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  Arpit's    gardener    was    coughing continuously since last few days and was having low grade fever. He was taking home made remedial treatment. One day Arpits physician visited their home. Arpits got his gardener checked. The gardener was advised to get his chest X-rayed and sputum tested in the neigh- bouring Infectious Disease Hospital. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a)Name the disease he might be suffering from. (b) Name the causative organism. (c) Give two preventive measures of this disease. (d) Which two values were shown by Arpit?

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      (a) Tuberculosis                                 (b) Bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis             (c) Two preventive measures of the disease are isolation of patient (ii) covering mouth while coughing           (d) The values shown by Arpit are awareness; caring and helping nature.