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  1.                   Few children in a village have complained of swollen necks. More and more children have complained about swollen necks every months. A villager, Ram Singh is superstitious and he thinks that the village is cursed by a 'devil.' Shyam is an another villager, who thinks it as a disease which needs consultation with a doctor.   On the basis of above passage answer the following questions (a) Do you agree with Ram Singh? (b) What can be the reason behind swollen necks of the young children in the village? How can the problem be overcome? (c) What social change is required in the village to make it free from blind faith? (d) What values are shown by Shyam?

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                  (a) No, I do not agree with Ram Singh.         (1) (b) There might be deficiency of iodine in food of the village children. As iodine is necessary for the thyroid glands to make thyroxine hormone. Thyroxine helps in regulating carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism in the body to give best balance of growth. The problem can be overcome by adding iodine in food which can be done by consuming iodised salt in place of ordinary salt.                                   (2) (c) Education can open the eyes of people and make them free from the blind faith. Men's, women and children must be encouraged through nuked natak etc to attend the educational programme and to get educated.            (1)                 (d) The   values   shown   by   Shyam   are non-superstitious, aware and having scientific temperament.                                                 (1)