Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:

Match List-I with List II.

List – I

List – II

(A) Physical barriers

(I) Acid in stomach, saliva in mouth and tears in eyes

(B) Cytokine barriers

(II) PMNL-neutrophils and monocytes

(C) Cellular barriers

(III) Skin on body, mucus coating of epithelium which lines respiratory tract

(D) Physiological barriers

(IV) Interferons

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

List – I

List – II

(A) Physical barriers

(III) Skin on body, mucus coating of epithelium which lines respiratory tract

(B) Cytokine barriers

(IV) Interferons

(C) Cellular barriers

(II) PMNL-neutrophils and monocytes

(D) Physiological barriers

(I) Acid in stomach, saliva in mouth and tears in eyes

Innate immunity is non-specific type of defence, that is present at the time of birth. This is accomplished by providing different types of barriers to the entry of the foreign agents into our body. Innate immunity consist of four types of barriers. These are —

A. Physical barriers : Skin on our body is the main barrier which prevents entry of the micro-organisms. Mucus coating of the epithelium lining the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts also help in trapping microbes entering our body.

B. Cytokine barriers : Virus-infected cells secrete proteins called interferons which protect non-infected cells from further viral infection.

C. Cellular barriers : Certain types of leukocytes (WBC) of our body like polymorpho-nuclear leukocytes (PMNL-neutrophils) and monocytes and natural killer (type of lymphocytes) in the blood as well as macrophages in tissues can phagocytose and destroy microbes.

D. Physiological barriers : Acid in the stomach, saliva in the mouth, tears from eyes–all prevent microbial growth.