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  1. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Japanese Encephalitis? 1. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a viral disease. 2. JE is related with the inflammation of brain. 3. It is a zoonosis and spreads among human beings by Culex mosquitoes.Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2022
  2. Haemorrhagic dengue fever is spread by :Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2010
  3. Which part of human body is infected by the virus causing Japanese encephalitis?Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2021
  4. The dengue fever is caused by the bite of which of the following mosquitoes?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2022
  5. Which one of the following statements regarding Zika virus is not correct ?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2016
  6. Of the following diseases which one is caused by insect bite:Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 1996
  7. Which type of mosquito acts as a carrier of the Zika virus to spread infection in humans ?Asked in APPSC Panchayat secretary Prelims 2016
  8. Tomato spotted wilt virus is transmitted byAsked in Agri. Officer 2020
  9. Which of the following is the vector of Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) ?Asked in Food Safety Officer 2022
  10. Which of the following is responsible for transmitting the Dengue virus ?Asked in Assistant Conservator of Forest 2025
  11. Which one of these is not a viral disease?Asked in Assistant Prosecuting Officer (APO) Exam 2009
  12. Consider the following statements regarding Zika virus: 1. Zika virus is primarily a mosquito-borne virus. 2. Zika virus is spread by Aedes mosquito. 3. Zika virus was first identified in Brazil in rhesus monkeys. 4. Zika virus infection causes a birth defect called microcephaly. Which of the above statements are correct?Asked in GKAMT TDO 05 2024 2110 2024
  13. Which one of the following diseases is not a vector-borne disease?Asked in GK CDPO 33 2023 2709 2024
  14. Which type of mosquito spreads dengue fever?Asked in J.E (Electrical 2020) 2020
  15. ‘ELISA’ test is done for the detection of Diabetes T.B. AIDS CancerAsked in Assistant Engineer (AE) Exam 2012
  16. Which of the following technologies is used for testing AIDS?Asked in Extension officer (EO) 2019
  17. Which of the following diseases is not caused by virus?Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2020 · Forest Officer (RFO) 2018
  18. AIDS is caused byAsked in BPSC Prelims Exam 64th
  19. Most viruses that infect plants possessAsked in UPSC CDS 1 2017
  20. Mutation in a virus is caused due to a change in its :Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2022
  21. Which one of the following statements explains higher mutation rate and faster evolution found in RNA virus?Asked in UPSC CDS 2 2018
  22. What is not true about virus?Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2021
  23. Which one of the following statements is correct about a virus?Asked in UPSC Geoscientist 2022
  24. Which microorganism causes hepatitis B?Asked in JPSC CS Prelims 2011
  25. A bacteriophage is aAsked in MPPSC CS Prelims 2017