Reproductive Health: MCQ Test

1. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), reproductive health encompasses which of the following aspects?

• Only physical well-being related to reproduction
• Physical and emotional well-being
• Physical, emotional, behavioural, and social well-being
• Physical and social well-being only

2. India was among the first countries globally to initiate action plans and programmes at a national level for total reproductive health. What were these programmes initially called and when were they initiated?

• Reproductive and Child Health Care (RCH) programmes, 1971
• Family Planning, 1951
• National Reproductive Health Mission, 1961
• Population Control Initiative, 1981

3. What is the popular name for the improved programmes covering wider reproduction-related areas currently in operation in India?

• National Health Mission
• Family Welfare Programme
• Reproductive and Child Health Care (RCH) programmes
• Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

4. Which of the following are major tasks under the Reproductive and Child Health Care (RCH) programmes?

• Only providing financial incentives for small families
• Creating awareness among people about reproduction-related aspects
• Providing facilities and support for building up a reproductively healthy society
• Both Creating awareness and Providing facilities and support

5. Who primarily plays a major role in disseminating information about reproduction-related aspects to the public, besides governmental and non-governmental agencies?

• Only doctors and nurses
• Parents, other close relatives, teachers, and friends
• Only media outlets
• Political leaders

6. Why should sex education be encouraged in schools?

• To discourage children from believing in myths and having misconceptions about sex-related aspects
• To promote early marriage
• To increase population growth
• To focus only on biological aspects of reproduction

7. What information should be provided to people, especially adolescents, to help them lead a reproductively healthy life?

• Only information about contraception
• Proper information about reproductive organs, adolescence and related changes, safe and hygienic sexual practices, sexually transmitted diseases (STD), AIDS, etc.
• Only information about childbirth
• Information about specific family planning methods

8. Educating fertile couples and those in the marriageable age group about which aspects helps in bringing up socially conscious healthy families of desired size?

• Available birth control options, care of pregnant mothers, post-natal care of the mother and child, importance of breast feeding, equal opportunities for the male and the female child, etc.
• Only risks of uncontrolled population
• Only the benefits of large families
• Only genetic disorders

9. What is essential for the successful implementation of various action plans to attain reproductive health?

• Only public awareness campaigns
• Strong infrastructural facilities, professional expertise, and material support
• Strict legal penalties for non-compliance
• Complete ban on certain reproductive practices

10. Which programme is mentioned as a statutory ban to legally check the increasing menace of female foeticides?

• Massive child immunisation
• Statutory ban on amniocentesis for sex-determination
• Reproductive and Child Health Care programmes
• Family Planning initiatives

11. Amniocentesis is a procedure primarily used for what purpose, according to the provided text?

• To determine the sex of the unborn child for MTP
• To test for the presence of certain genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, haemophilia, sickle-cell anemia, etc.
• To determine the survivability of the foetus
• Both (b) and (c)

12. Which new oral contraceptive for females was developed by scientists at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow, India?

• Nirodh
• Saheli
• Progestasert
• Lippes loop

13. Which of the following indicate an improved reproductive health of society?

• Decreased maternal and infant mortality rates
• Increased number of couples with small families
• Better detection and cure of STDs and overall increased medical facilities
• All of the above

14. The world population which was around 2 billion in 1900 rocketed to approximately what figure by 2000, and by 2011?

• 4 billion by 2000, 5 billion by 2011
• 5 billion by 2000, 6.5 billion by 2011
• 6 billion by 2000, 7.2 billion by 2011
• 7 billion by 2000, 8 billion by 2011

15. What was India's population approximately at the time of independence and by May 2011?

• 250 million at independence, 800 million by 2011
• 350 million at independence, crossed 1.2 billion by 2011
• 500 million at independence, 1 billion by 2011
• 600 million at independence, 1.5 billion by 2011

16. What are the probable reasons for the rapid population growth in India?

• Rapid decline in birth rate and increase in IMR
• Rapid decline in death rate, maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR)
• Increase in number of people in reproducible age
• Both (b) and (c)

17. According to the 2011 census report, what was India's population growth rate?

• Less than 1 per cent (10/1000/year)
• Less than 2 per cent (20/1000/year)
• More than 2 per cent (25/1000/year)
• Approximately 3 per cent (30/1000/year)

18. Which of the following measures have been taken by the government to tackle the problem of population growth?

• Statutory raising of marriageable age of the female to 18 years and that of males to 21 years
• Incentives given to couples with small families
• Motivating smaller families by using various contraceptive methods
• All of the above

19. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an ideal contraceptive?

• User-friendly and easily available
• Reversible with no or least side-effects
• Should interfere with sexual drive or act
• Highly effective

20. Which category of contraceptive methods works on the principle of avoiding chances of ovum and sperms meeting by abstaining from coitus during the fertile period?

• Barrier methods
• Natural/Traditional methods
• Oral contraceptives
• Surgical methods