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प्रश्न
Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) programmes are currently in operation. One of the major tasks of these programmes is to create awareness amongst people about the wide range of reproduction related aspects. As this is important and essential for building a reproductively healthy society.
- “Providing sex education in schools in one of the ways to meet this goal.” Give four points in support of your opinion regarding this statement.
- List any two ‘indicators’ that indicate a reproductively healthy society.
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उत्तर
- Providing sex education is one of the best ways to create a reproductively healthy society. Sex education helps in achieving this goal by
- Providing proper knowledge to curious adolescents and preventing them from being misguided.
- Creating awareness about sexually transmitted diseases and ways to prevent them.
- Teaching methods of family planning and taking care of a female during pregnancy.
- Teaching about topics such as infertility and different methods of curing the same.
- Two indicators of a reproductively healthy society are as follows:
- In a reproductively healthy society, there is no emphasis on the selection of a particular sex. Hence, the ratio of male and female individuals is maintained.
- The individuals in the pre-reproductive and reproductive stages should outnumber the individuals in the post-reproductive stage.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Amniocentesis for sex determination is banned in our country. Is this ban necessary? Comment.
Our government has intentionally imposed strict conditions for M.T.P. in our country. Justify giving a reason.
What does IUCD indicate?
What is the causative organism for Gonorrhoea?
How does copper-T prevent pregnancy?
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 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?
Give the role of amniocentesis.
Explain one application of the following:
Amniocentesis
What can you suggest to your classmates to keep himself/herself clean and healthy?
Surgical methods of contraception prevent gamete formation.
The period of pregnancy is called ______
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.
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?
It is believed that height of a child depends upon the genes inherited from parents. However, it is often seen that tall parents may have short children and vice-versa. Are there factors other than genes that can cause these variations?
Select the statement which is not correct about reproductive health?
Do you justify the statutory ban on amniocentesis in our country? Give reasons.
State one drawback of the following:
Oral contraceptive pills
