Disease Transmission Dynamics
- Previous year questions on Disease Transmission Dynamics 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.
- 19 live questions in Disease Transmission Dynamics.
- 1 of 19 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.A well of contaminated water resulting in an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea is a typical example for:
- ACommon source, single exposure epidemic
- BCommon source, continuous exposure epidemic✓ Correct answer
- CSlow epidemic
- DPropagated epidemic
Q2.Which of the following is not an example of direct transmission in communicable diseases ?
- ATransplacental (vertical)
- BSoil
- CRespiratory✓ Correct answer
- DSTD
Q3.Modes of disease transmission by vectors are all except?
- ARegurgitation
- BBiting
- CIngestion✓ Correct answer
- DRubbing of infected excrement
Q4.A herd immunity of over .........is considered necessary to prevent epidemic spread of diphtheria:
- A50%
- B55%
- C60%
- D70%✓ Correct answer
Q5.Spread of which disease cannot be controlled by isolation -
- ADiphtheria
- BNeonataltetanus✓ Correct answer
- CCholera
- DMumps
Q6.Cycle of microfilarea in mosquito -
- ACyclo-developmental✓ Correct answer
- BCyclo-propagative
- CPropagative
- DCyclical
Q7.Life cycle of filaria is
- ACyclodevelopmental✓ Correct answer
- BCyclopropagative
- CPropagative
- DTransovarian
Q8.Which is cyclopropagative?
- AMalaria✓ Correct answer
- BPlague
- CFilaria
Q9.Mass chemoprophylaxis is not given for one of the following
- ALymphatic filariasis
- BPlague
- CVitamin A deficiency
- DScabies✓ Correct answer
Q10.Cyclodevelopmental life cycle is seen in ?
- AMalaria
- BPlague
- CYellow fever
- DFilaria✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Common source, continuous exposure epidemic; Q2: C. Respiratory; Q3: C. Ingestion; Q4: D. 70%; Q5: B. Neonataltetanus; Q6: A. Cyclo-developmental; Q7: A. Cyclodevelopmental; Q8: A. Malaria; Q9: D. Scabies; Q10: D. Filaria.
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