Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:

Read the passage and answer the following 5 questions.
Rahul went for a vacation along with his friends to a town located in countryside during summers. The house on which they stayed was surrounded by farmland by all sides. Lots of crops was growing nearby and Rahul was very excited to visit the crop fields. He went to the fields along with his friends and spent 2 to 3 hours in the fields. On returning back Rahul had running nose, watering eyes and continuous sneezing which was very frequent. the symptoms worsened with time.

Name the type of allergy that Rahul developed? (Question 1)

Options:

Cholera

Hay fever

Anaphylaxis

Urticaria

Correct Answer:

Hay fever

Explanation:

Hay fever is a common allergic condition. It affects up to 1 in 5 people at some point in their life. You'll experience hay fever symptoms if you have an allergic reaction to pollen. Pollen is a fine powder released by plants as part of their reproductive cycle. It contains proteins that can cause the nose, eyes, throat and sinuses to become swollen, irritated and inflamed.

You can have an allergy to: tree pollen, released during spring grass pollen, released during the end of spring and beginning of summer weed pollen, released late autumn .