Practice Questions: Role of Government in Health | Social Studies (SST) Class 7 PDF Download

Q1. Costa Rica is a country in:
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) North America
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q2. The healthiest country in the American continent is:
(a) Brazil
(b) Canada
(c) Costa Rica
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q3. The services that are easily available in rural areas is:
(a) Public services
(b) Private services
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q4. In 1996 the state that gave 40% of the entire state budget to Panchayats is:
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q5. Health care is divided into:
(a) 6 categories
(b) 2 categories
(c) 3 categories
(d) 5 categories
Ans: (b)

Q6. Which country has the largest number of medical colleges in the world?
(a) United states of America
(b) India
(c) China
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q7. In India about how many people die from tuberculosis every year?
(a) 5 lakh
(b) 2 lakh
(c) 7 lakh
(d) 3 lakh
Ans: (a)

Q8. RMPs are found in:
(a) Urban areas
(b) Rural areas
(c) Posh areas
(d) Semi Urban areas
Ans: (b)

Q9. what do you mean by ‘medical tourist’?
(a) People from other village
(b) Foreigners came for medical treatments
(c) Indian goes for medical treatments in other countries
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
Medical tourist refers to the foreigners that came to hospitals, especially for medical treatment, where they are provided world class facilities at a lower rate comparative to the money they pay in their own country.

Q10. where do most doctors prefer to settle?
(a) Urban areas
(b) Rural areas
(c) Foreign region
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
Most doctors prefer to settle in urban areas. Urban areas have a large number of doctors, many of them providing specialized services. There are hospitals and nursing homes that are privately owned.

Q11. How many people die by tuberculosis every year?
(a) 2 lakh
(b) 3 lakh
(c) 5 lakh
(d) 1 lakh
Ans: (c)
About five lakh people die from tuberculosis every year. This number is almost unchanged since Independence. Almost two million cases of malaria are reported every year.

Q12. which one is not a water borne disease?
(a) Diarrhea
(b) Hepatitis
(c) Worms
(d) Cancer
Ans: (d)
21% of communicable disease is water borne. For example, diarrhea, worms, hepatitis, etc.

Q13. What does PHC means?
(a) Private health center
(b) Public health center
(c) Primary health center
(d) All of these
Ans: (c)
These centers are trained in dealing with common illnesses and work under the supervision of doctors at the Primary Health Centre (PHC). Such a center covers many villages in a rural area.

Q14. How many children die every year in India?
(a) 2 million
(b) 5 million
(c) 1 million
(d) 4 million
Ans: (a)
According to UNICEF, more than two million children die every year in India from preventable infections

Q15. What do you mean by an OPD?
(a) Operation patient department
(b) Out Patient Department
(c) Out premier department
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
An OPD is the Out Patient Department of the hospital where people are first brought in and treated without being admitted.