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Questions Related to personal and public cleanliness

Municipal Cleaning attendants clean 

  1. Locality

  2. Road

  3. Station

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Municipal cleaning attendantes clean locality, roads, station, septic lands, etc.

They try to clean the city by cleaning at different location and or different places. They use sweeps, or at station some machines to clean it.
So, all of the above options are correct.

Why do people choose cleaning jobs?

  1. They are illiterate.

  2. They are unemployed.

  3. They like to clean surrounding.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

People choose cleaning jobs because they are illiterate, sometimes due to their household conditions they have to choose as they are unemployed. Some people like to clean surroundings or live to be healthy or clean life so they choose.

So, the above all statement is correct.

Define sanitation.

  1. Unhygienic practices to promote health

  2. Unhygienic practices for unhealthy life

  3. Both A and B

  4. Hygienic practices to promote health


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sanitation is hygienic practices of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewage or wastewater. It is the provision of drinking clean water and safe disposal of human urine and faeces.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following diseases can be prevented with proper sanitation?

  1. Malaria

  2. Dengue

  3. Cholera

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lack of sanitation results in contamination of water, food and soil. Proper sanitation practices will result in proper disposal of waste and reduce contamination of water and food to a large extent. The list of diseases that could be reduced with proper access to sanitation and hygiene practices is very long some of which can be Hepatitis, cholera, dengue, malaria, malnutrition, typhoid etc. Polio is another disease which is related to improper sanitation and hygiene. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

The simple basic practice of sanitation is 

  1. Industrial cleaning

  2. Personal hygiene

  3. Surrounding hygiene

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sanitation is hygienic practices of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewage or wastewater. It is the provision of drinking clean water and safe disposal of human urine and faecesSanitation can be emphasized even simply by personal hygiene practices such as handwashing with soap, proper household practices.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Apart from the cleanliness of one's own body __________also helps to improve personal health.

  1. Depression

  2. Over-eating

  3. Medicines

  4. Physical exercise


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Physical exercise helps improve bodily functions. It prevents the body from mental and physical illnesses. A person with a sedentary lifestyle is more prone to diseases and infections than a person with little or more working lifestyle. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Disease caused due to the lack of sanitation includes

  1. Stunted growth.

  2. Malnutrition.

  3. Heart attack.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D

.......... practice at regular basis can help reduce risk of various diseases.

  1. Hand washing

  2. Cleaning gardens

  3. Car washing

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To improved health, it is necessary to follow some good and basic hygienic behaviour particularly hand-washing with soap after defecating and before eating or preparing food. Handwashing with soap can significantly reduce the incidence of diarrhea. Good hand-washing practices have shown to reduce the incidence of other diseases, notably pneumonia, trachoma, scabies, skin and eye infections and diarrhoea-related diseases like cholera and dysentery. Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Conjunctivitis can spread through the use of common

  1. Handkerchief.

  2. Towel.

  3. Comb.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva which is caused due to bacteria. The bacterial growth in the eye may result in reddening, swelling and watering of the eyes. The infection is contagious and spreads from one infected person to other. The towel or the handkerchief which is used to wipe the eye is the source of transmission of the bacterial infection. The other person using the items may also suffer from infection. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

Taking care of one's own skin is a part of

  1. Personal hygiene.

  2. Public hygiene.

  3. Treatment principle.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Personal hygiene is a part of the prevention of infection or disease. Personal hygiene includes the approaches which can be undertaken with regard to self to prevent the occurrence of infection. Maintaining good hygiene and cleanliness, taking care of own skin, eating healthy food, drinking boiled water, etc. are some of the measures which can be taken by individual level and are a part of personal hygiene.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.