NCERT solutions for हेल्थ अँड फिजिकल एड्युकेशन [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता १० chapter 12 - Social Health [Latest edition]

Read the following conversation between an old grandfather, Mr. Das and 12-year-old grandson's friend Ravi.

Mr. Das: How are you Ravi and how is your grandfather?

Ravi: I am fine but my grandfather always feels angry and unhappy. He criticises everyone all the time, so no one wants to sit and talk with him. He is boring and not as loving as you are. Why does he behave like that Dadu?

Mr. Das: It is because he has been unwell for a long time. Your grandpa is not getting company from any one, this makes him feel lonely and isolated. In other words, he is suffering physically, as well as mentally due to his old age. He gets angry because he is unsure of himself now and annoys others by his comments. He does not think that he is acceptable in society now.

Which is why, he expresses his frustrations by being rude to others without any reason and fault of theirs. Why don't you spend time with him? Talk to him about your friends, your day in school, a happy incident, a sad one also and you may observe the change in him within a few days.

Ravi: Thank you, Dadu. Now I understand that if someone is sick and emotionally unhappy, he would likely be angry and alienate others.

Answer in brief

1. Give reasons for the loneliness of Ravi’s grandfather.
2. State situations that made Ravi think his grandfather was alienating others.
3. Say yes or no
   1. Do you agree that physical, mental and social health are interrelated?
   2. Living with others harmoniously requires a person to be socially healthy. State the reason for your choice.

• You are in a tricky situation. Your best friend had a fight with another friend and you have seen that your best friend is at fault. You are asked to intervene to bring back peace. Will you announce that the cause of the fight was your best friend? This may become a source of annoyance to your best friend but if you did, that is Justice.
• If you help, the two boys become friends again, that is fraternity.
• Your friend Arun noticed that food was being distributed free of charge on the footpath. A boy wearing tattered dirty clothes was repeatedly being sent to the end of the queue. Arun held the boy's hand and insisted that the boy be given the food packet then and there and not at the end. Arun believed in Equality of opportunity for all.
• If you listen carefully to others opinions on a subject even if they do not match yours and try to understand others' viewpoints, you believe in liberty.

Define health.

Define Mental health.

Define Social health.

What do you mean by life skills? Enlist them.

What are the characteristics of a socially healthy person?

Suggest three ways in which social health can be promoted in children by the following —
School

Suggest three ways in which social health can be promoted in children by each of the following —

Teachers

Suggest three ways in which social health can be promoted in children by each of the following —

Family

Write a short story of your choice to express life skills.

What kind of society do you envisage if majority of its members are socially healthy?