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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
Mention the problems that are taken care of by reproduction and child health care programme.
Suggest the aspects of reproductive health which need to be given special attention in the present scenario.
What are the measures one has to take to prevent from contracting STDs?
What does IUCD indicate?
Write the full form of the following as it occur in biology :
STD
Name one method of contraception which also protects against sexually transmitted diseases.
Describe the surgical methods of birth control for women.
What substances are contained in oral pills, used as contraceptives? How do they work?
Name the disease caused by HIV.
What is the name of surgical method of birth control (or preventing pregnancy) which is carried out in women?
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
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 pills A as a method of birth control (or preventing pregnancy). The pills A stop the ovaries from releasing ovum into oviducts. Another woman uses pills B as a method of birth control. The pills B kill the sperms and prevent pregnancy.
(a) What do the pills A contain?
(b) What is the common name of pills A?
(c) What do the pills B contain?
(d) What is the common name of pills B?
(e) What is the general name of these methods of birth control?
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.
Draw a well labelled diagram of L.S. human testis.
What can you suggest to your classmates to keep himself/herself clean and healthy?
RCH stands for ______.
‘Saheli’ a new oral contraceptive developed by ______.
Reproductive health includes ______.
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?
John and Radha were classmates since childhood. When Radha became eleven years old, she developed a little swelling on her neck. She visited the doctor who started medication for her. After a few years, John also developed a slight protrusion on his throat. He got worried and went to the doctor. But, the doctor assured him that it was a normal feature in boys while they are growing up. Can you think of any reasons for the difference in diagnoses?
What is the full form of RCH?
______ is responsible for the declining female: male ratio.
Sex education should involve all of the following except:
State one drawback of the following:
Oral contraceptive pills
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 ______.
