Lakhmir Singh and Manjit Kaur Solutions for Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

When you were a child, some important vaccinations were given to you from birth to five years. Given is the table showing some important vaccines. Find out the age when it is given to you and the name of the disease it protects from. Your parents can help you to complete the table or you may find it yourself from your vaccination card.

Which one is not a source of carbohydrates?

Give reasons for the following.

Supriya loves to eat aloo parantha with butter. She spends all her time at home studying and playing video games. The doctor tells her parents that she is becoming overweight.

Give reasons for the following. 

Mohan has got two fractures in the past three months. The doctors have told him to have two glasses of milk daily along with a lot of green vegetables and eggs.

Give reasons for the following. 

Priyanka's grandfather cannot see in the night. Why do you think this problem exists? What can be done to solve this problem?

Give reasons for the following.

Rita feels tired throughout the day. What do you think she suffers from? What should she be eating to prevent this?

Give reasons for the following. 

We should wash hands properly before cooking food. 

Given below are some diseases, categorise them as communicable and non-communicable diseases:
Polio, scurvy, night blindness, malaria, common cold, jaundice, typhoid, chicken pox, measles