Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · Science (सामान्य विज्ञान)
Chapter: Chapter 23 — Chapter 23: Infectious Diseases and How to Prevent Them
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What causes infectious diseases? [1]
(A) Germs like bacteria and viruses
(B) Only weather
(C) Only food
(D) Nothing specific
2. How can infectious diseases spread? [1]
(A) Air, water, contact, insects
(B) Only through thoughts
(C) Never spread
(D) Only through sunlight
3. What is an example of an infectious disease? [1]
(A) The common cold
(B) A broken bone
(C) A sunburn
(D) A headache from stress
4. What is a prevention method? [1]
(A) Washing hands regularly
(B) Never washing hands
(C) Ignoring hygiene
(D) Spreading germs deliberately
5. What should we do when coughing? [1]
(A) Cover our mouth
(B) Cough openly on others
(C) Ignore covering
(D) Nothing specific
6. What else helps prevent infectious diseases? [1]
(A) Vaccination
(B) Ignoring health
(C) Avoiding all prevention
(D) Nothing helps
7. Why practice good hygiene? [1]
(A) To protect ourselves and others from disease
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for looks
8. Why learn about infectious diseases? [1]
(A) To understand prevention and stay healthy
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What causes infectious diseases? [1]
(A) Germs like bacteria and viruses
(B) Only weather
(C) Only food
(D) Nothing specific
10. How can infectious diseases spread? [1]
(A) Air, water, contact, insects
(B) Only through thoughts
(C) Never spread
(D) Only through sunlight
11. What is an example of an infectious disease? [1]
(A) The common cold
(B) A broken bone
(C) A sunburn
(D) A headache from stress
12. What is a prevention method? [1]
(A) Washing hands regularly
(B) Never washing hands
(C) Ignoring hygiene
(D) Spreading germs deliberately
13. What should we do when coughing? [1]
(A) Cover our mouth
(B) Cough openly on others
(C) Ignore covering
(D) Nothing specific
14. What else helps prevent infectious diseases? [1]
(A) Vaccination
(B) Ignoring health
(C) Avoiding all prevention
(D) Nothing helps
15. Why practice good hygiene? [1]
(A) To protect ourselves and others from disease
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for looks
16. Why learn about infectious diseases? [1]
(A) To understand prevention and stay healthy
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests