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Quiz on COVID 19 By Dept.of Zoology, Govt Victoria College

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country the 1st case of COVID-19 was identified?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

United States

d)

North Korea

2.

In which city the 1st case of COVID-19 was identified?

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Wuhan

d)

Chengdu

3.

In which city the 1st case of COVID-19 was identified in India?

a)

Bengaluru

b)

New Delhi

c)

Mumbai

d)

Kasaragod

4.

Name a clinical trial in which blood is transfused from recovered COVID-19 patients to a coronavirus patient who is in critical condition?

a)

Hydroxychloroquine

b)

Remdesivir

c)

Plasma Therapy

d)

Solidarity

5.

Which of the following diseases are related to coronavirus?

a)

MERS

b)

SARS

c)

Both A and B

d)

Only C is Correct

6.

What is the name of the test of coronavirus (COVID-19)?

a)

ELISA

b)

COV Test

c)

GFR Test

d)

RT-PCR

7.

From where Coronavirus got its name?

a)

Due to their crown-like projections

b)

Due to their leaf-like projections

c)

Due to their surface structure of projections

d)

None of the above

8.

What is Coronavirus?

a)

It is a large family of viruses

b)

It belongs to the family of Nidovirus.

c)

Both A and B are correct

d)

Only A is correct.

9.

How does Coronavirus transmit?

a)

When a person sneezes or cough, droplets spread in the air or fall on the ground and nearby surfaces.

b)

If another person is nearby and inhales the droplets or touches these surfaces and further touches his face, eyes or mouth, he or she can get an infection.

c)

If the distance is less than 1 meter from the infected person.

d)

All the above are correct.

10.

What happens to a person suffering from COVID-19?

a)

Around 80% of the people will require no treatment as such and will recover on their own.

b)

Around <20% or a small proportion may need hospitalisation.

c)

A very small proportion basically suffering from chronic illness may need admission in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

d)

All the above are correct

11.

In which age group the COVID-19 spreads?

a)

COVID-19 occur in all age groups.

b)

Coronavirus infection is mild in children.

c)

Older person and persons with pre-existing medical conditions are at high risk to develop serious illness.

d)

All the above are correct

12.

Mild Symptoms of Novel coronavirus are:

a)

Fever

b)

Cough

c)

Shortness of breath

d)

All the above

13.

Identify the women virologist, behind the India's first COVID19 Testing kit.

a)

Minal Dakhave Bhosale

b)

Dr. Renee M Borges

c)

Kiran Muzumdar Shaw

d)

Manju Bansal

14.

Which indian molecular diagnostic company manufactured the first COVID19 testing kit

a)

CoSara Diagnostics

b)

PerkinElmer

c)

Mylab Discovery Solutions

d)

Abbott Molecular

15.

WHO announced “COVID-19” as pandemic disease on________

a)

31 Dec 2019

b)

11 Feb 2020

c)

11 March 2020

d)

11 January 2020

16.

Insurance Cover For Doctors, Healthcare Workers Fighting Coronavirus is _________

a)

Rs 25 Lakh

b)

Rs 50 Lakh

c)

Rs 50 Thousand

d)

Rs 1 Crore

17.

What is the self quarantine period for Covid-19 virus?

a)

3-5 days

b)

7-10 days

c)

up to 14 days

d)

up to one month

18.

If you don't have any symptoms, you definitely are NOT contagious

a)

True

b)

False

19.

We have strong evidence to believe that COVID-19 will disappear in the next 30 days.

a)

False

b)

True

20.

What is the minimum distance you should keep when meeting someone?

a)

20 metres

b)

2 metres

c)

3 metres

d)

30 metres

21.

What percentage of infected people can heal at home by themselves?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

70%

d)

80%

22.

Are children and teenagers less affected by the virus than the general population?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

Is it possible to be a carrier of COVID-19 without having any symptoms?

a)

Yes

b)

No

24.

Which countries were first to use the rainbow as a symbol of hope in the COVID-19 crisis?

a)

Italy and France

b)

Russia and China

c)

Canada and the USA

d)

Spain and Germany

25.

the Latin word "corona," which means ...........

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

crown

d)

clown

26.

Which of the following virus causes Covid-19 ?

a)

SARS- Cov-2

b)

Ebola

c)

Hantavirus

d)

MERS

27.

The genetic material of SARS-COV-2 comprises of

a)

Protosova

b)

DNA

c)

RNA

d)

Chrominome

28.

Which of the following symptoms are not observed in Covid-19 patient ?

a)

Fever

b)

Cough

c)

Breathing difficulties

d)

Big boils on the skin

29.

In which Latin American country was Covid-19 first reported?

a)

Argentina

b)

Peru

c)

Brazil

d)

Chile

30.

Which of the following precautions are useful in preventing Covid-19?

a)

Washing hands with soap

b)

Covering nose and mouth with handkerchief

c)

Using hand sanitizer

d)

All of the above

31.

