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Health and Disease Quiz Questions

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions and 20 simple questions related to diseases, their causes, and prevention methods. It covers topics such as non-communicable diseases, vitamin deficiencies, pathogens, and hygiene. The questions aim to test knowledge on health and nutrition.

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Health and Disease Quiz Questions

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions and 20 simple questions related to diseases, their causes, and prevention methods. It covers topics such as non-communicable diseases, vitamin deficiencies, pathogens, and hygiene. The questions aim to test knowledge on health and nutrition.

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20 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following can cause diseases? a) Unhealthy food b) Yoga c) Clean surroundings d)
Exercising
2. Diseases that do not spread from person to person are called: a) Infectious b) Communicable c)
Non-communicable d) Viral
3. Obesity may lead to: a) Diabetes b) Fracture c) Allergy d) None
4. Disease caused by lack of Vitamin A: a) Scurvy b) Night blindness c) Rickets d) Anaemia
5. Deficiency of iron causes: a) Goitre b) Anaemia c) Beriberi d) Diabetes
6. Rickets is caused by deficiency of: a) Vitamin C b) Vitamin D c) Iron d) Iodine
7. Goitre is caused by lack of: a) Calcium b) Iodine c) Vitamin B d) Protein
8. Scurvy is caused by deficiency of: a) Vitamin C b) Vitamin D c) Vitamin A d) Iodine
9. Which spreads through air? a) Common cold b) Diabetes c) Obesity d) Anaemia
10. Pneumonia is caused by: a) Bacteria b) Worms c) Protozoa d) None
11. Malaria is spread by: a) Aedes mosquito b) Anopheles mosquito c) Housefly d) Rat
12. Dengue is caused by: a) Virus b) Bacteria c) Fungi d) Helminths
13. Which spreads by contaminated water? a) Typhoid b) Anaemia c) Beriberi d) Allergy
14. Diarrhoea causes: a) Weakness b) Weight gain c) Better appetite d) None
15. Microbes that cause diseases are called: a) Nutrients b) Pathogens c) Vitamins d) Minerals
16. Which nutrient gives energy? a) Carbohydrates b) Iron c) Vitamin C d) Iodine
17. Which spreads by mosquito? a) Cold b) Tuberculosis c) Malaria d) Anaemia
18. Vitamin B1 deficiency causes: a) Beriberi b) Rickets c) Night blindness d) Goitre
19. Drinking unclean water may cause: a) Cholera b) Anaemia c) Obesity d) Allergy
20. The disease prevented by polio drops is: a) Cancer b) Polio c) Dengue d) Malaria

20 Simple Questions
1. What is a disease?
2. Write two symptoms of common cold.
3. Name two communicable diseases.
4. What are deficiency diseases?
5. Write one food source of Vitamin A.
6. What is anaemia?
7. What causes beriberi?
8. Define pathogen.
9. Name two diseases caused by mosquitoes.
10. What is dehydration?
11. How can we prevent dengue?
12. Write two habits for a healthy lifestyle.
13. What is goitre?
14. Name two water-borne diseases.
15. What is meant by hygiene?
16. What is an allergy?
17. What is malnutrition?
18. What is immunization?
19. Define microbes.
20. Write two ways to prevent communicable diseases.

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