Question

A student visits hill station in North India during the summer vacations. He observes that some of the people in that area have swollen necks.
(a) Name the disease from which the people with swollen necks are suffering.
(b) What is the cause of this disease?
(c) Why is this disease more prevalent in hilly areas?
(d) What should be done to prevent this disease?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) goitre

b) due to defficiency of iodine

c) because there the minerals in water are less so they do not get iodine in proper quantity

d) they should take iodine in some other way for example using iodized salt.