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प्रश्न
Do you think that reproductive health in our country has improved in the past 50 years? If yes, mention some such areas of improvement.
उत्तर
Yes, reproductive health has tremendously improved in India in the last 50 years. The areas of improvement are as follows.
- Massive child immunization programme, which has lead to a decrease in the infant mortality rate.
- Maternal and infant mortality rates have decreased drastically due to better post-natal care.
- Family planning has motivated people to have smaller families.
- The use of contraceptives has resulted in a decrease in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
- Safe delivery with medical assistance.
- The government and the general public are making efforts to control the increasing population.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Your school has been selected by the Department of Education to organize and host an interschool seminar on “Reproductive Health – Problems and Practices”. However, many parents are reluctant to permit their wards to attend it. Their argument is that the topic is “too embarrassing.” Put forth four arguments with appropriate reasons and explanation to justify the topic to be very essential and timely.
List four points of significance of reproductive health in a society. Name any two areas related to the reproductive health which have improved over the past 50 years in our country.
What do you think is the significance of reproductive health in a society?
What are the measures one has to take to prevent from contracting STDs?
State True/False with explanation.
Creating awareness about sex related aspects is an effective method to improve reproductive health of the people.
Our government has intentionally imposed strict conditions for M.T.P. in our country. Justify giving a reason.
What is amniocentesis and why there is a statutory ban on it?
What is the causative organism for Syphilis?
What is the causative organism for AIDS?
What are the three types of methods used for birth control (or regulating child birth)? Give one example of each type.
Name the contraceptive device used by the human males which acts as a sheath over the male organ and traps the sperms in it.
Name the contraceptive device used by human females which is put over the cervix.
Describe the surgical methods of birth control for men
Name two devices used in the barrier method of birth control.
Answer the following question.
What is meant by contraception?
What is done in the contraception method known as tubectomy?
Give two examples of sexually transmitted diseases.
What substances are contained in vaginal pills, used as contraceptives? How do they work?
In which one of the following birth control methods, a small portion of oviducts of a woman is removed by surgical operation and the cut ends are ligated?
(a) copper-T
(b) tubectomy
(c) vasectomy
(d) diaphragm
The sexually transmitted disease which is caused by bacteria is :
(a) malaria
(b) diarrhoea
(c) gonorrhoea
(d) AIDS
In the surgical method of birth control available for human females, the structures P in the reproductive system are cut and ligated (tied up) properly at both ends. This prevents the reproductive cell Q released by an organ R from entering the structures P so that Q is not available to fuse with another reproductive cell S coming from the male reproductive system. In this way, pregnancy is prevented.
(a) What are structures P?
(b) What is cell Q?
(c) Name the organ R.
(d) What is the reproductive cell S?
(e) What is the name of this surgical method of birth control available to females?
Mention any one symptom of the diseases/disorders named above.
Define the Amniocentesis.
Differentiate between the following :
Spermatogenesis and oogenesis
Expand the following abbreviation: IUCD
Explain one application of the following:
Amniocentesis
What is contraception? List four different methods. State four reasons for adopting contraceptive methods.
Name the kind of diseases/disorders and any two symptoms that are likely to occur in humans if Mutation in the gene that codes for an enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase occurs.
What can you suggest to your classmates to keep himself/herself clean and healthy?
What is the need for contraception?
What are the strategies to be implemented in India to attain total reproductive health?
According to which of the following organization "reproductive health means a total well-being in all aspects of reproduction"?
Which one amongst the following is the first country in the world to initiate action plans and programmes at a national level to attain total reproductive health as social goal?
The technique which makes use of amniotic fluid for the detection of prenatal disorder is called as ______.
‘Saheli’ a new oral contraceptive developed by ______.
A national level approach to build up a reproductively healthy society was taken up in our country in ______.
Reproductive health includes ______.
The period of pregnancy is called ______
Explain how, offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
Colonies of yeast fail to multiply in water, but multiply in sugar solution. Give one reason for this.
In tobacco plant, the male gametes have twenty four chromosomes.
What is the number of chromosomes in the female gamete?
What is the number of chromosomes in the zygote?
How are general growth and sexual maturation different from each other?
Given below are events that lead to pregnancy and development of embryo.
- Fertilization of egg
- Maturation of egg
- Release of egg
- Embedding of embryo in thickened uterine wall.
Which of the following options gives the correct order of sequence in which they occur?
Observe the chart and graph given in figure carefully and answer the following questions.
| Age in Years | % of full height | |
| Boys | Girls | |
| 8 | 72% | 77% |
| 9 | 75% | 81% |
| 10 | 78% | 84% |
| 11 | 81% | 88% |
| 12 | 84% | 91% |
| 13 | 88% | 95% |
| 14 | 92% | 98% |
| 15 | 95% | 99% |
| 16 | 98% | 99.5% |
| 17 | 99% | 100% |
| 18 | 100% | 100% |
- Which of the line represents the height of boys?
- Which line represents the height of girls?
- What is the difference between the pattern of increase in the height of boys and girls?
- Is this pattern true for each individual?
Select the statement(s) that relate to reproductive health:
Sex education should involve all of the following except:
State one drawback of the following:
Copper - T
Given below are four aspects of Reproductive Health in Column A and their related information in Column B:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| S. No. | Terms used in Reproductive Health | S. No. | Significant information |
| (A) | MTP | (i) | Analysing fetal cells from amniotic fluid of the foetus |
| (B) | Amniocentesis | (ii) | Legalised in 1971 |
| (C) | Saheli | (iii) | Programme initiated in 1951 |
| (D) | Family Planning | (iv) | Non-steroidal oral Planning contraceptive |
Select the correct match from the following options:
Which is the most commonly prescribed non-steroidal oral contraceptive pill in India?
