NEETZoologyReproductive Health
What qualities should an ideal contraceptive have?
Options
- AExpensive and complex to use
- BUser-friendly, easily available, effective, and reversible with no or least side-effects
- CPermanent and irreversible
- DEffective with many side-effects
Correct answer
B. User-friendly, easily available, effective, and reversible with no or least side-effects
Step-by-step solution
An ideal contraceptive should be user-friendly, easily available, effective and reversible with no or least side-effects. It also should in no way interfere with the sexual drive, desire and/or the sexual act of the user . A wide range of contraceptive methods are presently available which could be broadly grouped into the following categories, namely Natural/Traditional, Barrier, IUDs, Oral contraceptives, Injectables, Implants and Surgical methods.