IC27 Mock Test Sample 7
These questions focus on the structure and functioning of India’s healthcare system and health insurance landscape. The most common private health insurance is hospitalization indemnity-based coverage. The Constitution divides healthcare responsibilities between State, Union, and Concurrent lists, with public health mainly under states. Key programs like NRHM aim to strengthen rural healthcare. Various ministries regulate sectors like pharmaceuticals and insurance schemes such as RSBY. Governance flows from central bodies like the Ministry of Health to state and district officials. Grassroots workers like ASHA play a vital linking role. Infrastructure such as PHCs, CHCs, and sub-centres ensures healthcare delivery across rural and urban India.
1. What is the most prevalent form of private health insurance in India today?
a) Dental insurance
b) Vision insurance
c) Outpatient care insurance
d) Hospitalization indemnity-based annual contract
e) Critical illness insurance
2. According to the Constitution of India, which areas of healthcare fall under the State list?
a) Medical education and population control
b) Public health, hospitals, and sanitation
c) Quality control in manufacture of drugs
d) Family welfare and prevention of food adulteration
e) Nutritional support programs
3. Which list in the Indian Constitution includes items that both the central and state governments can legislate on?
a) State List
b) Concurrent List
c) Union List
d) Directive Principles of State Policy
e) Residuary Powers List
4. What is the primary focus of the National Rural Health Mission?
a) Population control
b) Quality control in drug manufacturing
c) Urban development
d) Rural healthcare
e) Food adulteration prevention
5. Which ministry regulates the pharmaceutical sector in India?
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b) Ministry of Labour
c) Ministry of Chemicals
d) Ministry of Rural Development
e) Ministry of Women and Child Development
6. Which ministry administers the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)?
a) Ministry of Labour
b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
c) Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation
d) Ministry of Urban Development
e) Ministry of Women and Child Development
7. Who is the head of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the national level?
a) Prime Minister
b) President of India
c) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
d) Director General of Health Services
e) Chief Minister
8. What is the principal advisory body to the Union Government on medical and public health matters?
a) Directorate General of Health Services
b) Central Council of Health
c) Department of Health and Family Welfare
d) Department of Medical Research
e) Department of AYUSH
9. What is the primary purpose of the Central Council of Health?
a) Oversee medical research
b) Provide medical education
c) Promote traditional medicine
d) Coordinate between Centre and States
e) Regulate pharmaceuticals
10. At the state level, who is the chief technical advisor on medical and public health matters?
a) Director of Medical Education
b) Director of ISM&H
c) Director of Health Services
d) Principal Secretary Health
e) State Health Minister
11. What is the official organ of the State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare?
a) State Health Minister
b) State Health Directorate
c) Directorate General of Health Services
d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
e) Health Secretariat
12. Who is the technical head of the district health system?
a) Village Health Guide
b) Chief District Medical/Health Officer
c) ASHA worker
d) Village Chief
e) Civil Surgeon
13. What role do ASHA workers play in rural health systems?
a) Nutritionists
b) Link between community and healthcare system
c) Birth attendants
d) Village doctors
e) Sanitation workers
14. Which agency is responsible for health planning in India?
a) Ministry of Rural Development
b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
c) Ministry of HRD
d) Ministry of Finance
e) Ministry of Agriculture
15. How many in-patient beds are typically available in a PHC?
a) 10
b) 4 to 6
c) 20
d) 2
e) 30
16. Which group acts as a link in rural health under NRHM?
a) Village Health Guides
b) Trained Birth Attendants
c) Civil Surgeons
d) ASHA workers
e) Village Chiefs
17. Who looks after public health in Municipal Corporations?
a) Village Health Guide
b) Chief District Medical Officer
c) Civil Surgeon
d) ASHA
e) Health Officer
18. What is the primary function of a Sub-centre (SC)?
a) Specialist care
b) Referral unit
c) Outpatient services
d) Medical education
e) Community health awareness
19. What is the staff composition of a PHC?
a) One MO + four specialists
b) One MO + 14 paramedical staff
c) One surgeon + pharmacist + nurse
d) One physician + lab technicians
e) One gynaecologist + pediatrician
20. What facilities must a CHC have as per norms?
a) Two OTs and pharmacy
b) One OT and lab technician
c) 10 beds and radiology
d) Four specialists and pharmacist
e) OT, X-ray, labour room, lab facilities
