Health and Hygiene Book Back Questions & Answers

Unit 6 > Science > Class 6 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

    Choose the correct answer

  • 1. Our body needs ______ for muscle building

    a) carbohydrate

    b) fat

    c) Protein

    d) Water

    Correct answer: c) Protein

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  • 2. Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of________.

    a) Vitamin A

    b) Vitamin B

    c) Vitamin C

    d) Vitamin D

    Correct answer: c) Vitamin C

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  • 3. Calcium is an example of a

    a) carbohydrate

    b) fat

    c) Protein

    d) minerals

    Correct answer: d) minerals

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  • 4. We should include fruits and vegetables in our diet, because_______.

    a) T hey are the best source of Carbohydrates

    b) T hey are the best source of Proteins

    c) They are rich in minerals and Vitamins

    d) They have high water content

    Correct answer: c) They are rich in minerals and Vitamins

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  • 5. Bacteria are very small _______ microorganism

    a) Prokaryotic

    b) Eukaryotic

    c) Protozoa

    d) Acellular

    Correct answer: a) Prokaryotic

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  • True or false

  • 1. There are three main nutrients present in food.

    Correct answer: False

    Correct Statement: There are six main nutrients present in food.

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  • 2. Fats are used as an energy store by our body

    Correct answer: True

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  • 3. All bacteria have flagella.

    Correct answer: False

    Correct Statement: Not all bacterial have flagella. Only, some bacterial have flagella.

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  • 4. Iron helps in the formation of haemoglobin

    Correct answer: True

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  • 5. Virus can grow and multiply outside host

    Correct answer: False

    Correct Statement: Virus can grow and multiply inside host

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  • Fill in the blanks

  • 1. Malnutrition leads to _________

    Correct answer: deficiency disease

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  • 2. Iodine deficiency leads to ______ in adults

    Correct answer: goitre

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  • 3. Vitamin D deficiency causes _______.

    Correct answer: rickets

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  • 4. Typhoid is transmitted due to contamination of _____ and water.

    Correct answer: food

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  • 5. Influenza is a ___________ disease

    Correct answer: viral (virus)

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  • Complete the Analogy

  • 1. Rice: Carbohydrate :: Pulses:_____.

    Correct answer: Protein

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  • 2. Vitamin D : Rickets :: Vitamin C: _____.

    Correct answer: Scurvy

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  • 3. Iodine: Goitre :: Iron:_____.

    Correct answer: Anaemia

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  • 4. Cholera: Bacteria :: Smallpox:_____

    Correct answer: Virus

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  • Match the following

  • 1. Vitamin A

    Correct answer: Night blindness

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  • 2. Vitamin B

    Correct answer: Beri beri

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  • 3. Vitamin C

    Correct answer: Scurvy

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  • 4. Vitamin D

    Correct answer: Rickets

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  • 5. Vitamin E

    Correct answer: Sterility

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