Class 5/Practice Questions
Created by Titas Mallick
Biology Teacher • M.Sc. Botany • B.Ed. • CTET (CBSE) • CISCE Examiner
Created by Titas Mallick
Biology Teacher • M.Sc. Botany • B.Ed. • CTET (CBSE) • CISCE Examiner
Practice questions testing deep understanding of human organ systems, hygiene, and overall health maintenance.
Test your knowledge of how the human body functions and stays healthy with these application-based questions.
Read the following scenario and answer the questions: Scenario: During the winter, a viral flu spread through Maya's school. Maya made sure to wash her hands with soap before every meal, covered her mouth when someone sneezed, and ate a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Her friend Sam did not follow these practices and often ate his lunch without washing his hands after playing outside. Sam caught the flu, but Maya did not.
Q1. What role did washing hands with soap play in keeping Maya healthy? Relate this to how communicable diseases spread.
Q2. How did eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables give Maya an advantage over the flu virus compared to Sam?
Q3. The human body consists of multiple interacting systems (e.g., Respiratory, Digestive, Circulatory). If a person has a severe lung infection that limits their ability to breathe properly, explain how this respiratory problem will immediately impact the circulatory and muscular systems.
Q4. Posture plays a critical role in health. If a student consistently sits slouched over a desk while studying, which two body systems are directly negatively impacted, and what might be the long-term consequence?
Directions: For the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
Q5. Assertion (A): Regular exercise is only necessary for adults, not for growing children. Reason (R): Children naturally expend enough energy through basic growth and do not need dedicated physical activity.
Q6. Assertion (A): We should breathe through our nose rather than our mouth. Reason (R): The hair and mucus present in the nasal cavity trap dust particles and germs, preventing them from entering the lungs.
Q7. Assertion (A): Vaccination provides immunity against specific diseases. Reason (R): Vaccines introduce a small, harmless amount of a germ into the body, training the white blood cells to recognize and fight it in the future.
Q8. Modern lifestyle involves spending hours in air-conditioned rooms looking at screens. Hypothesize two ways this specific lifestyle choice negatively impacts the natural physiological functioning of the human body, and suggest biological remedies.
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