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1. 1.

   What are noncommunicable diseases? Name one reason why they may occur.
2. 2.

   Mention the ways in which communicable diseases spread.
3. 3.

   How do disease like flu and common cold spread through contact?
4. 4.

   How does pouring kerosene over stagnant pools of water help in reducing the number of mosquitoes spread diseases?
5. 5.

   What is a vaccine?
6. 6.

   Choose the correct option.

   1. Which of these is a communicable disease?
      1. Anaemia 
      2. Scurvy
      3. Common cold
      4. Rickets
   2. Mosquitoes spread
      1. malaria
      2. typhoid
      3. tuberculosis
      4. common cold
   3. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in
      1. garbage
      2. faeces
      3. rotting fruit
      4. stagnant water
   4. Which of these spreads through contaminated water?
      1. Flu
      2. Dengue
      3. Dysentery
      4. Beriberi
   5. Which of these does not spread through air?
      1. Dengue
      2. Flu
      3. Tuberculosis
      4. Common cold