ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement: 

The idea of vaccination was conceived by

Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement: 

Which one of the following vitamin deficiency diseases can be cured by eating a diet which includes carrot, yellow fruits, vegetables, butter, milk, fish ?

1. Beri-beri
2. Dermatitis
3. Night blindness
4. Scurvy  

How can we control spreading of diseases by mosquitoes and houseflies ?

Public hygiene is equally important as personal hygiene. Give reasons. 

A viral disease caused due to unhealthy sexual contact..................

A disease caused due to Plasmodium

 Write short (2-3 sentences) note on vector.  

Define the following:  

 Vector 

Write, in brief, about the following:  

 Fever 

 Which of the following statement are true (T) and which ones are false (F)? Mark T or F: 

Malaria is a vector-borne disease.  

Name few vectors and diseases caused by them. 

Name any one variety of edible mushrooms.

Rewrite the following in their correct sequence in a food chain:

Grass → Tiger → Deer

Rewrite the following in their correct sequence in a food chain:

Snake → Peacock → Rat → Wheat

Define the food chain and give two examples.

Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:

The number of steps in a food chain can never be more than

Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:

Sphygmomanometer measures

1. Pulse rate
2. Heart beat
3. Blood pressure
4. Brain activity

In which organ of our body does blood get oxygenated?

What is the difference between pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation?

Blood in the human body circulates twice for making one complete round through the body. Explain.