Direction : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each…
2025
Direction : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each smallpox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.
What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox?
- A.
To decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide
- B.
To eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
- C.
To provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide
- D.
To initiate worldwide projects for smallpox, malaria and yellow fever at the same time
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Correct answer: B
Answer: To eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
Evidence from the passage: "The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade."
Why this is correct:
The passage explicitly states the campaign's aim was eradication within a ten-year period, which matches this answer.
Why the other choices are incorrect:
Reducing the spread: This describes a general outcome of control measures but is less specific than the stated goal of complete eradication.
Providing mass vaccinations: This was a key strategy used in the campaign, but it was a means to the goal, not the goal itself.
Initiating simultaneous projects for smallpox, malaria and yellow fever: The passage explains that earlier projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed; the WHO campaign described was specifically focused on eradicating smallpox.