Q1. ___________ helps to improve concentration in the studies.
Meditation helps to improve concentration in the studies.
Updated on: 2026-03-31 | Author: Rahul Patil
Meditation helps to improve concentration in the studies.
All of the above
Peer group influence is stronger in case of adolescents.
Alcohol consumption mainly affects the nervous system.
Alcoholic person lacks the rational thinking.
Children in their early age try upon tobacco, cigarette, gutkha, alcoholic drinks, drugs, etc. due to either peer-group pressure or symbol of high standard living or as an imitation of elders. However, it may lead to addiction to such deadly substances.
Temporarily intoxicating drugs of plant origin and some chemicals may permanently damage the human nervous system, muscle system, heart, etc. Earlier, we have studied the carcinogenic effect of tobacco containing substances on mouth and lungs.
True
Continuous consumption of tobacco like substances causes carcinogenic effects, especially on the mouth and lung.
Control on tobacco consumption : TATA trust : : Empowering children in slum area : Salaam Mumbai Foundation
The ability of a person to establish relationship with other persons in the society is known as social health.
Importance of good communication with others:
Communication is extremely useful for expressing feelings. Different methods of expression include communicating with friends, colleagues, cousins, teachers as well as our parents.
Expressing our feelings through communication with near and dear ones, noting down our feelings, etc. helps us to relieve stress.
Communication also helps to spread knowledge and to build healthy relationships.
Good communication with family members, friends, etc. can help us establish harmonious relationships with others in the society.
Communication with others helps to overcome your problems, provide you with moral support, and also get to understand the perspective of people on different issues.
Good communication skills do not only mean good verbal skills but it also implies one's listening skills. Apart from being a good orator, it is important that you are a good listener too. One should listen patiently to people around them and help them in the best possible way.
In other words, we can say that good communication skills result in the all-around development of an individual.
Mental stress, addiction, chronic diseases.
Laughter club
Counselling
Alcoholism is always bad due to the following reasons:
Excessive consumption of alcohol/liquor leads to a decrease in efficiency of the nervous system (especially brain) and liver.
Alcoholism reduces the lifespan of the person.
In adolescents, alcohol affects brain development and reduces the ability of memorization and learning.
An addictive person cannot think rationally and faces social, mental, familial illness along with physical illness.
Nowadays school children have to face the problem of mental stress due to the following reasons:
Nuclear families and parents staying outdoors due to job.
Bindings on girls and excessive freedom for boys in some families.
Boys enjoy the concession from their domestic duties whereas girls have a compulsion for the same on the pretext that they should be used to it.
Adolescent girls have to face the problems like teasing and molestation.
Increased competition in opportunities for education, further employment, and business.
The importance of outdoor sports is incomparable since it confers the following benefits:
Causes physical exercise
Improves discipline, interaction and tendency of unity
Drives away loneliness
Makes the person more social
Examples of diseases endangering the social health:
AIDS
leprosy
T.B. (Tuberculosis)
Hobbies like rearing pet animals help to create a positive mindset.
Laughter club is a remedy to drive away stress.
Liquor is produced from alcohol.
The picture shows a person becoming victim to mental stress.
Some of the reasons for the increase in mental stress are as follows:
i. Increased competition in opportunities for education, employment and business.
ii. Loneliness and mental stress in children due to reasons like nuclear family and parents staying outdoors for work.
iii. Increased social disorder, crime and violence.
iv. Persons turning to crime and violence as easy means of earning money and finally becoming a victim of the same system.
v. Stress in girls due to excessive bindings on them at home as compared to boys.
vi. Stress in adolescent girls due to social evils like teasing and molestation as well as gender inequality.
Some of the ways to reduce mental stress are as follows:
i. Maintaining good communication and expressing our feelings to friends, peers, cousins, teachers and parents or noting them down in a diary.
ii. Utilizing the free hours in fostering hobbies like material collection, photography, reading, cooking, sculpting, drawing, making rangoli, dancing, singing, listening to music, etc.
iii. Diverting energy and mind towards positive thinking, so as to neutralize the negative thoughts. Regular exercising, getting a massage, practicing yoga and meditation.
iv. Laughing loudly so as to relieve stress.
v. Playing sports and outdoor games so as to involve physical exercise, inculcate discipline, increase interaction with others, drive away loneliness, etc.
vi. Inculcating traits like time management, planning of our own duties and taking own decisions.
vii. If any of the above methods fail to reduce stress and leads to more serious problems like depression and frustration, then medical help, counselling and/or psychotherapy should be taken.
Our lifestyle has been changed to some extent in the age of technology.
Salaam Mumbai Foundation runs programs for education in a slum area.
Social health is the ability of a person to establish relationships with other persons.
The following qualities are needed to build good social relationships:
i. Ability to change one’s own behaviour according to changing social conditions is an important characteristic of social health.
ii. A socially healthy person can also cope with a variety of social situations.
iii. They can behave appropriately and be adaptable to changing circumstances.
iv. Good communication with others.
Vices like jealousy, revenge and loneliness have negative consequences.
Regular exercise, deep breathing, and a positive attitude are measures to take for stress management.
