect of radiation on health.

d) Triage in disaster management

e) Merits and demerits of a cohort study.

Q5.Write short notes on:-

a) Principles involved in primary health care

b) Role of secondary prevention in public health.

c) Monitoring and surveillance

d) Bias in case control studies

e) Household water purification measures.

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GMC SURAT
 PRELIM MAY-2015
Q2. What are the concepts of prevention? Write about various levels of preventions with example.

Q3.Write short notes:-

a) Sex ratio

b) Health Education

c) Prevalence Rate

d) Panchayati Raj

e) Surveillance

Q.4. Write answer of the following questions:-

a) Mention four absolute contraindications for oral contraceptives.

b) List four examples of tertiary prevention

c) What is safe and wholesome water?

d) Enumerate the colour coding for waste sharps and discarded medicines and cytotoxic drugs.

e) What is dependency ratio?

Q5.Give answer in brief for the following questions:-

a) Give the epidemiological explanation behind the eradication of small pox from the world.

b) Write about any 3 principles of primary health care

c) Enumerate 6 functions of health worker (male)

d) What are the basic resources for providing health care?

e) Explain in brief the three fundamental aspects of disaster management.

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JANUARY-2015
Q2. What is Odds Ratio? Discuss the study designs in which it is derived.

Q3. Very short questions:-

a) What is post coital contraception?

b) Enumerate any four committees which are important landmark in the history of public health in India

c) Mention four provisions under tobacco control Legislation

d) What are contact poisons? Give two examples.

e) List four disease transmitted by hard ticks.

Q4. Short Questions:-

a) Enumerate three health related millennium development goals in India and related targets for each goal.

b) What are the elements of evaluation?

c) Explain the short term effect of major disasters

d) Effect of noise pollution on human health

e) Compare rapid and slow sand filters

Q5.Write short notes on:-

a) Appropriate technology

b) Adverse health effects of smoking

c) Sampling methods

d) Network analysis

e) Genetic counselling and its role in sickle cell disease

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GMC SURAT
 PRELIM DECEMBER-2014

Q2.Describe hospital waste management in a large public sector hospital like a new civil hospital ,surat

Q3.Write short notes on:-

a) Predictive value of a positive screening test

b) Normal distribution in a human body

c) Monitoring in reference to planning cycle

d) Six names of national health programmes for control of various communicable disease in India

e) Six medical measure require following large scale flood in an big river affecting a huge urban area of state in India

Q4.Write very short on:-

a) Germ theory of disease

b) Epidemiology triad

c) Standard normal curve

d) Surveillance

e) Rate

Q5.Write a short note on:-

a) Rapid sand filter

b) Sources of air pollution

c) DPT vaccine

d) Millennium Development Goal

e) Triage

MAHESH GEEGAL
GMC SURAT
 UNI JULY-2014

Q1.What do you mean by Chemoprophylaxis? Give indication for Chemoprophylaxis.

Q2.Write short notes:-

a) Secular trend in epidemiology

b) Side effects of intra uterine contraceptive devices

c) Effects of air pollution on human health

Q3.Write answer of the following questions

a) Spectrum of disease in epidemiology

b) Specificity of a screening test

c) List any four elements of primary health care

d) Give three different ways for presenting the quantitative continuous data

Q4.Give answers:-

a) Definition of the terms endemics disease, Exotic disease and an epidemic

b) Mention any six characteristic of screening tests performed in clinical practices

c) List names of six fertility rates (or ratio)-which can be calculated at state /national level

d) Give names of 6 vaccine preventable Disease not covered under Universal immunization Programme (UIP)in india

e) List any three birth control methods for a men

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JANUARY-2014

Q2. Explain Herd Immunity. What is the role of herd immunity in elimination of neonatal tetanus?

