Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 A Treat for Mosquitoes

Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 A Treat for Mosquitoes

 

Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 A Treat for Mosquitoes Fill in the blanks , MCQ , True false and Extra question answers.

 

Fill in the Blanks

1. Malaria spreads through ________ mosquitoes. (Answer: female)
2. The scientist who discovered how malaria spreads was named ________. (Answer: Ronald Ross)
3. Larvae are baby ________. (Answer: mosquitoes)
4. The normal range of haemoglobin is ______ to ______ gm/dl. (Answer: 12 to 16)
5. Ronald Ross won the ______ Prize for his discovery. (Answer: Nobel)
6. Mosquitoes lay their ______ in water. (Answer: eggs)
7. The word ‘malaria’ originally meant ______ _______. (Answer: bad air)
8. To prevent mosquito breeding, people should not let ______ collect around their house. (Answer: water)
9. ______ can help find out if someone has malaria. (Answer: Blood test)
10. Ronald Ross’s father was a ______ in the Indian Army. (Answer: general)

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

1. What did Ronald Ross spend hours doing?
a) Writing poetry
b) Looking into a microscope
c) Chasing flies
d) Playing music
(Answer: b)

 

2. How did they make patients cooperate with their experiments?
a) By giving them free medicine
b) By paying them one anna
c) By threatening them
d) By forcing them
(Answer: b)

 

3. What did Ronald Ross discover in a mosquito’s stomach?
a) Food
b) Water
c) Tiny black germs
d) More mosquitoes
(Answer: c)

 

4. Which disease is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes?
a) Dengue
b) Malaria
c) Chikungunya
d) Stomach problems
(Answer: b)

 

5. What can help prevent mosquito breeding?
a) Keeping water pots clean
b) Leaving water everywhere
c) Ignoring stagnant water
d) Never cleaning tanks
(Answer: a)

 

6. What did people originally think caused malaria?
a) Mosquito bites
b) Poisonous gas
c) Bad food
d) Dirty water
(Answer: b)

 

7. What helps doctors find out if someone has malaria?
a) Listening to heartbeat
b) Looking at skin color
c) Blood test
d) Checking temperature
(Answer: c)

 

8. What did Ronald Ross like besides becoming a doctor?
a) Only studying medicine
b) Stories, poetry, music, and drama
c) Catching mosquitoes
d) Writing reports
(Answer: b)

 

9. Where did Ronald Ross do most of his research?
a) New York
b) London
c) Hospital in Secundrabad
d) Paris
(Answer: c)

 

10. What happens to mosquito larvae?
a) They live in dry places
b) They swim in water
c) They fly immediately
d) They disappear quickly
(Answer: b)