Rishi is suffering from tuberculosis, and it is a communicable disease. Communicable diseases may spread from one person to another through which of the following modes?

Water

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Food

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Contact or touch

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Air

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The correct options are
A Water
B Food
C Contact or touch
D Air
Diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, jaundice, diarrhoea, chikungunya and cholera can spread quickly and affect many people in a city or region. These diseases are called ‘communicable diseases’ because they spread from one person to another through air, food or water and other means.

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