Vital Nutrients

Components of Food

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The disease beriberi is caused due to the deficiency of

  1. vitamin A
  2. vitamin D
  3. vitamin B1
  4. vitamin B2
  5. vitamin C
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following vitamins is required in the largest quantity by the body?

  1. Vitamin B6
  2. Vitamin C
  3. Vitamin B2
  4. Vitamin B1
  5. Vitamin B12
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How much water is present in the blood vessels?

  1. 2 litres
  2. 4 litres
  3. 1 litre
  4. 0.5 litres
  5. 1.5 litres
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a major source of roughage in our body?

  1. Salad
  2. Fish
  3. Corn cob
  4. Skinned grains
  5. Vegetables and fruits
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following vitamins do not dissolve in water?

  1. Vitamins A and D
  2. Vitamin A
  3. Vitamin D
  4. Vitamin C
  5. Vitamins A and C
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deficiency of vitamin D causes

  1. rickets
  2. pimpled skin
  3. night blindness
  4. lowered resistance to infections
  5. heart failure
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pernicious anaemia is caused due to the deficiency of

  1. vitamin A
  2. vitamin C
  3. vitamin D
  4. vitamin B6
  5. vitamin B12
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dental cavities are formed due to the lack of which of the following?

  1. Sodium
  2. Phosphorus
  3. Iron
  4. Potassium
  5. Fluorine
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Orange is a rich source of

  1. vitamin B1
  2. vitamin B2
  3. vitamin B6
  4. vitamin A
  5. vitamin D
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following nutrients is provided by amla and tomatoes?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B1
  3. Vitamin C
  4. Vitamin D
  5. Vitamin B2
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sunrays provide us with which of the following nutrients?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin C
  3. Vitamin D
  4. Vitamin B1
  5. Vitamin B6
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the main function of vitamin A?

  1. Normal growth in children
  2. Good vision
  3. Healthy skin
  4. Resistance to infections
  5. Important for heart
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?

  1. Vitamin C
  2. Vitamin B1
  3. Vitamin B2
  4. Vitamin B6
  5. B12
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following acts as the temperature regulator of the body?

  1. Calcium
  2. Vitamin A
  3. Vitamin D
  4. Protein
  5. Water
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Haemoglobin is formed by which of the following?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin D
  3. Iron
  4. Calcium
  5. Vitamin C