Which one of the following diseases spread through infected food and water?
Cholera
Typhoid
Common Cold
Both first and second
Germs present in water can be killed by
boiling
decantation
filtration
condensation
Loss of excess water and salts from the body is called
respiration
re-hydration
De-hydration
perspiration
Minu and her friends went on a picnic and threw banana peels on the beach. Which one of these is the reason that this should not be done?
Banana peels do not mix with the soil for number of years
Banana peels make the beach unhygienic and dirty
Banana peels are harmful to animals on the beach that eat them
Banana peels pollute the water because they contain harmful chemicals
Decayed garbage can be used as
medicine
food
cement
compost
The patient passes loose and watery stool when he has
malaria
diabetes
cancer
diarrhoea
Which one of the following is the correct way to dispose garbage?
Throwing it on the road
Throwing it into covered pits
Leaving it where it is
Burning it on the roads
By recycling
we can make useful things from waste materials
we can save natural resources
we can control pollution
all of these
The solid waste produced in our house is called
sewage
garbage
stagnation
waste
Which one of the following should NOT be done to keep our surroundings clean?
Using safe water to drink
Spitting in the open places
Throwing garbage in the covered pits
Cleaning our house daily
