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B.  Write (T) for true and (F) for false statements.

                          1.  Mosquitoes grow in water collected in places around your house.

                          2.  Diseases like typhoid and diarrhoea spread through air.

                          3.  We cannot prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

                          4.  Cloth and leather are biodegradable.

                          5.  The three R’s of managing wastes are—reduce, recycle and repeat.


                    C. Tick () the correct answer.

                          1.  Which of the following is a good hygiene practice?

                              (a)  Washing hair at least once a week

                              (b)  Washing hands with water after using toilet

                              (c)  Trimming your nails once a week

                              (d)  All of the above

                          2.  Which of the following is important to take care of the oral hygiene?

                              (a)  Rinsing mouth after each meal

                              (b)  Brushing teeth twice a day

                               (c)  Cleaning tongue with a tongue cleaner

                              (d)  All of the above

                          3.  Which of the following is a good practice to keep our surroundings clean?

                              (a)  Wearing clean clothes

                              (b)  Dusting and cleaning our house regularly

                              (c)  Throwing waste in closed dustbins

                              (d)  Both (b) and (c)


                          4.  Which among the following is a non-biodegradable waste?
                              (a) Egg shells


                              (b) Dead plants
                              (c) Glass

                              (d)  Both (a) and (c)





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