Jealousy, revenge and loneliness.
False
Substances leading to addiction : Drugs : : Substances leading to cancer : Carcinogens
False
Some of the effects of excessive and irrational use of internet and mobile phones include the following:
Person using mobile phone for a long time remains unaware of his or her surroundings.
The radiation of mobile phones causes several problems like tiredness, headache, insomnia, forgetfulness, tinnitus (buzzing in the ears), joint pains as well as problems in vision.
The radiations affect children more than adults.
Also, continuous use of computers and the internet makes a person solitary and incapable to establish harmonious relations with relatives and other members of the society.
Such habits further make a person self-centered in nature and thereby lead to problems like selfishness.
The person tends to become less sensitive towards others and the long-term effect of such tendency is that he stops helping others and is also not helped by other people when needed.
This picture indicates that we should stay away from addictive substances like alcohol, tobacco, cigarette, gutkha, drugs.
The picture shows a man taking selfies on the road also known as selfiecide.
Effect: Taking selfies on road may lead to severe injuries or death, as the person becomes so engrossed in clicking selfie that he is not aware about the world around him.
The factors that determine or affect social health are as follows:
The ability of a person to establish relationships with other persons in the society is known as social health.
The main factors which disturb the social health of an individual are:
a. Mental stress
b. Addiction
c. Incurable diseases
d. Excessive use of modern technology
Apart from these the other factors which affect the social health are:
a. Education and financial status of people.
b. Number of gardens and play grounds in the vicinity.
c. Social and physical conditions of the surroundings.
d. The type of residential area.
e. Provision of water and availability of toilets
f. Political conditions (views)
g. Social treatment of people
h. Social safety
i. Transport facilities
j. Education and job opportunities
k. Fulfillment of basic needs of people including food, clothing, shelter and medicines.
The given picture shows pedestrians making a video clip of the accident scene rather than helping the victim. People taking videos at the site of the accident are irresponsible, insensitive and lack helpful nature.
The social message is to think about the impact of one’s action before indulging in such an irresponsible activity. Rather than posting these disturbing images/ videos on social media, people should think about helping the victims or calling for help and be more sensitive to the victims and their families.
If I find that the child of my neighbour is addicted to tobacco chewing:
I will make him aware about the health problems associated with chewing tobacco like mouth cancer, tooth decay, gum diseases, etc. This will help him to make a decision about quitting tobacco.
I will advise him to reduce the use of tobacco every day till he finally quits it completely.
I will also make him talk to his family or friends regarding the issue, so as to help him get rid of the habit.
If, I am spending more time on phones and video games, then the first thing is that I should realise that I am spending lot of time on these things. I would try to limit my usage of mobiles, video games etc. by diverting myself into other activities.
These other activities could be anything like playing outdoor games, cooking or just meeting my friends. I would make a conscious effort to take out more time for social gatherings and make new friends in personal rather than on facebook or other sites.
If I have free space around my house, I would use that space for various purposes like-
kitchen gardening
playing outdoor games
taking classes for underprivileged students
making a creative corner
planting ornamental and medicinal plants
The bad habit of constantly taking selfies may endanger the life of a person as he is unaware of the risks in his surroundings.
If I find that my friend has developed the hobby of snapping selfies:
I will warn him to be careful while clicking selfies and to be aware of the surroundings to avoid accidents.
I will try to persuade him to avoid clicking selfies on every occasion and to rather enjoy the moment with friends and/or family.
There must be a reason for my sister to become incommunicative and my first step would be to figure out that reason. Once, I get to know the reason, I will help her in finding the solution to the problem. If required, I would look for professional help for her in the form of a psychologist.
I would try to indulge her in more social activities and things that she likes to do. I would advise her to talk to her friends and people who are close to her. Being incommunicative and preferring loneliness is not a good sign, it is important to deal with it at the earliest.
Peer-group influence is stronger in the case of adolescents. Adolescents always prefer the company of friends and follow their good or bad habits instead of following advice of parents and teachers, thus leading to various addictions.
Children in their early age try upon tobacco, cigarette, gutkha, alcoholic drinks, drugs, etc. due to either peer-group pressure or symbol of high standard living or as an imitation of elders. However, it may lead to addiction to such deadly substances.
Temporarily intoxicating drugs of plant origin and some chemicals may permanently damage the human nervous system, muscle system, heart, etc.
Persons spending the time with cell phones for several hours are usually unaware of the surrounding. This is also a sort of addiction and leading to endangering of the social health.
The various ways for stress management include the following:
Communication with friends, peers, cousins, teachers, family members, etc.
Fostering hobbies like photography, reading, cooking, sculpturing, drawing, etc.
Physical activities like sports, regular exercising, yoga, etc.
Inculcation of character traits like time management, planning.
The concept of laughter clubs in which people relieve mental stress by laughing loudly is shown in the picture.
The benefits of laughter clubs are to relieve mental stress and improve social health.
To relieve stress, I foster hobbies like material collection, photography, reading, cooking, sculpting, drawing, making rangoli, dancing, singing, listening to music, etc.
AIDS, T.B., Leprosy are chronic diseases.