Biology PYQ 328 of 399 · Human Health, Diseases & Immunity

The disease caused by HIV is –

  1. ATuberculosis
  2. BDysentery
  3. CCancer
  4. DAIDS

41st BPSC Prelims 1996

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Correct answer: (d) AIDS

Explanation

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). It destroys the helper T cells of the immune system, leaving the body open to infections.

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