NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Civics Chapter 2 – Role of the Government in Health 1. In this chapter, you have read that health is a wider concept than illness. Observe this quote from the Constitution and explain the terms ‘living standard’ and ‘public health’ in your own words. An important aspect of the Constitution says it is the “duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health”. Living standard means how well someone lives based on their wealth, comfort, belongings, and health. Good hygiene shows a higher living standard, while poor hygiene shows a lower one. For example, living in clean places and eating clean food indicate a good living standard, while living in dirty places and eating unclean food indicate a low one. Public health is about protecting and improving the health of a whole community through education, making rules, and studying how to stop diseases and injuries. Measures like how many people die, how man...