Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The possible ill-effects of contraceptives include nausea, abdominal pain, breakthrough bleeding, irregular menstrual bleeding or even ovarian cancer.
Statement II: The selection of a suitable contraceptive method and its use should always be undertaken in consultation with qualified medical professionals.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Contraceptives are used against a natural event, conception, and so they need care. NCERT advises that the method should be chosen with qualified medical professionals, and it lists the possible ill-effects.
Statement I: The possible ill-effects of contraceptives include nausea, abdominal pain, breakthrough bleeding, irregular menstrual bleeding or even ovarian cancer. — False. The list in NCERT ends with breast cancer, not ovarian cancer. The other ill-effects named are correct.
Statement II: The selection of a suitable contraceptive method and its use should always be undertaken in consultation with qualified medical professionals. — True. NCERT stresses this point before discussing the ill-effects.
So Statement I is false and Statement II is true.
NCERT Extract:
Population Stabilisation and Birth Control – “It needs to be emphasised that the selection of a suitable contraceptive method and its use should always be undertaken in consultation with qualified medical professionals. One must also remember that contraceptives are not regular requirements for the maintenance of reproductive health. … However, their possible ill-effects like nausea, abdominal pain, breakthrough bleeding, irregular menstrual bleeding or even breast cancer, though not very significant, should not be totally ignored.”