WorksheetsMCQs on Rural Healthcare & Hospital Facilities
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3mins
A hospital is best defined as:
A place only for emergency care
A building for selling medicines
An institution providing diagnosis, treatment, and care to patients
A health insurance office
Which hospital facility is the first point of contact in rural healthcare in India?
District Hospital
Community Health Centre (CHC)
Primary Health Centre (PHC)
Medical College Hospital
Poor transportation in rural areas mainly affects:
Hospital revenue
Timely access to emergency care
Doctor qualification
Medical equipment quality
The rural health ecosystem includes all EXCEPT:
Hospitals and clinics
ASHA workers
Roads and transport
Stock market
Which is a basic facility required in every hospital?
MRI scanner
Operation theatre
Ambulance service
Power backup and clean water
Hospitals with less than 50 beds are classified as:
Tertiary hospitals
Small hospitals
Specialty hospitals
Super-specialty hospitals
A hospital with 100–500 beds is usually considered as:
Cottage hospital
Primary hospital
Secondary hospital
Mobile hospital
Private hospitals are mainly characterized by:
Free treatment
Government funding
Fee-for-service model
Only rural presence
Command hospitals primarily serve:
Government employees
Industrial workers
Armed forces personnel
Rural farmers
ESI hospitals mainly provide healthcare to:
Farmers
Defense staff
Industrial workers under ESI Act
Senior citizens
Which state is known for better public healthcare infrastructure in India?
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Jharkhand
Bed–population ratio indicates:
Disease burden
Doctor efficiency
Availability of hospital beds
Healthcare cost
Tamil Nadu’s approximate hospital bed ratio is around:
0.5 beds per 1,000 population
10 beds per 1,000 population
1.3 beds per 1,000 population
Which scheme provides free treatment in public hospitals in Tamil Nadu?
Ayushman Bharat
CM Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme
Janani Suraksha Yojana
ESI Scheme
ASHA workers mainly support:
Urban hospitals
Medical colleges
Community-level rural healthcare
Private hospitals
Which medical workforce is most scarce in rural India?
Nurses
Specialists
Pharmacists
Lab technicians
The most common communicable diseases in rural areas include:
Cancer and stroke
Diabetes and hypertension
Tuberculosis and malaria
Alzheimer's disease
A major non-communicable disease prevalent in rural India is:
Polio
Hypertension
Cholera
Dengue
One major healthcare challenge in rural areas is:
Excess hospitals
Over-specialization
Shortage of doctors
High insurance coverage
Healthcare availability refers to:
Cost of treatment
Presence of facilities and services
Insurance coverage
Quality of medicines
Healthcare affordability mainly depends on:
Distance to hospital
Treatment cost vs income
Number of doctors
Disease type
High out-of-pocket expenditure in rural India leads to:
Improved nutrition
Financial burden and debt
Better hospital access
Increased insurance claims
Ambulance services in rural areas are crucial mainly for:
Routine checkups
Emergency referrals
Insurance processing
OPD registration
The scope of hospitals in rural areas includes:
Only treatment
Treatment and research
Prevention, treatment, and referral
Medical tourism
Strengthening rural hospitals mainly improves:
Urban migration
Health equity and access
Private hospital profits
Disease reporting only
Percentage of rural population have access to modern hospital facilities
10
25
40
2
Rural healthcare cost is reported
High
Low
Affordable
Cost to service
Rural respondants reported lack of specialist access in % is
10
25
60
92
Medical Insurance Scheme
Swatch Bharat
Star Health
E-Health
Sanjeevani
Major Health challenge in rural India
Lack of workforce
Infrastructure
Specialist
All of these
