Choose the correct option.
(a) Adolescents should be careful about what they eat, because
(i) proper diet develops their brains.
(ii) proper diet is needed for the rapid growth taking place in their body.
(iii) adolescents feel hungry all the time.
(iv) taste buds are well developed in teenagers.
(b) Reproductive age in women starts when their
(i) menstruation starts.
(ii) breasts start developing.
(iii) body weight increases.
(iv) height increases.
(c) The right meal for adolescents consists of
(i) chips, noodles, coke.
(ii) chapati, dal, vegetables.
(iii) rice, noodles and burger.
(iv) vegetable cutlets, chips and lemon drink.
(a) (ii) Proper diet is needed for the rapid growth taking place in their body
At the age of adolescence, they should be careful about their diet because a proper diet is needed for the rapid growth.
(b) (i) Menstruation starts
Reproductive age in women starts at the age of 11 to 12 years. When their menstruation starts.
(c) (ii) Chapati, dal, vegetables
At the age of adolescence, a proper diet is needed like chapatti, dal and vegetables because these helps in the growth and keep them healthy.
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Across
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Down
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