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Nutrition

Comprehensive quiz covering vitamins, minerals, proteins, digestion, and deficiency diseases

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Gastric - Pepsin
  2. Stomach - Hydrochloric acid
  3. Bile - Pancreas
  4. Saliva - Ptyalin
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to ICMR, calcium requirement during the pregnancy is _____mg/day.

  1. 234
  2. 1200
  3. 400-500
  4. 322
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Iodine is the important constituent of _____, the hormone secreted by thyroid gland.

  1. vasopressin
  2. oxytocin
  3. thyroxin
  4. none of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In plants, vitamin A is present in the form of

  1. beta naphthalene
  2. carotene
  3. chain molecules
  4. aldehyde
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following helps in the manufacturing of HCL for gastric secretion?

  1. Chlorine
  2. Sodium
  3. Magnesium
  4. Potassium
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The chemical name of vitamin E is

  1. tocopherol
  2. calciferol
  3. carotene
  4. maltose
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_____ is found mainly in pancreas and may have an important role in the storage of insulin in the glands.

  1. Cobalt
  2. Copper
  3. Sodium
  4. Zinc
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The colour of cow’s milk is slightly yellowish due to the presence of _______.

  1. Xanthophylls
  2. Riboflavin
  3. Ribulose
  4. Carotene
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deficiency of which vitamin causes the cracking of lips at the corner?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B2
  3. Vitamin C
  4. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Soybeans and ____ is/are the only plant foods which contain first class proteins.

  1. nuts
  2. carrot
  3. pumpkin
  4. potato
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The disease likely to occur due to an increased consumption of the fats is

  1. obesity
  2. atherosclerosis
  3. hyperlipidemia
  4. all of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Carnassial teeth present in carnivores are known as

  1. sectorial teeth
  2. shearing teeth
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which gut hormone is responsible for promoting appetite?

  1. Leptin
  2. Grehlin
  3. Peptide YY
  4. CCK
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
1.Beri beri 
|        a.(Vitamin B12-cobalamin),
|

| 2.Pellagra
| b. (B3-niacin)
|
| 3.Anemia
| c. (C-ascorbic acid)
|
| 4. Scurvy
| d. (Vitamin B1-thiamine)
|

  1. 1-(d), 2- (b), 3-(c) and 4-(a)
  2. 1-(d), 2-(b), 3-(a) and 4-(c)
  3. 1-(b), 2-(d), 3-(c) and 4-(a)
  4. 1-(a), 2-(b), 3-(d) and 4-(c)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A starving person digests the stored food in the order

  1. proteins - fats - glycogen
  2. glycogen - fats - proteins
  3. glycogen - proteins - fats
  4. fats - glycogen - protein
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