ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Biology

Which side of the heart (left or right) contains oxygenated blood?

Given alongside is a diagram of human heart showing its internal structures. Label the parts marked 1 to 6, and answer the following questions.

1. Which type of blood is carried by the blood vessel marked 2?
2. Name the main artery which takes the blood from heart to different parts of the body?
3. Which chamber of the heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body?

Match the statements in Column A with those in Column B:

Describe, in brief, the circulatory system in human beings.

Draw the structure of a human heart and label its parts.

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

 Which one of the following is a communicable disease ?

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

Cataract is a disease of: –

1. Ears
2. Nose
3. Eyes
4. Throat 

What is a non-communicable disease ? 

What are communicable diseases ?

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

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

Find the odd one out: 

Cold, AIDS, plague, malaria, measles. 

Describe the ways in which communicable diseases are transmitted through various indirect methods. 

Multiple choice questions. Tick (✓) the correct choice: 

Ringworm is a disease caused by  

1. protozoa
2. bacteria
3. virus
4. fungi 

Fill in the blanks :   

Food poisoning is caused by ....................  

List the causes of diseases. 

What are deficiency diseases? 

Name the following:  

Three mineral-deficiency diseases.

 Mention the causal organisms of the following diseases:  

Cholera

Mention the causal organisms of the following diseases:

Common cold