WorksheetsQuiz on Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
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 —
Curable diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Communicable diseases
Hereditary diseases
Which of the following is a communicable disease?
Cancer
Typhoid
Diabetes
Asthma
Which of these diseases is spread by mosquitoes?
Dengue
Common cold
Cholera
Flu
Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?
Malaria
Tuberculosis
Obesity
Measles
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.
Common cold
Malaria
Typhoid
Cholera
Communicable diseases are caused by —
Germs
Exercise
Weather
Emotions
How does the common cold spread?
By sharing food
Through air and contact with infected people
By insect bites
Through soil
Which of these can help prevent communicable diseases?
Not washing hands
Covering mouth while coughing
Eating junk food
Sharing water bottles
Which of the following spreads through contaminated water?
Malaria
Typhoid
Diabetes
Cancer
Vaccines help in —
Curing diseases
Preventing communicable diseases
Spreading germs
Increasing energy
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?
Typhoid
Cholera
Malaria
Diabetes
Which of the following is not caused by germs?
Flu
Tuberculosis
Heart disease
Measles
Non-communicable diseases can be prevented by —
Eating healthy food and exercising
Avoiding vaccines
Playing with sick people
Drinking unclean water
Germs that cause diseases are found in —
Clean air only
Water, air, and dirty hands
Only inside the body
Nowhere
Which one of the following is not a communicable disease?
Measles
Flu
Cancer
Chickenpox
Rickets is caused by a deficiency of —
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin B
Iron
Scurvy is a disease caused by lack of —
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Calcium
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 —
Calcium
Iron
Iodine
Vitamin D
Goitre is caused by a lack of —
Calcium
Iodine
Iron
Protein
Protein deficiency leads to —
Obesity
Kwashiorkor
Diabetes
Typhoid
Lack of calcium and phosphorus makes bones —
Strong
Weak and soft
Longer
Flexible
Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of —
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B12
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
To prevent deficiency diseases, one should eat —
Only rice and bread
A balanced diet
Fried food
Only fruits
