Chapter 3

Food We Eat

Choose the right answer

1. Which of these is not a healthy food?

a. Pulses
b. Fruits
c. Vegetables
d. Burger

Ans. Burger

2. _________________ is an energy-giving food.

a. Pulses
b. Soyabean
c. Sugar
d. None of these

Ans. Sugar

3. We need different kinds of food for:

a. taste
b. change
c. health
d. none of these

Ans. health

4. Body-building food;
a. keeps us strong
b. helps us to grow
c. builds bones and muscles
d. all of these

Ans. All of these

5. Food which might taste good but is not healthy:

a. Protective food
b. Junk food
c. Energy-giving food
d. Body-building food
Ans. Junk food
Think and Write

1. Write ‘E’ for energy giving food, ‘B’ for body building food and ‘P’ for protective food.
Answer 1.E
2. B
3. B
4. P
5. P
6. E
2. Choose the correct answer from the given options;
a. We should eat our dinner at (11:00pm/8:00pm)
b. Vegetarians do not eat (eggs/ fruits)
c. Eat properly (burnt/cooked) food.
d. Wash your (hands/feet) before and after meals.
Answer a. 8:00pm
b. Eggs
c. Cooked
d. Hands
 3. Complete these spellings with the help of given clues.
Ans. 1. RADISH
2. CABBAGE
3. GINGER
4. ORANGE
5. POPCORN
6. SPINACH

Short Answer Type Questions

1. What is the richest source of body-building food ? Find out.

Ans. Milk, Soyabean, Pulses are the richest source of body-building food.
2. Do children and adults need the same kind of food? Give reason.
Ans. Yes, both children and adults need the same kind of food, as nutrients required by
both are the same. But quantity may differ.