Balanced Diet

Q. Assertion: A balanced diet makes us healthy.

Reason: A balanced diet contains all the components of food in right proportion.

1. Only R is correct.
2. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation for A.
3. Only A is correct.
4. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation for A.

Q. What is a Balanced Diet? Why is it important?

Q. Which of the following is not a function of carbohydrates?​

1. Prevent diseases
2. Provide us with energy
3. Deprive us of sleep
4. Improve our memory

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Question 21

Snakes and ladders

Make a board game just like snakes and ladders with $10\times 10$ grid boxes, the mouth of the snake will represent the faulty food habit or faulty method of cooking. Its tail will represent the deficiency disease caused or loss of any nutrient in food

Similarly, the box at the base of a ladder will represent healthy food habit or healthy method of cooking.

Its upper end will represent the beneicial effect of that habit. An example is given as figure. Complete the board and play with your friends.

Q. 'Vitamins are needed in very small quantities by our body as compared to other components, yet they are an important part of a balanced diet.' Explain the statement.

Q. 'X' is a food component which helps in smooth bowel movement and in excreting the waste material out of the body. It is present in sweet potato, bananas, papaya, oats, etc.

Identify X.

1. Vitamin
2. Protein
3. Water
4. Dietary fibre

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Why do doctors advise us to drink 2 liters of water daily?

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People of different age groups require the same type of diet.

False

True

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Is spirulina an SCP?

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Which of the following food items does not provide any nutrient?

1. Milk

2. Water

3. Orange Juice

4. Tomato soup

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How is roughage important to us?

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By eating rice alone, we can fulfill nutritional requirement of our body.

1. True
2. False

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Why should we not eat polished rice?

Q. Vitamins and are required in small amounts by our body and are responsible for maintenance of good health.

1. proteins
2. carbohydrates
3. minerals

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Explain giving reasons:

(a) Balanced diet is necessary for maintaining healthy body.

(b) Health of an organism depends upon the surrounding environmental conditions.

(c) Our surrounding area should be free of stagnant water.

(d) Social harmony and good economic conditions are necessary for good health.

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Question 04(iv)

Tick (√) the statements that are correct.
Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body. ( )

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An unhealthy fat person is called ______.

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Kwashiorkor and marasmus are the__________________ deficiency disease. (protein/vitamin)

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Question 04(iii)

Tick (√) the statements that are correct.
Balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items. ( )

Q. __________ is also an energy-giving food and provides more energy than Carbohydrates.

Q. The mineral required to keep our bones healthy is .

1. iron
2. calcium
3. iodine

Q. Name the following:​

Two diseases caused due to deficiency of protein in the diet of a child.​

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Balanced diet is one containing all________ .

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The diet contains all the nutrients needed by our body is called __.

Q. State whether the following statements are true or false.​

(b) Warmth is necessary for the germination of seeds.​

Q. State whether the following statements are true or false.​

Statement 1: People of different age groups require same type of diet.​

Statement 2: Overcooking damages the nutrients of food.

1. Statement 1: True, Statement 2: True
2. Statement 1: False, Statement 2: False
3. Statement 1: False, Statement 2: True
4. Statement 1: True, Statement 2: False

Q. Which of the following are examples of junk food?

1. Doughnuts
2. Vegetables
3. Ice cream
4. Potato chips

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Question 11

Tasty food is not always nutritious and nutritious food may not always be tasty to eat. Comment with examples.

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Kate eats only fruits and vegetables. (End: ...on fruits and vegetables)

Q. Assertion: A balanced diet makes us healthy.

Reason: A balanced diet contains all the components of food in right proportion.

1. Only A is correct.
2. Only R is correct.
3. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation for A.
4. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation for A.