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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
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.
If implementation of better techniques and new strategies are required to provide more efficient care and assistance to people, then why is there a statutory ban on amniocentesis? Write the use of this technique and give reason to justify the ban.
Is sex education necessary in schools? Why?
Amniocentesis for sex determination is banned in our country. Is this ban necessary? Comment.
What are the three types of methods used for birth control (or regulating child birth)? Give one example of each type.
What is the name of surgical method of birth control in human females in which the oviducts are cut and ligated (tied) at both ends?
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.
How does copper-T prevent pregnancy?
Name the disease caused by HIV.
AIDS is a deadly disease which is caused by :
(a) a protozoan
(b) a fungus
(c) a bacterium
(d) a virus
The human males use a device X made of a very thin rubber sheet as a covering on the male organ to prevent pregnancy. This device traps the gametes Y in it. In order to prevent pregnancy, the human females use a device Z which is a circle of rubber with a metal spring around it. The device Z is put inside the vagina to cover the cervix. It stops Y from going into the uterus.
(a) What is device X?
(b) What are Y?
(c) Name the device Z.
(d) What is the general name of these methods of birth control (or preventing pregnancy)?
(e) The use of which contraceptive device, X or Z, can protect the persons from sexually transmitted diseases?
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?
Mention any one symptom of the diseases/disorders named above.
Define amniocentesis.
Give the role of amniocentesis.
Surgical methods of contraception prevent gamete formation.
First or free milk is called ______.
The period of pregnancy is called ______
Which of the following method of contraception protects from acquiring sexually transmitted diseases?
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?
What would be the ratio of chromosome number between an egg and its zygote? How is the sperm genetically different from the egg?
In the following figure, mark the positions of the endocrine glands which release the hormones that:
- control the release of sex hormone
- are responsible for the secondary sexual characters in boys.
- prevent diabetes.
- maintain the correct salt balance in the blood.
Our government has legalised the age for marriage in boys and girls. Give reasons as to why one should get married after a certain age.
______ is responsible for the declining female: male ratio.
Sex education should involve all of the following except:
Comment on the Reproductive and Child Health Care programme of the government to improve the reproductive health of the people.
Amniocentesis technique is ______.
