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Reproductive Health — Practice Worksheet
Name: ____________________
Roll No.: __________
Date: ____________
General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
16 × 1 = 16 marks
1.
Reproductive health refers to well-being that is:
- A.Only physical
- B.Physical, mental and social
- C.Only financial
- D.Only the absence of disease
2.
India's family-planning programme is now run under the:
- A.RCH (Reproductive and Child Health) programmes
- B.Green Revolution
- C.Mid-day Meal scheme
- D.Digital India
3.
Rapid population growth mainly strains:
- A.Food, water, jobs and the environment
- B.Only the sky
- C.Nothing
- D.Only music
4.
Which is a way to slow population growth?
- A.Lowering the marriage age
- B.Raising the marriageable age and smaller families
- C.Banning all medicine
- D.Stopping education
5.
The rhythm method is an example of a/an ____ contraceptive method.
- A.Surgical
- B.Natural
- C.Hormonal
- D.Barrier
6.
A barrier contraceptive that also prevents many STIs is the:
- A.Pill
- B.Condom
- C.IUD
- D.Rhythm method
7.
The oral contraceptive pill works mainly by:
- A.Preventing ovulation
- B.Killing all bacteria
- C.Adding sperm
- D.Removing the uterus
8.
Permanent sterilisation in females is called:
- A.Vasectomy
- B.Tubectomy
- C.MTP
- D.IVF
9.
Permanent sterilisation in males is called:
- A.Tubectomy
- B.Vasectomy
- C.Lactation
- D.Ovulation
10.
Deliberate ending of a pregnancy for medical reasons is:
- A.MTP
- B.IVF
- C.Ovulation
- D.Implantation
11.
Determining the sex of an unborn child is:
- A.Encouraged
- B.Banned by law to prevent female foeticide
- C.Required
- D.Free for all
12.
Which of these is an STI?
- A.Syphilis
- B.Malaria
- C.Scurvy
- D.Diabetes
13.
HIV/AIDS can spread through all the following EXCEPT:
- A.Sexual contact
- B.Infected blood/shared needles
- C.Sharing a casual handshake
- D.Infected mother to baby
14.
Inability of a couple to have children despite trying is called:
- A.Infertility
- B.Lactation
- C.Ovulation
- D.Menarche
15.
The 'test-tube baby' technique is:
- A.IVF
- B.MTP
- C.Vasectomy
- D.Tubectomy
16.
In which ART technique is a single sperm injected directly into the egg?
- A.IVF
- B.ICSI
- C.GIFT
- D.ZIFT
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
7 × 2 = 14 marks
17.
Condoms are recommended over the pill for a person worried about STIs because condoms also:
- A.Act as a barrier to infection
- B.Stop ovulation
- C.Cure AIDS
- D.Increase fertility
18.
Educating and empowering women is an effective way to slow population growth largely because it:
- A.Tends to lead to later marriage and smaller families
- B.Stops all births
- C.Increases the birth rate
- D.Has no effect
19.
Prevention is stressed for AIDS more than for some other STIs mainly because AIDS:
- A.Has no complete cure
- B.Is easily cured
- C.Is not serious
- D.Spreads by handshakes
20.
A couple who cannot conceive because the woman's fallopian tubes are blocked could be helped by:
- A.IVF, which bypasses the tubes by fertilising outside the body
- B.A vasectomy
- C.An MTP
- D.The rhythm method
21.
The PCPNDT law banning foetal sex determination aims to correct the harmful practice of:
- A.Sex-selective abortion of female foetuses
- B.Vaccination
- C.Breastfeeding
- D.Adoption
22.
Adoption is described as a caring option for childless couples because it:
- A.Gives a home to a child while fulfilling the couple's wish to be parents
- B.Is a contraceptive
- C.Causes infertility
- D.Spreads STIs
23.
Amniocentesis is medically valuable for detecting foetal disorders, but its misuse for sex determination is banned because it leads to:
- A.Female foeticide and a skewed sex ratio
- B.Better health
- C.More twins
- D.Higher fertility
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) Physical, mental and social
- (A) RCH (Reproductive and Child Health) programmes
- (A) Food, water, jobs and the environment
- (B) Raising the marriageable age and smaller families
- (B) Natural
- (B) Condom
- (A) Preventing ovulation
- (B) Tubectomy
- (B) Vasectomy
- (A) MTP
- (B) Banned by law to prevent female foeticide
- (A) Syphilis
- (C) Sharing a casual handshake
- (A) Infertility
- (A) IVF
- (B) ICSI
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Act as a barrier to infection
- (A) Tends to lead to later marriage and smaller families
- (A) Has no complete cure
- (A) IVF, which bypasses the tubes by fertilising outside the body
- (A) Sex-selective abortion of female foetuses
- (A) Gives a home to a child while fulfilling the couple's wish to be parents
- (A) Female foeticide and a skewed sex ratio
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