Prevention of Disability: JAMB Physical and Health Education Questions, Answers & Notes

What Prevention of Disability covers in the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus

Prevention of disability means stopping the conditions that cause disability before they happen — and prevention is better than cure. Key preventive measures include immunisation (vaccination) against diseases like polio, good antenatal (prenatal) care to prevent birth defects, avoiding harmful drugs and alcohol during pregnancy, following safety and road-safety rules to prevent disabling accidents, wearing protective gear in sport, eating a balanced diet to prevent deficiency conditions (like rickets), maintaining good hygiene and sanitation to reduce disabling diseases, and early detection and treatment of illness before it causes lasting harm. Health education teaches people how to apply all these measures. The main point: disability can be prevented through immunisation, good antenatal care, safety, good nutrition, hygiene and early treatment of illness.

For Prevention of Disability, JAMB expects you to be able to:

• State that disability can be prevented (prevention better than cure)
• Recall preventive measures (immunisation, antenatal care, safety rules, balanced diet, hygiene)
• Recall early detection/treatment, avoiding harmful substances in pregnancy, protective gear and health education

Key facts & revision notes: Prevention of Disability

These are the recurring points our Prevention of Disability questions test — revise them until each feels automatic, then practise the questions above to lock them in.

• Prevention of disability means stopping the conditions that cause disability before they happen.
• Immunisation (vaccination) against diseases like polio helps prevent disability.
• Good antenatal (prenatal) care helps prevent birth defects and disability.
• Following safety rules helps prevent disabling accidents.
• A balanced diet prevents deficiency conditions (like rickets) that can cause disability.
• Early detection and treatment of illness can prevent it from causing disability.
• Avoiding harmful drugs and alcohol during pregnancy helps protect the unborn child from disability.
• Wearing protective gear in sport helps prevent disabling injuries.
• Good hygiene and sanitation reduce diseases that can cause disability.
• Health education teaches people how to prevent disability.
• Road safety measures reduce accidents that cause disability.
• Prevention is better than cure — it is easier to prevent disability than to treat it.
• Immunisation helps prevent disability from polio.
• Good antenatal care helps prevent birth defects.
• Following safety rules prevents disabling accidents.
• A balanced diet prevents deficiency conditions.
• Early treatment of illness can prevent disability.
• Good hygiene reduces disease that can disable.
• Prevention is better than cure.
• The main point is that disability can be prevented through immunisation, good antenatal care, safety, good nutrition, hygiene and early treatment of illness.

Worked examples

Three Prevention of Disability questions with the answer and a short explanation, so you can see how the topic is set before you practise the full set.

How Prevention of Disability is tested in JAMB Physical and Health Education

Our Prevention of Disability bank holds 20 questions (1 easy, 16 medium, 3 hard). JAMB Physical and Health Education typically returns to Prevention of Disability year after year, so steady practice on this topic is high-value revision. Questions are multiple-choice with four options, and at UTME pace you get roughly 40 seconds each — which is why timed practice matters.

How to answer Prevention of Disability questions

Work the stem first and predict the answer before you look at the options; then eliminate the ones that contradict the key facts above. Watch for “which is not…”, “all of the above” and “except” style stems, which are where rushed candidates lose easy marks on Prevention of Disability. If a calculation or a precise definition is involved, work it from first principles rather than guessing from a half-remembered rule. When two options look right, re-read the stem for the qualifier that separates them — JAMB rarely repeats an option by accident. If you are still unsure, eliminate the two weakest choices to lift your odds, flag the question, and move on; never burn a full minute on one Physical and Health Education item when the exam gives you about forty seconds each. Then come back to flagged questions with whatever time remains. The single most reliable way to get faster at Prevention of Disability is repeated timed practice, so use the button above until the recurring patterns feel automatic.

Common mistakes to avoid in Prevention of Disability

The errors that cost marks on Prevention of Disability are usually careless rather than conceptual: misreading a negative stem, confusing two similar terms, or rushing a definition you actually know. Candidates also over-rely on “expo” and last-minute cramming instead of understanding the topic — which fails the moment JAMB rephrases a familiar idea. Treat every option as a claim to be checked against the facts above, keep your working tidy for any calculation, and don’t change a considered answer on a hunch. Above all, revise Prevention of Disability actively by answering questions, not just by re-reading notes — recall under time is what the exam rewards.

Frequently asked questions

Is Prevention of Disability part of the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus?

Yes. Prevention of Disability is a recognised topic in the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus, covering state that disability can be prevented (prevention better than cure). You should be able to recall its key facts and apply them to multiple-choice questions.

How many Prevention of Disability questions can I practise on Belmadeng?

There are 20 original, JAMB-standard Prevention of Disability questions in our free bank, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. You can practise them untimed or as a timed test.

What are the most important points to know about Prevention of Disability?

Prevention of disability means stopping the conditions that cause disability before they happen — and prevention is better than cure. Key preventive measures include immunisation (vaccination) against diseases like polio, good antenatal (prenatal) care to prevent birth defects, avoiding harmful drug…

How do I answer Prevention of Disability questions quickly in JAMB?

Read the stem carefully, eliminate clearly wrong options, and match the remaining choices to the key facts for Prevention of Disability. Practising timed Prevention of Disability questions builds the speed you need for UTME's pace of about 40 seconds per question.

Are these JAMB Physical and Health Education Prevention of Disability questions past questions or original?

They are original questions written to JAMB (UTME) standard and mapped to the official syllabus — not reproduced past papers. This keeps them legal to use freely while closely mirroring how the real exam tests the topic.

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About these questions: original, JAMB-standard items written from the official UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (last reviewed 2026-09-18). Belmadeng is an independent study platform and is not affiliated with JAMB. Spotted an error? Use the report link.