INDIAN SCHOOL-ALGHUBRA
QUESTION BANK - HUMAN DISEASES CLASS : IX
1.
Define the following terms: i) health ii) diseases
2.
Differentiate between communicable and non-communicable diseases.
3.
Write the causative agents and at least 3 symptoms of the following diseases .
a) Malaria b) Rabies c) AIDS d) Diarrhoea
4.
How will you prepare ORS solution?
5.
What is a deficiency disease?
6.
What do you mean by PEM? Give two examples.
7.
A doctor examined a patient and advised him to take more quantities of lemon, orange, and amla in his
diet. Write any two symptoms that the doctor might have noticed in the patient.
8.
A doctor advised a patient to increase, his intake of a particular vitamin in his diet to improve his vision
in dim light. Name the vitamin and a food item that is rich in its source.
9.
Name any two diseases which are caused by a Protozoan. Write its pathogen.
10. Define the following terms: i) vector ii) avitaminosis.
11. Why is Pellagra called as 4D syndrome?
12. Draw a neat labeled diagram of AIDS virus.
13. At a rural health centre, a nursing mother is given an immunization schedule for BCG and DPT to be given
to a baby. What are the diseases against which the child will be protected.
14. Give the scientific name of the pathogen as well as the name of the infective stage, which causes malaria.
Mention any two symptoms of the disease.
15. Name any one element contained in hemoglobin. State the function of hemoglobin.
16. A two-year-old child appears very thin with loose folds in his skin. What is the child suffering from? What
are the chief nutrients missing from the child's diet?
17. A person decides to take only milk and nothing else in his diet due to certain reasons. After a year, his
gums start bleeding. What could be the cause for his gum bleeding?
18. Give the causes, symptoms and cure for the disease beriberi?
19. A four-year-old child was found to have a swollen abdomen with cracked and scaly skin. He showed
symptoms of continued tiredness and restlessness. Name the disease the child is suffering from. Write a few
more symptoms of the disease.
20. Write at least 3 symptoms and preventive measure for the following diseases.
a) Marasmus b) Kwashiorkor c) Anemia d) Xerophthalmia e) Rickets f) Beri-beri g) Pellagra f) Goitre.
21. Give the full form of the following. i) BCG ii) AIDS iii) ICMR iv) CDRI.
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INDIAN SCHOOL-ALGHUBRA
WORK SHEET - HUMAN DISEASES CLASS : IX
1.
Differentiate between communicable and non-communicable diseases.
2.
Write the causative agents of the following diseases .
a) Malaria
b) Rabies
c) AIDS
d) Diarrhoea
3.
What is a deficiency disease?Give examples.
4. Give the full form of the following.
i) BCG
ii) AIDS
ii) ICMR
iv) CDRI.
5. Draw a neat labeled diagram of AIDS virus.
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6. Write at least 3 symptoms and preventive measure for the following diseases.
a) Marasmus c) Anemia d) Xerophthalmia
7.
Write at least 3 symptoms and the preventive measures of the following diseases .
a) Malaria b) Rabies c) AIDS d) Diarrhoea
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