Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Complications of STIs, and Prevention of STIs.
Important Questions on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Several cancers caused due to HIV include:

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease.

What do you mean by STI and STD?


Name the disease that mainly affects the mucous membrane of the urinogenital tract in human males, burning sensation during urination, yellow discharge in urine and is accompanied by fever, headache and feeling of illness. (Gonorrhoea/Cholera/Syphilis)

Name the scientific name of the pathogen responsible to cause syphilis. (Treponema pallidum/ Plasmodium vivax/ Plasmodium falciparum)

Hepatitis-B, genital herpes and HIV are STDs, only HIV is incurable.

Filariasis : Wuchereria bancrofti :: Syphilis : ______ .

Gonorrhoea is caused by a

In syphilis, incubation period is about weeks.


The major venereal diseases are

From the sexually transmitted diseases mentioned below, identify the one which does not specifically affect the sex organs.

Which of the following measures are to be taken to avoid the transmission of STDs?
(i) Avoid sex with multiple partners.
(ii) Always have unprotected sex.
(iii) Use condoms during coitus.
(iv) Avoid sex with unknown partners.
(v) Avoid sharing needles.

What is correct about Syphilis?

An example of non-curable STD is

Incubation period of Treponema Pallidum is about:

Which one of the following options is not a sexually transmitted disease?

Which of the following pair is incorrectly matched?
