1. Read the passage given below …

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Proper food is the basic requirement of health. Health does not mean absence of disease; it rather means the presence of energy and vitality. Most of the food we eat daily does not contain essential nutrients needed for the preservation of health and prevention of disease. There are various kinds of food. Protective foods are essential for prevention of disease and are needed both by the healthy and the sick. They are rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals. Energy giving foods are rich in carbohydrates, and are needed by those who are engaged m hard physical labour. Body building foods are rich in proteins. Diet of growing children, adolescents and nursing mothers should contain sufficient quantity of protein for growth and for repair and maintenance of body tissues. (a) What is the real meaning of health? [2] (b)Name two essential elements of protective food? [2] (c) Who needs the energy giving food the most? [1] (d)For what purpose do the growing persons and nursing mothers need sufficient quantity of protein? [2] (e) Which word in the passage means ‘persons growing up from childhood to maturity’?

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