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Common Diseases and Prevention

Understand epidemic basics, causes and prevention strategy.

Level

Exam-focused

Study Time

14 min

Exam Relevance

Medium

Core concepts

  • Communicable vs non-communicable diseases.
  • Basic causes and transmission pathways.
  • Preventive actions: vaccination, sanitation, hygiene.

Objective approach

  • Link disease with mode of spread.
  • Eliminate options that contradict basic prevention logic.

Common mistakes

  • Treating all fevers as same-category diseases.

Chapter-end mini quiz

5 quick questions from the question bank.

Question 1

Which one of the following viruses used to be responsible for highly infectious disease Smallpox?

Question 2

Which one of the following diseases may be caused by the deficiency of vitamin C?

Question 3

Malarial parasite is a

Question 4

Which one of the following is caused by a bacterial pathogen?

Question 5

The vector of malaria parasites is

Source Base

  • NCERT public health and communicable diseases references
  • CBSE disease transmission and prevention topics
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