NCERT solutions for Health and Physical Education [English] Class 11 chapter 7 - Safety and Security [Latest edition]

• Collect information about the safety measures taken in your school building play field/indoor hall and equipment.
• Discuss with teacher.

Gather information regarding the sports injuries that occur in swimming pool and gymnasium.

• Collect more information about the preventive measures to be taken while developing sports facilities.
• Compare and analyse it with the steps taken by your school.
• Discuss with your classmates.
• Suggest ways.

Look at the pictures given below. They look scary. You may have seen such pictures on cigarette packets. It is mandatory to display pictorial warnings on tobacco products in India and many other countries.

• Find out which countries have very gory and scary pictures on the cigarette packets. Make a collage and display with a message.
• Form a chain of five students and share the benefits of not smoking with them.
• Plan and stage a role play on “Say No to Tobacco”.

Find out when was the doping case first recorded in an International Competition.

Make a list of the banned substances used by some athletes to control body weight for a combat sports.

You must have seen the short film on Mukesh shown in theatres before any film, who dies at a very young age due to eating Gutkha. Discuss the case of Mukesh in the class and the effects of smoking.

Questions for discussion

1. What are the choices that Adil has?
2. What would you have done if you were in Adil’s place?
3. How else could Adil’s friends have celebrated?

How can we prevent the injuries by preparing good sports facilities?

What are the safety rules one can observe when buying a sports shoe?

What is meant by safety through sports instruments?

How does sports uniform help in safety of the sportspersons?

What precaution can be taken to prevent injuries in the gymnasium?

How can you curb the accidents in swimming pool?

Physical fitness may be used as a tool to prevent sports injuries. Elaborate.

Write down the myths and facts about substance abuse.

What is doping and what are the side effects of blood doping?

Why do athletes dope? Explain the side effects of prohibited substances.

What is meant by safety measures?

Why is the fabric of T-shirt important for athletes?

Write two safety measures in relation to swimming pool.

Write two ways to prevent sports injury.

Does cigarette smoking raise your status? If no, why?

Why tobacco use is deadly?

What three things should you focus on when buying medicines?

What are the categories of doping?

Medicine should be purchased ______.

Medicines should be consumed by the patient ______.

Which type of surface is used in modern times to play Kabaddi that helps to prevent injury?

How does warming up helps to prevent injury?

Match the Following

Make a table of the various medicines being taken by a sick family member.

You would have seen many women smoking beedi or cigarette. Some may even be pregnant. Discuss with two such women the harmful effects of tobacco use among women, especially the pregnant women.

You would have seen many small shops, including pan shops which sell cigarettes and pan masala products to the children. Do you know that sale of any tobacco products to children and sale of these items within 100 yards of any educational institution is banned? It is sometimes very difficult to remove these shops. Hold discussion with the Residents Welfare Association and Parent-Teacher forum to stop the sale of any tobacco product near your school.

Discuss with your class teacher and students’ committee as to what actions can be taken to make your school a tobacco-free zone.