Human Health

Question 1

Statement 1: Health, for a long time, was considered as a state of body and mind where there was a balance of certain ‘humors’.
Statement 2: This is what early Greeks like Hippocrates as well as Indian Ayurveda system of medicine asserted.

Answer 1

Both are correct

Question 2

The discovery of blood circulation by…….

Answer 2

William Harvey

Question 3

Assertion: Mind and mental state can affect our health

Answer 3

Reason: Biology stated that mind influences, through neural system and endocrine system, our immune system and that our immune system maintains our health

Question 4

Health is affected by
(3) factors in NCERT

Answer 4

(i) Genetic disorders – deficiencies with which a child is born and deficiencies/defects which the child inherits from parents from birth;
(ii) Infections
(iii) Life style including food and water we take, rest and exercise we give to our bodies, habits that we have or lack etc.

Question 5

Things that are very important to maintain good health are
(3) in NCERT

Answer 5

Balanced diet
Personal hygiene
Regular exercise

Question 6

Things that are necessary for achieving good health.
(5) in NCERT

Answer 6

Awareness about diseases and their effect on different bodily functions
Vaccination (immunisation) against infectious diseases
Proper disposal of wastes
Control of vectors
Maintenance of hygiene in food and water resources

Question 7

A classic case in medicine, that of………..nicknamed Typhoid Mary

Answer 7

Mary Mallon

Question 8

Statement 1:Innate immunity is non-specific type of defence, that is present at the time of birth
Statement 2: This is accomplished by providing different types of barriers to the entry of the foreign agents into our body .

Answer 8

Both are correct