What is the period between the contraction of the virus and manifestation of the disease?

a)

Incubation period

b)

Infection period

c)

Expectation period

d)

Multiplication period

32.

Who is the director general of WHO ?

a)

Margaret Chan

b)

Tedros Adhanom

c)

Sania Nishtor

d)

Audrey Azoulay

33.

Which among the following does not belong to coronavirus family?

a)

229E alpha

b)

NL63 alpha

c)

OC43 beta

d)

CW11 beta

34.

The novel coronavirus originated from Hunan seafood Wholesale market. In which Chinese province is the market located?

a)

Hubei

b)

Beijing

c)

Hainan

d)

Sichuan

35.

What killer disease scared people in Victorian England?

a)

Corvid-19

b)

Smallpox

c)

Black Death

d)

Cholera

36.

What did early Victorians believe caused illness like Cholera?

a)

Germs

b)

Bad Air / Miasma

c)

Spells

d)

Curses from witch doctors

37.

What is a quarantine?

a)

A state of emergency where people have to do as instructed to stop a contagious disease

b)

A code and/or law that prohibits people to spread a contagious disease

c)

A chemical that spreads a contagious disease

d)

An obnoxious noise that spreads throughout time

38.

What's the official name for Coronavirus?

a)

Infectious Bat Microorganisms

b)

COVID-19

c)

Bat Disease

d)

SARS-CoV-2

39.

Avoiding large gatherings can help reduce the ... rate of the virus.

a)

transmittion

b)

transmission

c)

transmittive

d)

transmition

40.

Covid-19 was declared a .... by the WHO on March 11th 2020.

a)

pandemia

b)

pandemical

c)

pandemic

d)

pandemics

41.

As yet, there is still not enough known about the ...of the virus and precisely how long it survives on cardboard and plastic.

a)

incubation period

b)

death toll

c)

severity

d)

surface transmission

e)

vaccine

42.

COVID-19 is most likely spread from... .

a)

looking at a person who has COVID-19

b)

respiratory droplets from a person who has COVID-19

c)

hair left behind from a person who has COVID-19

d)

being over 65

43.

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses known for containing strains that cause potentially deadly diseases in___________(2 choices)

a)

mammals

b)

reptiles

c)

birds

d)

fish

44.

Which of the following is NOT a common symptom of the coronavirus?

a)

dry cough

b)

fever

c)

rash

d)

shortness of breath

45.

Most people fall ill five to seven days after exposure, but symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as many as_______________ days.

a)

21

b)

14

c)

28

d)

35

46.

A disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals is__________

a)

hypnotic

b)

stenotic

c)

zoonotic

47.

Which is a disease?

a)

COVID-19

b)

SARS-CoV-2

c)

coronavirus

48.

Which is most widespread?

a)

an outbreak

b)

an epidemic

c)

a pandemic

49.

Which is a virus?

a)

COVID-19

b)

influenza

c)

coronavirus

50.

Which country now has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world?

a)

China

b)

Iran

c)

the US

d)

Italy

51.

What does COVID-19 stand for ?

a)

Coronavirus Disease 2019

b)

Covid virus disease 2019

c)

SAR Coronavirus 2019

52.

Why don’t we call the 1918 Pandemic, the “Spanish Flu” any more?

a)

It didn’t speak Spanish

b)

It makes it sound like it was caused by people in Spain

c)

It actually started in Italy

d)

It wasn’t the only one from Spain

53.

Based on the number of people who have gotten sick so far, which pandemic is worse?

a)

1918 Flu

b)

COVID-19

c)

Both equally bad

d)

We don’t know

54.

What does “flatten the curve” mean?

a)

Stop people’s backs from bending due to the virus

b)

Preventing a big spike of sick people

c)

Stretching out the pandemic over a longer period of time

d)

Stopping the pandemic from happening

55.

Which is a similarity of both the 1918 Pandemic and COVID-19?

a)

They are both caused by viruses.

b)

They were both brand-new diseases.

c)

They were both types of flu.

d)

They both began in China.

56.

SARS CoV-2 means

a)

severe adult respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2020

b)

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2020

c)

severe adult respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

d)

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

57.

The corona virus is a ,

a)

Retro virus

b)

ss RNA virus

c)

Ds RNA virus

d)

DNA virus

58.

vIRUS CAN SURVIVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

59.

HOW DO VIRUSES REPRODUCE

a)

undergoes mitosis while inside a host cell

b)

meiosis through one virus cell hosting another virus

c)

inserts own DNA/RNA into host cell that creates sperm/egg cells

d)

hijacks a host cell, creating copies of itself from it

60.

How do viruses enter cells

a)

Breaking through

b)

Their "key" matches the cells "lock"

c)

They enter through the pores of plasma membrane

d)

Scientists don't exactly know