MCQ on Health Sector initiative in India

1-What was the Mudaliar Committee's recommendation?

A) To strengthen primary health centers and district hospitals

B) To appoint separate assistants to undertake family planning duties

C) To initiate the program of training community health workers

D) To focus on integrated health services

Answer: A) To strengthen primary health centers and district hospitals

2-Who chaired the committee that studied the arrangements necessary for the maintenance phase of the National Malaria Eradication Programme?

A) Mudaliar Committee

B) Dr. M.S. Chadah

C) Mukerji Committee

D) Kartar Singh Committee

Answer: B) Dr. M.S. Chadah

3-What did the Mukerji Committee recommend in 1965?

A) To strengthen primary health centers and district hospitals

B) To appoint separate assistants to undertake family planning duties

C) To initiate the program of training community health workers

D) To focus on integrated health services

Answer: B) To appoint separate assistants to undertake family planning duties

4-What did the Central Council of Health recommend in 1966?

A) To strengthen primary health centers and district hospitals

B) To appoint separate assistants to undertake family planning duties

C) To initiate the program of training community health workers

D) To focus on integrated health services

Answer: A) To strengthen primary health centers and district hospitals

5-Which committee talked about integrated health services for providing better health facilities in 1967?

A) Mudaliar Committee

B) Dr. M.S. Chadah Committee

C) Mukerji Committee

D) Committee on Integration of Health Services

Answer: D) Committee on Integration of Health Services

6-What was the big milestone in the field of health?

A) Appointment of social workers to support health social work part

B) Rural Health Scheme

C) Health for all by 2000 AD

D) Appointment of Psychiatric Social Workers

Answer: C) Health for all by 2000 AD

7-What was the focus of the Five Year Plans in health programmes?

A) Control or eradication of major communicable diseases

B) Establishment of primary health centers and sub-centers

C) Development of health manpower resources

D) All of the above

Answer: D) All of the above

8-What is the Central Council of Health?

A) A council set up by the government to provide coordinated and concerted action between the center and the state in the implementation of all the programs and measures pertaining to the health of the nation

B) A department of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare created in 1964

C) An apex body in health systems at the state level

D) A directorate that works as the principal advisor to the Union Ministry in both medical and public health matters

Answer: A) A council set up by the government to provide coordinated and concerted action between the center and the state in the implementation of all the programs and measures pertaining to the health of the nation

9-What was the need for a social worker in the health setting?

A) To provide curative services

B) To provide preventive services

C) To provide rehabilitation services

D) All of the above

Answer: C) To provide rehabilitation services

10-What has professional social work in India been rooted in?

A) The welfare approaches in India

B) The development of health systems and families in India

C) The health initiatives in India

D) All of the above

Answer: D) All of the above