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Blog101: Test Your Knowledge of COVID-19

Welcome Readers,
This time we have taken a step further to spread the awareness of COVID-19 in an interactive way by arranging a small quiz to test your knowledge of COVID-19.

Q1: What are the most common symptoms of COVID-19?
Dry feces
Fever, tiredness and dry cough
Rashes
Itching on the body

Q2: How far away should you stay from a person who is sick?
At least 1 meter away
Less than 1 meter away
 6 meter away
There is no need to stay away from any person

Q3: Stigma and discrimination may lead to a situation where the coronavirus is
Less likely to spread
More likely to spread
It cannot affect the spread of the virus
I don’t know

Q4: What will help to stop the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic?
  Facts
Fear
Rumors
Discrimination

Q5: Which people are more vulnerable to the disease?
 Older people
People with pre-existing medical conditions
 A and B options
No one is vulnerable to this disease

Q6: What is Coronavirus?
It is a large family of viruses.
It belongs to the family of Nidovirus.
A bacterial infection transmitted by fleas.
Both A and B are correct


Q7: Which of the following is a bodybuilding food?
 Pulses and Eggs
Fruits and vegetables
 Oils and sugars
Cereals and millets

Q8: Which of the following are proteins that fight off diseases?
Antibodies
B Cells
Antigens
T Cells

Q9: If a handkerchief/ tissue is not available, where should I cough/ sneeze?
 My hand
I should tuck my chin
 Flexed elbow and then I should wash the clothes
I don’t know

Q10: What kind of mask should be worn by a caretaker of a quarantined person at home?
 Commercially available mask
 Three-layered mask
 A or B option
There is no need to wear a mask

Q11: What is meant by flattening the curve?
 To sit on the curve
Reducing the number of infected patients who are sick at the same time
 To hide the curve
To make the curve go away

Q12: Economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly cause global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry to fall in 2020 by
 4-11 %
3%
 9%
None of the above



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