Question:
What are acquired diseases?
Answer:
The diseases which develop after birth are called acquired diseases. These are classified as:
- Communicable or Infectious Diseases: malaria, influenza etc.
- Non-communicable Diseases: diabetes, scurvy, high blood pressure
Why Do We Fall Ill?
Q 1.
Name the diseases that can spread through housefly.
Q 2.
Common cold spreads faster and is difficult to control. Give reason. [SAII -2014]
Q 3.
Name any two diseases which are caused due to unprotected sexual intercourse.
Q 4.
The signs and symptoms of a disease will depend on the tissue or organ which the microbe targets Justify the statement with two examples. [SAll – 2014]
Q 5.
Name the target organs for the following diseases :
(a) Hepatitis targets…………
(b) Fits or unconsciousness targets…………
(c) Pneumonia targets…………
(d) Fungal disease targets…………
Q 6.
What are infectious agents? What are the different infectious agents?
Q 7.
Why taking an antibiotic is not effective in the common cold?
Q 8.
What is an antibiotic ? Give its one example.
Q 9.
What precautions will you take to justify “prevention is better than cure” ?
Q 10.
State any two conditions essential for good health.
Q 11.
State two principles of treatment of a disease.
Q 12.
What do you mean by active and passive immunisation ? [SAll – 2015]
Q 13.
List the diseases caused by worms?
Q 14.
What are antibodies?
Q 15.
Write differences between 'Being Healthy' and 'Disease Free'.
Q 16.
Are the answers to the above questions (Q2 and Q5) and necessarily the same or different? Why?
Q 17.
What are congenital diseases? Give two examples of such disease.
Q 18.
Give examples of fungal diseases.
Q 19.
Why it is advisable to breast feed the baby for first few several weeks?
Q 20.
Write three differences between Personal Health and Community Health.
Q 21.
State any two conditions essential for being free of disease.
Q 22.
Under which of the following conditions are you most likely to fall sick ?
(a) when you are taking examinations.
(b) when you have travelled by bus and train for two days.
(c) when your friend is suffering from measles. Why ?
Q 23.
Classify the following diseases as infectious or non-infectious :
(a) AIDS (b) Tuberculosis
(c) Cholera (d) High blood pressure
(e) Heart disease (f) Pneumonia
(g) Cancer
Q 24.
Why is immune system essential for our health ?
Q 25.
What are the different means by which infectious diseases are spread ?
Q 26.
(i) How do you define 'disease'? (ii) State and explain in brief the four major factors, which are the causes of disease.
Q 27.
Is there any difference between 'being healthy' and 'disease free'?
Q 28.
Give examples of Acute diseases.
Q 29.
Name the pathogen causes peptic ulcer.
Q 30.
Why are kids and elderly people more vulnerable to cold/flu?
Q 31.
Name any four diseases transmitted through vectors.
Q 32.
Under which of the following conditions is a person most likely to fall sick ?
(a) When she is recovering from malaria.
(b) When she has recovered from malaria and is taking care of someone suffering from
chickenpox.
(c) When she is on a four-day fast after recovering from malaria and is taking care of someone suffering from chickenpox. Why ?
Q 33.
Why are antibiotics not effective for viral disease ?
Q 34.
Write few common signs and symptoms of a disease if a brain is affected.
Q 35.
Define antibiotic? Explain how it is able to control bacterial infections but not viral infections.
Q 36.
What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?
Q 37.
Name any two groups of microorganisms from which antibiotics could be extracted.
Q 38.
Why are we advised to take blend and nourishing food when we are sick ?
Q 39.
Many vaccines form the public health programme of childhood immunisation for preventing infectious disease. Name any two such diseases.
Q 40.
Give four modes of transmission of AIDS.
Q 41.
List any three reasons why you would think that you are sick and ought to see a doctor. If only one of these symptoms were present, would you still go to the doctor ? Why or why not ?
Q 42.
Conduct a survey in your neighbourhood to find out what the three most common diseases are. Suggest three steps that could be taken by your local authorities to bring down the incidence of these diseases.
Q 43.
Give the modes of transmission of each of the following diseases :
(i) Syphilis (ii) Tuberculosis (iii) Jaundice (iv) Japanese encephalitis [SAII -2012]
Q 44.
Why do some children fall ill more frequently than others living in the same locality ?
Q 45.
Why does intake of penicillin not affect human cells ? [SAll – 2014]
Q 46.
How do we identify a disease?
Q 47.
What are Koch's Postulates?
Q 48.
Name the microbe which causes acne.
Q 49.
How do antibiotics (say Penicillin) work on bacteria but not on human beings?
Q 50.
Name the vector which causes malaria.
