HEALTH IS WEALTH - Question Answers

HEALTH IS WEALTH - Question Answers

English 9th Chapter "HEALTH IS WEALTH" Question Answers

Q.1 : What are germs? How are diseases caused?

Ans : Germs are the smallest living things. They cannot be seen with the naked eyes. We can only see them through a microscope. Diseases are caused by germs.

Q.2 : What do flies and dust carry? What diseases are caused by flies?

Ans : Flies and dust carry hundreds of germs. They are enemies of our health. When germs enter our bodies, they make us ill. Typhoid, cholera and several other diseases are caused by flies.

Q.3 : How do flies carry germs to food?

Ans : There are germs in dirty things. When flies sit on dirty things, the germs stick to their legs. When flies sit on our foods, the germs stick to them. When we eat these foods, the germs enter our body and we get ill.

Q.4 : How do we get malaria? How can we get rid of it?

Ans : Malaria is caused by the bite of a kind of mosquito. We can get rid of malaria if everybody takes part in the fight against malaria. Mosquitoes live in stagnant water which is their breeding place. Some people use kerosene oil or DDT to kill mosquitoes.

Q.5 : Why did Kashif’s mother refuse to buy sweets from the first and second shops?

Ans : She refused to buy sweets from the first shop because flies were sitting on them. She refused to buy sweets from the second shop because there was dust on them. Both flies and dust carry germs which can make us ill.

Q.6 : Why is It said that health is wealth?

Ans : If a person is healthy, he can work hard. If a person is not healthy, he can not work hard and will depend on others for his needs. Health is a great blessing of God. It is, therefore, rightly said that health is wealth.

Q.7 : How can we keep ourselves healthy?

Ans : We can keep ourselves healthy by healthy habits. We should always keep ourselves and our surroundings neat and clean. We should avoid eating such food which has germs in it. Most of the food at our hotels and carts is not fit for eating at all.

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