Health Planning, Management and International Health MCQs

Community Medicine (PSM) · 82 free questions with answers & explanations.

  1. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 aims to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than which target by 2030?
  2. Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides what annual health coverage per family for secondary and tertiary hospitalization?
  3. The Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is correctly defined as:
  4. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 require WHO member states to report certain events to WHO. Which of the following is correctly classified as a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)' under IHR 2005?
  5. In the PRECEDE-PROCEED model for health program planning, 'predisposing factors' are best described as:
  6. The 'Inverse Care Law' described by Julian Tudor Hart (1971) states that:
  7. Under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, which of the following is NOT a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) declared by WHO?
  8. The 'Alma-Ata Declaration' (1978) emphasized which of the following as the cornerstone of health for all by 2000?
  9. The 'Inverse Care Law' proposed by Julian Tudor Hart states that:
  10. In a SWOT analysis conducted for a district health system, 'increasing prevalence of NCDs in the catchment population' would be classified as:
  11. Under the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the annual health cover per eligible family is:
  12. The 'LEAN' management approach applied to healthcare quality improvement is primarily aimed at:
  13. The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) replaced the previous IHR (1969) with a fundamentally different approach. The key structural change was:
  14. In Health Technology Assessment (HTA), the decision threshold for cost-effectiveness in India, as recommended by ICER (Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio), is approximately:
  15. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 introduced the concept of 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' (PHEIC). Which of the following is NOT among the four core capacity requirements that member states are required to develop under IHR 2005?
  16. Under India's National Health Policy 2017 targets, what was the recommended expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP, and what was the actual public health expenditure (as % GDP) at the time of policy formulation?
  17. Under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, beneficiary households are identified using which database and what is the coverage per family per year?
  18. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care based on 8 essential elements. The acronym AFORESEE/CHAMP captures these. The element that has been most operationally challenging to implement in low-income countries is:
  19. The Alma-Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC). The Astana Declaration (2018) built on Alma-Ata. What is the CORE addition of the Astana Declaration compared to Alma-Ata regarding PHC?
  20. The Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, adopted by WHO, requires that health consequences be assessed in decisions across all sectors. Which landmark document formally established HiAP as a global health strategy?
  21. Ayushman Bharat — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides an annual health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care. The beneficiary identification is done through:
  22. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 mandate all Member States to develop 'core capacities'. The IHR 2005 Amendment adopted at WHA76 (May 2024) introduced which significant change regarding PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) declarations?
  23. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8 focuses on universal health coverage (UHC). The UHC Service Coverage Index (SCI) is measured on a scale of 0–100. According to WHO/World Bank 2023 data, which of the following statements about India's UHC progress is MOST accurate?
  24. The 'inverse care law', described by Julian Tudor Hart in 1971, states that:
  25. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, binding on all WHO member states, classifies which condition as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) requiring immediate notification to WHO?
  26. The Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), launched 2018, provides annual health cover of ₹5 lakhs to approximately how many beneficiary families, and primarily targets which population segment?
  27. India's Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health coverage of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year. Which additional feature of the Health and Wellness Centre (HWC) component of Ayushman Bharat distinguishes it from the earlier sub-centre model?
  28. The 'One Health' approach to infectious disease surveillance and control recognizes that human health is inextricably linked to animal and environmental health. Which of the following outbreak scenarios BEST exemplifies the necessity of One Health?
  29. The Alma-Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC) and envisioned 'Health for All by 2000'. The Astana Declaration (2018) reaffirmed PHC with updated emphasis on which component NOT explicitly in Alma-Ata?
  30. India's Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year. Which MECHANISM of coverage makes this a 'defined benefit' scheme rather than an indemnity scheme?
  31. Under International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, which of the following is classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?
  32. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 introduced the concept of 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' (PHEIC). The IHR 2005 expanded the scope of notifiable events from specific diseases to any event that meets specific criteria. Under IHR 2005, the WHO Director-General declares a PHEIC based on:
  33. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the 'Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS)' define infrastructure and human resource norms for different facility levels. At a Community Health Centre (CHC) serving a tribal/hilly area population, the minimum bed strength prescribed by IPHS is:
  34. The 'inverse care law' formulated by Julian Tudor Hart (1971) states that:
  35. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides hospitalisation cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care. The target population covered under AB-PMJAY is determined by:
  36. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study uses Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) as its primary metric. A DALY is calculated as:
  37. The 'alma Ata Declaration' (1978) established 'Health for All by 2000' through primary health care. The CORE elements of primary health care as per Alma Ata include all of the following EXCEPT:
  38. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. SDG 3 specifically targets:
  39. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) on Primary Health Care identified all of the following as essential elements EXCEPT:
  40. The 'inverse care law' in health services research, first described by Julian Tudor Hart (1971), states that:
  41. The 'Primary Health Care' declaration was adopted at which international conference, and in which year?
  42. The 'One Health' approach is best described as:
  43. Under India's National Health Policy 2017, the target for government health expenditure as a proportion of GDP is:
  44. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study uses Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) to quantify disease burden. DALYs are calculated as:
  45. The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in India serves a population of approximately how many people in hilly/tribal/difficult areas under current norms?
  46. The IHR (International Health Regulations) 2005 requires member states to notify WHO of events that may constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) through the designated:
  47. The Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) previously called Health ID, under PM-JAY/AB-HWC framework, aims to create:
  48. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 on Primary Health Care identified all of the following as essential components EXCEPT:
  49. Which SDG target specifically relates to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and is most closely monitored by the UHC Service Coverage Index (SCI)?
  50. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC). Which of the following is NOT one of the eight essential elements of PHC as defined at Alma Ata?
  51. Under India's Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), what is the annual health cover per eligible family?
  52. The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) require member states to develop core capacities for surveillance and response. Which of the following diseases is currently listed as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) trigger condition under the IHR 2005 Annex 2?
  53. Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG-3) specifically aims to reduce global maternal mortality ratio to less than:
  54. The Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978) defined primary health care as essential health care based on which principle?
  55. Under the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), each eligible family is covered for cashless hospitalization up to:
  56. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined 'Health for All by 2000' through Primary Health Care. Which of the following is NOT one of the eight essential elements of Primary Health Care as defined at Alma Ata?
  57. The 'Health in All Policies' (HiAP) approach adopted by India in its National Health Policy 2017 means:
  58. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC). Which of the following was NOT listed as one of the 8 essential elements of PHC in the Alma Ata Declaration?
  59. The 'Universal Health Coverage' (UHC) index as measured by WHO in 2023 for India is closest to:
  60. The Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), launched in 2021, primarily focuses on:
  61. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC). Which of the following is NOT among the eight elements of PHC as defined in the Alma Ata Declaration?
  62. India's Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) under Ayushman Bharat aim to provide Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC). The target number of HWCs to be established by the Government of India by 2022 was:
  63. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 target for maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to be achieved by 2030 is:
  64. Ayushman Bharat — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides annual health coverage of up to how much per family?
  65. Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC) and established 'Health for All by 2000.' Which of the following is NOT one of the 8 essential components of PHC as defined in the Declaration?
  66. The 'Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure' (CIAF) was developed by Svedberg as an improvement over standard malnutrition indices. It is preferred because:
  67. The Ayushman Bharat — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health coverage of up to Rs. 5 lakh per family per year. It primarily targets:
  68. PERT (Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) and CPM (Critical Path Method) are tools used in health programme management. The 'critical path' in CPM refers to:
  69. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 target for Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by 2030 is less than:
  70. The 'Inverse Care Law', described by Tudor Hart, states that:
  71. Under the Ayushman Bharat — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the annual health cover per family is:
  72. The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in India serves a population of approximately _____ in plains and _____ in hilly/tribal areas:
  73. The 'Health for All by 2000 AD' declaration was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care held at:
  74. The Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 defined Primary Health Care with which overarching goal?
  75. India's National Health Policy 2017 sets the target for health expenditure as a proportion of GDP at:
  76. Under PM-JAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana / Ayushman Bharat), what is the annual health insurance coverage per eligible family?
  77. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 identify four diseases that constitute a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)' by default. Which list is CORRECT?
  78. The Health Belief Model posits that health behaviour change depends on which two PRIMARY perceptions?
  79. The PRECEDE-PROCEED model for health programme planning includes 'Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling' factors. Which category does 'availability of health facilities' belong to?
  80. The 'Herd Immunity Threshold' (HIT) for measles, whose R₀ is approximately 12–18, is closest to:
  81. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was eventually merged into which current national health protection scheme?
  82. The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) defined Primary Health Care (PHC). Which of the following is NOT one of the eight essential components listed in the Declaration?
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