SSC Sample Paper SSC CGL - Sample Paper-9

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    Direction: In the following questions, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of four alternatives.
    In May 1996, the World Health Organization was authorized to initiate global campaign to eradicate small pox. The goal was to eradicate the disease projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that small pox could actually be eradicate, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
    The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccination, but also to isolate patients with active small pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire, village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
    Today small pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.
    According to the paragraph what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of small pox?

    A)  Vaccination of the individual village

    B)  Treatment of individual village

    C)  Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations

    D)  Extensive reporting of out breaks

    Correct Answer: C


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