Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

i. Just by the use of colours you can balance your diet. All you need to do is to pay a

little attention to the food you eat. Nutrition experts strongly recommend adding

colours to your diet. Sweets and candy bars are generally colourful, but remember

they do not contain natural colours and hence are not healthy. The key solution is a

variety of naturally coloured foods. The deeper the colour, the greater the benefits.

ii. Getting more colours in your diet doesn’t mean you have to drastically change your

current eating habits. Have a glass of 100% juice in the morning. Keep a mix of dried

fruits on hand for a quick snack. Grab an apple or banana on your way out. Include at

least two vegetables in your dinner. Get into the habit of starting your dinner with a

salad. Eat fruit for dessert. Always add greens to sandwiches.

iii. Most red fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants, which offer protection against

ultraviolet rays and cancer, and helps to prevent urinary tract infections and diseases

related to the circulatory system. Green vegetables along with being appealing

possess excellent antioxidant properties that protect the eyes by keeping the retina

in good condition and reduce the risk of cancerous tumours.

iv. The orange and yellow group is rich in beta-carotene, an antioxidant that improves

cell communication and thereby helps to stop the spread of cancer. While the blue

and purple group adds an element of richness to your plate, influences the pineal

gland (the third eye) and the nervous system. The white group contains Sulphurcompounds that protect the DNA and flavonoids, an antioxidant that protects cell

membranes.

v. Therefore, the more colourful your diet is, the better equipped your immune system

would be to cope with diseases.

Complete the following sentences: (1×8)

i. ___________ can balance one’s diet.

ii. Sweets and candy bars ___________ so they are unhealthy.

iii. One should substitute ___________ for pudding at the end of a meal.

iv. Antioxidants help to ___________.

v. The word ‘drastically’ in Paragraph(ii) means ___________

vi. Green vegetables reduce the risk of ___________.

vii. Blue and purple vegetables add ___________ in plate.

viii. Colourful diet helps our ___________ to cope with ___________.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Just by the use of colours you  can balance ones diet .

(ii) Sweets and candy bars are generally colorful but remember they do not contain natural colours so they are unhealthy.

(iii) One should substitute fruits for pudding at the end of a meal.

(iv) Antioxidants help to prevent urinary tract infections and diseases related to the circulatory system.

(v) The word 'drastically' in the paragraph II means severely .

(vi) Green vegetables reduce the risk of cancerous tumors .

(vii) Blue and purple vegetables add an element of richness in plate .

(viii) Colourful diet helps our immune system   to cope with diseases .

Explanation:

(NOTE - The words which are not underlined is the question , The words which are underlined are the answers )