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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.
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उत्तर
Yes, reproductive health has tremendously improved in India in the past 50 years. The areas of improvement are as follows:
- The massive child immunisation programme has led 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.
- The delivery was safe and included medical assistance.
- The government and the general public are making efforts to control the increasing population.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Is sex education necessary in schools? Why?
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 AIDS?
What are the three types of methods used for birth control (or regulating child birth)? Give one example of each type.
Describe the surgical methods of birth control for women.
The sexually transmitted disease which is caused by bacteria is :
(a) malaria
(b) diarrhoea
(c) gonorrhoea
(d) AIDS
AIDS is a deadly disease which is caused by :
(a) a protozoan
(b) a fungus
(c) a bacterium
(d) a virus
In the surgical method of birth control available for males, the structures A in the reproductive system are cut and ligated (tied up) at both ends. This prevents the reproductive cells B from coming out from the organs C where they are made in the male body. Since B cannot come out from the male body, they cannot fuse with cell D in the body of a female and hence pregnancy is prevented.
(a) What are structures A?
(b) What are cells B?
(c) Name the organs C.
(d) What is cell D?
(e) What is the name of this surgical procedure for birth control available to males?
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?
A woman uses a device X made of a common metal for preventing pregnancy. This device works by preventing the implantation of fertilised egg cell (or embryo) in the female organ Y.
(a) What are the two names of device X?
(b) Name the organ Y.
(c) Can this method of contraception protect a woman from acquiring a STD?
List four ways of preventing pregnancy. State two advantages of using such preventive methods.
Expand the following abbreviation:
IUCD
Prepare a poster for the school program depicting the objectives of:
"Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme".
What can you suggest to your classmates to keep himself/herself clean and healthy?
‘Saheli’ a new oral contraceptive developed by ______.
RCH stands for ______.
The period of pregnancy is called ______
Give a suitable word for the following statement.
Name of a gland which transports secretions through ducts.
Observe the chart and graph given in the 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?
In India, the action plans for family planning were initiated in the year ______
Amniocentesis is a technique used to ______.
State one drawback of the following:
Copper - T
Under which category of contraceptive methods, is the use of condom kept? In what way, its use is better as compared to other methods of contraception?
Amniocentesis technique is ______.
What is the exact action of birth control pills?
Which is the most commonly prescribed non-steroidal oral contraceptive pill in India?
