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Health and Nutrition

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Health and nutrition questions explore the benefits of physical activity, chronic disease prevention, and dietary choices. This topic bridges human biology with everyday wellness, appearing in general science papers. Practice these questions to master concepts related to healthy lifestyles and aging.

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Health and Nutrition Questions

Multiple choice zoology our health introduction to health and disease health and its failure health and its significance

Which one of the following is not important for individual health?

  1. Living in clean space

  2. Good economic condition

  3. Social equality and harmony

  4. Living in a large and well furnished house
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Living in a large and well-furnished house is not guaranteed for healthy living. In fact, people living in large, well-furnished houses have been seen frequently suffering from common lifestyle diseases like obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., and also other ailments like allergies, poor mental health, lack of social life, etc. 
  • Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, consuming a balanced diet, regular exercises and having a proper social life is a key to good health. option D is correct
Multiple choice biology reproductive health reproductive health of humans need of family planning reproductive health problems different types of reproduction

Reproductive health is related to

  1. Physical fitness

  2. Emotional compatibility

  3. Behavioural inter relationships

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Reproductive health as a total well being in physical, emotional, behavioral and social aspects of reproduction.

A society can only be termed as reproductively healthy if the people have physically and functionally normal reproductive organs as well as normal emotional and behavioural interactions among them in all sex- related aspects.
So, the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and hygiene health introduction to health health and its maintenance

Which statement does not holds true for non-communicable disease?

  1. Diabetes mellitus is a non-endocrine disorder of pancreas

  2. Hypertensive heart disease includes arteriosclerosis and hypertension

  3. Myocardial infraction is a type of Coronary heart disease

  4. Rheumatic heart disease is called poor person's disease
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine disorder of pancreas

So, the correct answer is 'Diabetes mellitus is a non-endocrine disorders of pancreas'

Multiple choice zoology diseases and hygiene health introduction to health health and its maintenance

Health is

  1. Weight of body according to height

  2. Absence of disease or infirmity

  3. State of complete physical, mental and social well being

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. It depends on three parameters physical, mental and social. It is a dynamic condition resulting from a body's constant adjustment and adaptation in response to stresses and changes in the environment for maintaining an inner equilibrium called homeostasis.

Multiple choice zoology why do we fall ill health introduction to health health and its maintenance

All of the following can prevent mental illness except _____________.

  1. Healthy life

  2. Weekend break

  3. Loneliness

  4. Exercise
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Healthy life, healthy food and habits can help in preventing the mental disorders. When there is a weekend break, the person can enjoy and have rest. Exercise helps to keep the body fit and healthy. Loneliness is a type of mental illness in which the person suffers from sadness, depression, low mood quality, etc.

Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

Apart from the cleanliness of one's own body __________also helps to improve personal health.

  1. Depression

  2. Over-eating

  3. Medicines

  4. Physical exercise
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Physical exercise helps improve bodily functions. It prevents the body from mental and physical illnesses. A person with a sedentary lifestyle is more prone to diseases and infections than a person with little or more working lifestyle. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

.......... practice at regular basis can help reduce risk of various diseases.

  1. Hand washing

  2. Cleaning gardens

  3. Car washing

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To improved health, it is necessary to follow some good and basic hygienic behaviour particularly hand-washing with soap after defecating and before eating or preparing food. Handwashing with soap can significantly reduce the incidence of diarrhea. Good hand-washing practices have shown to reduce the incidence of other diseases, notably pneumonia, trachoma, scabies, skin and eye infections and diarrhoea-related diseases like cholera and dysentery. Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

Which of the following reduces hypertension?

  1. Daily exercise

  2. Listening music in slow volume

  3. Eat fruits daily

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure are:

Exercise regularly.
Eat a healthy diet. 
Reduce sodium in your diet.
Limit the amount of alcohol you drink. 
Quit smoking.
Cut back on caffeine. 
Reduce your stress. 
  • Hence, Daily exercise reduces hypertension.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Daily exercise'.

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

The least effective way to reduce blood cholesterol level is

  1. Cycling

  2. Swiming

  3. Slow walking

  4. Playing chess
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Exercise can improve cholesterol. 
  • Moderate physical activity can help raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the "good" cholesterol. 
  • Adding physical activity, even in short intervals several times a day, can help you begin to lose weight. Taking a brisk daily walk during your lunch hour, Riding your cycle to work, Playing a favourite sport or swimming.
  • Hence, the least effective way to reduce blood cholesterol level is Playing chess.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Playing chess'.

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

........ helps to maintain your personal health.

  1. Working

  2. Fasting

  3. Healthy diet

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An important way to maintain your personal health is to have a healthy diet. A healthy diet includes a variety of plant and animal-based foods that provide all the essential nutrients to our body. 

Hence, the correct option is C.

Multiple choice evs let's clean together cleanliness who will do this work? personal and public cleanliness

A sedentary lifestyle can increase the risk of __________.

  1. Sleeping

  2. Eating

  3. Blood supply

  4. Cardiovascular disease
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Too much sitting and other sedentary activities can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. One study showed that adults who watch more than 4 hours of television a day had a 46% increased risk of death from any cause and an 80% increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Becoming more active can help lower your blood pressure and also boost your levels of good cholesterol. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.