Q3 Write short notes:-

a) Disinfection

b) Cu T (copper T ) as a spacing methods

c) Effects of air pollution on human health

Q4.Write answer of the following questions:-

a) Epidemic

b) False negative test of screening test

c) List any four elements of primary Health care

d) Give three different way for presenting the health related statitistical data

Q5.Give answer:-

a) Definitions of the terms incubation period

b) Mention any six characteristics of screening tests performed in clinical practice

c) List names of six fertility rates (or ratio) which can be calculated at national levels

d) Give names of 6 vaccine preventable disease covered under universal immunization programme (UIP) in India

e) List any three permanent methods for birth control promoted under national programme

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GMC SURAT
 PRELIM DECEMBER-2013

Q2. Define epidemiology. Enumerate only, the mode of interventions in different levels of prevention in
natural history of disease. Write in detail about the characteristics most frequently examined by
epidemiologist on descriptive studies.

Q3.Write short notes on:-

a) Advantages of case control study design

b) Contraindication of intrauterine devices like copper T

c) Safe and wholesome water

d) Sanitary barrier

e) Control measures against houseflies

Q4.Write answer of the following questions:-

a) What do u mean by “Hospital Acquired Infection“? Enumerate the source of generation of biomedical
wastes and groups at risk to it

b) Enumerate advantages of hospital data

c) Enlist the effects of noise exposure.

d) What advice would you give to an eligible male who has recently undergone “No scalpel Vasectomy”?

e) Enumerate the child health components of RCH phase-2

Q5.Give answers:-

a) Enumerate 3 basic tools of measurement commonly used to express disease magnitude in

epidemiology

b) Write down formula for calculating case fatality rate (CFR) for Leptospirosis in our settings

c) Mention approximate proportion of senior citizen more than 60 years of age in general population in
India, Italy and Japan currently

d) Give names of 6 disease covered under national vector borne Disease Control programme (NVBDCP)

e) Name three terms used to classify causative factors of the disease and also referred as epidemiology
triad.

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JANUARY-2013

Q2. a) What do you understand by the term meta analysis.

b) Where and how it is used ?

Q3.Write comprehensive notes on

a) Distribution other than normal

b) Process evaluation of school Health Programme

c) Universal Precaution are the concerned really follow it?

comment critically

Q4. a) What are objective of NLEC?

b) What is the role of Medical College in it.

Q5.Compare and Contrast

1. Sentinal surveillance and routine surveillance

2. Vector indices of plague and vector indices of malaria

3. Population policy and Health polices

4. Basic Health care and comprehensive health care

5. Primary Health center and Urban Health centers.

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GMC SURAT
 UNI JANUARY-2012

Q2. Classify the water borne diseases and discuss the method of purification of water in a large scale in
your city.

Q3. Compare and contrast (any five)

a) Temporary and permanent family planning methods

b) Attributable risk and relative risk
c) Monitoring and surveillance
d) Epidemic and endemic
e) Cost benefit and cost effective analysis
f) Case control study and cohort study

Q4. Define disaster and discuss the management sequence of a sudden onset of disaster.

Q5. Write short notes on:-

a) Measurement of central tendency

b) Successful parasitism
c) Vector borne transmission in infectious disease epidemiology
d) Tertiary prevention

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GMC SURAT
 PRELIM DECEMBER-2012

Q1. Enumerate ten currently on going national health programmes in India preferably using their correct
title. Mention five purposed for which these programmes were launched by the Government of India.

Q2. Health authority of California State evaluated a screening test for swine flu disease. Out of total 140
confirmed cases of swine flu, test declared 40 as positive and remaining as negative for this disease.
Among 9860 non diseased individuals, test results were positive for this condition in 20 persons.
Calculate sensitivity, specifity, predictive value of a positive test and predictive value of a negative test
for this screening test.

Q3. Write short notes on any three:

a) International classification of diseases

b) Uses of epidemiology
c) Indices of thermal comfort/heat stress.
d) Chi square test

Q4. Compare and contrast any five:

a) Sampling v/s census

b) Slow sand filter v/s rapid sand filter
c) Isolation v/s quarantine
d) Monitoring v/s evaluation
e) Case control study v/s cohort study
f) Sand fly v/s housefly

MAHESH GEEGAL
GMC SURAT