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Quiz on Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tara caught a cold from her friend Kabir, who was sick last week. This situation illustrates that diseases that spread from one person to another are called —

a)

Curable diseases

b)

Non-communicable diseases

c)

Communicable diseases

d)

Hereditary diseases

2.

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

a)

Cancer

b)

Typhoid

c)

Diabetes

d)

Asthma

3.

Which of these diseases is spread by mosquitoes?

a)

Dengue

b)

Common cold

c)

Cholera

d)

Flu

4.

Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?

a)

Malaria

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Obesity

d)

Measles

5.

During the winter season, Kabir often catches a cold and feels unwell. He wonders which of the following illnesses is also caused by a virus.

a)

Common cold

b)

Malaria

c)

Typhoid

d)

Cholera

6.

Communicable diseases are caused by —

a)

Germs

b)

Exercise

c)

Weather

d)

Emotions

7.

How does the common cold spread?

a)

By sharing food

b)

Through air and contact with infected people

c)

By insect bites

d)

Through soil

8.

Which of these can help prevent communicable diseases?

a)

Not washing hands

b)

Covering mouth while coughing

c)

Eating junk food

d)

Sharing water bottles

9.

Which of the following spreads through contaminated water?

a)

Malaria

b)

Typhoid

c)

Diabetes

d)

Cancer

10.

Vaccines help in —

a)

Curing diseases

b)

Preventing communicable diseases

c)

Spreading germs

d)

Increasing energy

11.

Aarush went on a camping trip in a tropical region where mosquitoes were abundant. After returning home, he started feeling unwell. Which disease could he have contracted from a mosquito bite?

a)

Typhoid

b)

Cholera

c)

Malaria

d)

Diabetes

12.

Which of the following is not caused by germs?

a)

Flu

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Heart disease

d)

Measles

13.

Non-communicable diseases can be prevented by —

a)

Eating healthy food and exercising

b)

Avoiding vaccines

c)

Playing with sick people

d)

Drinking unclean water

14.

Germs that cause diseases are found in —

a)

Clean air only

b)

Water, air, and dirty hands

c)

Only inside the body

d)

Nowhere

15.

Which one of the following is not a communicable disease?

a)

Measles

b)

Flu

c)

Cancer

d)

Chickenpox

16.

Rickets is caused by a deficiency of —

a)

Vitamin C

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Vitamin B

d)

Iron

17.

Scurvy is a disease caused by lack of —

a)

Vitamin D

b)

Vitamin C

c)

Vitamin A

d)

Calcium

18.

Aisha has been feeling unusually tired and weak lately. After visiting her doctor, she learns that her blood tests show low levels of hemoglobin. The doctor explains that Anaemia occurs due to a deficiency of —

a)

Calcium

b)

Iron

c)

Iodine

d)

Vitamin D

19.

Goitre is caused by a lack of —

a)

Calcium

b)

Iodine

c)

Iron

d)

Protein

20.

Protein deficiency leads to —

a)

Obesity

b)

Kwashiorkor

c)

Diabetes

d)

Typhoid

21.

Lack of calcium and phosphorus makes bones —

a)

Strong

b)

Weak and soft

c)

Longer

d)

Flexible

22.

Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of —

a)

Vitamin B1

b)

Vitamin B12

c)

Vitamin A

d)

Vitamin C

23.

To prevent deficiency diseases, one should eat —

a)

Only rice and bread

b)

A balanced diet

c)

Fried food

d)

Only fruits