1.(iv) Rectify the given false statement. Playing a sport and consuming a lot of convenience food balances weight gain and reduces body fat.
1.(iv) Rectify the given false statement. Playing a sport and consuming a lot of convenience food balances weight gain and reduces body fat.
Official answer
The statement is false. Playing a sport combined with a HEALTHY DIET (not a lot of convenience food) helps to burn calories, reduce body fat and manage weight. Convenience food is in fact a cause of weight gain, so eating a lot of it would work against, not support, the benefits of playing a sport.
Marking scheme
- 1.1 mark for correcting the statement so that playing a sport is combined with a HEALTHY DIET (not convenience food) to burn calories/reduce body fat/manage weight.
- 2.Credit given if the student clearly indicates the statement is false and supplies the accurate version.
- 3.No mark for merely writing 'false' without the correction, or for changing an element the passage does not require.
Hint
Find what paragraph 3 says sport must be 'combined with' — it is not convenience food.
Quick oral answer
The statement is wrong: sport works only when paired with a healthy diet, not lots of convenience food — convenience food actually causes weight gain.
Common mistakes
- 1.Writing only 'False' without providing the corrected sentence.
- 2.Correcting the wrong part of the sentence (e.g., changing 'playing a sport') instead of replacing 'convenience food' with 'healthy diet'.
- 3.Adding information not in the passage, such as naming specific foods or exercise durations.
Analysis and explanation
A 1-mark error-correction task: identify the false claim and correct only the wrong element, using paragraph 3.
Concept: Precise substitution — change only the incorrect part of the statement while keeping the rest intact.
Key points
- The false claim pairs sport with 'a lot of convenience food' as the cause of weight/fat reduction.
- Passage: benefit comes when sport is 'Combined with a healthy diet'; convenience food is actually listed as a cause of weight gain.
- Correction: replace 'a lot of convenience food' with 'a healthy diet'.
Common mistakes
- Writing only 'False' without supplying the correction (earns no mark).
- Rewriting the whole sentence instead of substituting just the wrong element.
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Interesting facts
Nutritionists often summarise this idea as 'you can't out-train a bad diet' — precisely the point paragraph 3 makes by insisting sport be paired with a healthy diet.
The phrase 'convenience food' entered common use in the 1960s with the spread of frozen and instant meals; it prizes speed of preparation over nutritional quality, which is why the passage treats it as a weight-gain risk.
Question details
Q4 of 53 questions
- Board
- CBSE
- Class
- Class 10
- Subject
- English (Communicative)
- Year
- 2026
- Section
- Section A
- Marks
- 1
- Type
- Very Short Answer
- Chapter
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- Passage 1, Paragraph 3 - rectify false statement
- Bloom's level
- analyze
- Syllabus topic
- Section A: Reading Skills — Unseen Discursive Passage (Sports, Health and Fitness): Identifying and correcting a false statement using the text
- Author
- CBSE
- Reviewed by
- Padhantu Academic Team
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Frequently asked questions
What exactly is wrong in the statement?
It says consuming a lot of convenience food together with sport balances weight gain, but paragraph 3 lists convenience food as a cause of weight gain. The correct pairing for burning fat is sport plus a healthy diet.
Do I need to write the whole corrected sentence?
Yes. For the mark you must both indicate the statement is false and give the corrected version replacing 'convenience food' with 'a healthy diet'. Writing 'false' alone is not enough.