Core Terminology in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Previous year questions on Core Terminology in Infectious Disease Epidemiology for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Community Medicine section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 67 live questions in Core Terminology in Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
- 3 of 67 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Interval between primary and secondary case is called as?
- AGeneration time
- BSerial interval✓ Correct answer
- CIncubation period
- DLead time
Q2.Median incubation period means:
- AThe time required for 50% of the cases to occur following exposure.✓ Correct answer
- BTime gap between onset of primary and secondary case
- CInterval between first clinical detection and final critical point
- DTime between exposure to a risk factor and subsequent development of clinical manifestations of a particular disease
Q3.Disease usually not seen in a country but brought from abroad is:
- AEndemic
- BEpidemic
- CZoonotic
- DExotic✓ Correct answer
Q4.Nowadays, swine flu is in news, it is considered as
- APandemic✓ Correct answer
- BEpidemic
- CEndemic
- DSeasonal variation
Q5.A health center reports 40 to 50 cases in a week in the community. This week there are 48 cases normally. This is called:
- AEpidemic
- BSporadic
- CEndemic✓ Correct answer
- DOutbreak
Q6.Which diseases are infectious but not communicable?
- AMeasles
- BMumps
- CScarlet fever
- DTetanus✓ Correct answer
Q7.Generation time for leprosy bacillus is?
- A8-10 days
- B10-12 days
- C12-15 days✓ Correct answer
- D15-20 days
Q8.Prognosis of a disease can be given by -
- ASecondary attack rate
- BIncubation time✓ Correct answer
- CLatency
- DSerial interval
Q9.Chronic carrier is seen in
- AMeasles
- BWhooping cough
- CTyphoid✓ Correct answer
- DInfluenza
Q10.A community in sub-African area has a weekly repo of 50-60 malarial cases, all in children. No adult case has been repoed. This week count of cases is 55. What kind of disease it would be classified as?
- AEpidemic
- BHoloEndemic✓ Correct answer
- CHyperendemic
- DOutbreak
Answer key
Q1: B. Serial interval; Q2: A. The time required for 50% of the cases to occur following exposure; Q3: D. Exotic; Q4: A. Pandemic; Q5: C. Endemic; Q6: D. Tetanus; Q7: C. 12-15 days; Q8: B. Incubation time; Q9: C. Typhoid; Q10: B. HoloEndemic.
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