Question:- Plasma Therapy is also known as..... A. Convular Plasma Therapy B. Convalescent Plasma Therapy C. Coviscule Plasma Therapy D. Functional Plasma Therapy
Answer:- Ans. B Explanation: Plasma Therapy is also known as Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT). It can be a possible treatment for COVID-19.
Question:- Which of the following statement is/are correct about Plasma Therapy? A. In plasma Therapy, the blood from recovered person is used to treat other sick people as it is rich in antibodies. B. The convalescent plasma is the liquid part of the blood from the recovered patients of COVID-19. C. The idea behind the Plasma therapy is that antibodies produced by the patients who have had survived the virus will boost the immune system of those who are critically ill or fighting with the COVID-19. D. All the above are correct
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: In plasma Therapy, the blood from recovered person is used to treat other sick people as it is rich in antibodies. The convalescent plasma is the liquid part of the blood from the recovered patients of COVID-19. The idea behind the Plasma therapy is that antibodies produced by the patients who have had survived the virus will boost the immune system of those who are critically ill or fighting with the COVID-19.
Question:- Plasma Therapy was used first time in ....... A. 1870 B. 1890 C. 1896 D. 1899
Answer:- Ans. B Explanation: The first national approach exploited in 1890 by the physiologists Von Behring and Kitasato to treat diphtheria was blood serum. They found that the serum from an infected animal with diphtheria was effective in preventing the infection caused due to diphtheria. It was stated that initially, it was produced from immunised animals but soon whole blood or serum from recovered donors with a specific humoral immunity were identified as a possible source of specific antibodies of human origin.
Question:- Which of the following statement is/are correct about Plasma? A. Plasma carries dissolved substances from one part to another part in the body. B. The protein in plasma includes antibodies to assist in the bodys defence system against disease or infection. C. Plasma also contains some traces of other substances like amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, pigments and enzymes. D. All the above are correct
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: Plasma carries dissolved substances from one part to another part in the body. The protein in plasma includes antibodies to assist in the bodys defence system against disease or infection. Plasma also contains some traces of other substances like amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, pigments and enzymes.
Question:- Name the process in which the liquid part of the blood or plasma is separated from the blood cells? A. Plasmametases B. Plasmaphorosioses C. Plasmapheresis D. None of the above
Answer:- Ans. C Explanation: The process in which the liquid part of the blood or plasma is separated from the blood cells is known as plasmapheresis. The remaining red blood cells and other blood components are then returned to the body of a person along with a little saline solution.
Question:- Use of Plasma Therapy has been studied in several outbreaks of other respiratory infections? Name the outbreaks? A. SARS-CoV-1 B. H1N1 C. MERS-CoV D. All the above
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: According to Food and Drug Administration, use of convalescent plasma has been studied in outbreaks of other respiratory infections, including the 2003 SARS-CoV-1 epidemic, the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, and the 2012 MERS-CoV epidemic.
Question:- When the first asteroid named Ceres was discovered? A. 1 January, 1800 B. 12 January, 1801 C. 12 February, 1800 D. 1 January, 1801
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: On 1 January, 1801, Ceres, the first asteroid was discovered.
Question:- Asteroids are made up of A. Nickel B. Iron C. Rocks D. All the above
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: Asteroids orbit the sun and are rocky, metallic bodies. From various rocks and metals, asteroids are made up of. Mainly from nickel and iron metals, asteroids are made.
Question:- Asteroids are also known as A. Minor Planets B. Small Stars C. Planets D. Only A and B
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: Asteroids are also known as minor planets or small stars as they are very small than planets or moon.
Question:- Who discovered first asteroid, 1 Ceres? A. Giuseppe Piazzi B. William Herschel C. Nicolaus Copernicus D. Edwin Hubble
Answer:- Ans. A Explanation: An Italian astronomer, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid.
Question:- Which of the following statement is/are correct about asteroid belt? A. Between orbits Mars and Jupiter most of the asteroids lie. B. This belt is divided into smaller belts. C. This belt is separated by distances known as Kirkwood gaps. D. All the above
Answer:- Ans. D Explanation: Most of the asteroids lie between Mars and Jupiter and it is known as the asteroid belt. It is divided into smaller belts and separated by distances known as Kirkwood gaps. These gaps are spaces in which the gravitational attraction of Jupiter prevents any object from maintaining an orbit.
Question:- Name an asteroid that is located at the Lagrangian points, L4 and L5 and lie in the same orbit as Jupiter? A. Eros B. Pallas C. Trojan D. Vesta
Answer:- Ans. C Explanation: Trojan asteroids are located at the Lagrangian points, L4 and L5 and lie in the same orbit as Jupiter.
Question:- Name the group of asteroids that cross Earths orbit and also may come close to Earth or even collided with the planet? A. Apollo B. Vesta C. Davida D. Juno
Answer:- Ans. A Explanation: One group of asteroids known as Apollo objects, cross the orbit of Earth. These bodies sometimes may come relatively close to Earth and some have even collided with the planet.
Question:- Name an asteroid that has a dog-bone shape? A. 216 Kleopatra B. 25143 Itokawa C. 2062 Aten D. 21 Lutetia
Answer:- Ans. A Explanation: An asteroid in dog-bone shape is 216 Kleopatra. It is of the size of New Jersey that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.