The document discusses World AIDS Day which is on December 1st. It then provides a quiz about HIV/AIDS with multiple choice questions covering topics like what type of virus HIV is, what animal it is believed to have evolved from, how it can be transmitted from mother to child, groups affected by HIV, treatments for HIV, and ways to live well after infection. The quiz questions are answered with explanations for each multiple choice response.

1. WORLD AIDS DAY
1ST DECEMBER
GETTING TO ZERO

2. QUIZ
BY
DR MANOJ KR ARUN

3. What type of virus is HIV?
(a) An Indovirus
(b) A Retrovirus
(c) An Apexvirus
(d) An Embo-protein Virus

4. (b) A Retrovirus

5. In what year was the first
World AIDS Day?
(a) 1986
(b) 1988
(c) 1990

6. (b) 1988

7. HIV is not present in
(a) Semen and vaginal secretions
(b) Sweat
(c) Blood
(d) Breast milk

8. (b) Sweat

9. HIV is believed to have
evolved from a similar virus
found in which animal?
(a) Baboon
(b) Chimpanzee
(c) Elephant
(d) Cat

10. (b) Chimpanzee

11. HIV can affect only
human beings.
(a) YES (b) NO

12. You can get HIV when touching or
hugging somebody who is infected
by HIV
(a) NO (b) YES

13. A healthy looking infected person
can infect somebody by having
unprotected sex with him or her
(a) YES (b) NO

14. One cannot be infected by having
only one unprotected sexual
intercourse.
(a) NO (b) YES

15. A virgin can be infected by
HIV.
(a) YES (b) NO

16. A mother who is HIV positive
can have a healthy baby.
(a) YES (b) NO

17. Can insects transmit the
virus?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Only mosquitoes

18. HIV can be transmitted from
mother to child through ...
(a) Using the same toilet
(b) Sharing food or drink
(c) Delivery/breastfeeding
(d) All of the above

19. HIV can affect which of the
following groups?
(a) Teens, newborns
(b) Homeless, men, women
(c) Gay, straight, transgender
(d) All of the above

20. Which of the following is NOT a
group of drugs used to treat HIV?
(a) Protease Inhibitors
(b) Viral Delimiters
(c) Nucleoside Analogues

21. (b) Viral Delimiters

22. Some traditional healers
can cure AIDS.
(a) NO (b) Yes

23. A well balanced diet, avoiding
alcohol and smoking, and
having protected sex are good
ways to live many years after
being infected with HIV.
(a) YES (b) NO

24. Which protects you most
against HIV infection?
(a) Condoms
(b) Contraceptive pills
(c) Spermicide jelly

25. (a) Condoms

26. Which normally rare cancer is
often associated with AIDS?
(a) Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(b) Mesothelioma
(c) Kaposi's Sarcoma

27. (c) Kaposi's Sarcoma

28. It is the leading HIV-
associated disease in
developing countries?
(a) The common cold
(b) TB
(c ) Pneumonia

29. (b) TB