Exam Questions in Diseases & Vaccines

One of the important sections, PSC never misses in its examinations is diseases and affected organs along with the names of the scientists who discovered the vaccines for the specific diseases. Another highly expected area is common drugs used in medical treatment and their chemical names. In some question papers, we need to identify a medicine which comes under Anaesthetic, Analgesic, Antibiotics, Antihistamine or Narcotics.

This article focuses on most repeated questions in diseases and vaccines. I have prepared two charts where the first chart explains the names of diseases and affected areas.

 The second chart shows the important vaccines and the names of the scientists behind them.

Disease	Affected Area
Hepatitis	Liver
Tuberculosis	Lungs
Arthritis	Joints
Pneumonia	Lungs

The below chart has links to most repeated questions in PSC examinations.


The chart below shows additional diseases and the affected organs.

Diseases	Affected Organs
Polio	Central Nervous System
Osteomyelitis	Vertebral column
Typhoid	Intestines
Malaria	Liver, Spleen, RBC
Diphtheria	Throat
Meningitis	Brain and Spinal cord
Bright's Disease	Kidney
Goiter	Thyroid
Eczema	Skin
Trachoma	Eyes

Now let us check the second chart I prepared.


This chart shows the important vaccines and the names of the scientists who discovered them.

Vaccine	Scientists Behind
Polio Vaccine (injection)	Jonas E. Salk
Polio Vaccine (oral)	Albert Bruce Sabin
Diphtheria & Tetanus	Emil Adolf Von Belming & Shibasaburo Kitasato
Small Pox	Edward Jenner
TB Vaccine	Leon Calmette & Camille Guerin
Cholera Vaccine	Louis Pasteur
Measles	John F. Enders
Rabies Vaccine	Louis Pasteur & Emile Roux