Present IMR in India as per the latest data is: a. 34 per 1000 live births b. 36 per 1000 live births c. 39 per 1000 live births d. 40 per 1000 live births 

A person with no sign of disease but may transmit, it is 
called: (ESIC Chennai May 2012) 
a. An allergic person b. Immune person c. A resistant person 
d. A carrier person 

Father of epidemiology is: 
a. John Snow b. Joseph Lister c. Karl Landsteiner d. Robert Hook 

Denominator in Crude Birth Rate: 
a. Mid-year population b. Total number of birth 
c. 1000 live birth. 
d. Total number of live birth in a year 

Which of the following fertility rates include mortality in it? 
a. TFR b. GFR c. NRR 
d. GRR 

Maternal mortality rate definition includes all except: a. Death in pregnancy 
b. Death during pregnancy c. Death within 6 weeks post delivery 
d. Death within 6 months post delivery 

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is defined as number or deaths of 
infants under age one per: a. 1000 births b. 1000 live births c. 1000 midyear population d. 1000 women of reproductive age group 

Quarantine stands for: 
a. Time period between infection and confirmatory diagnosis 
b. Time period between diagnosis and initiation of treatment 
c. Time period between infection and multiplication of 
organism d. Longest incubation period 

Decrease in the incidence of a disease to a level where it 
ceases to be a public health problem is: (RRB Feb 2012) 
a. Elimination b. Control c. Surveillance d. Eradication 

Leading cause of neonatal mortality in India is: a. Infections 
b. Birth asphyxia/trauma 
c. Diarrhea d. Prematurity and congenital malformation