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Components of Food

Components of Food, Science, Biology, VI, Nutrients, Body Building Food, Protective Food, Energy Giving Food, Roughage

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(a) The presence of blue-black colour indicates the presence of proteins in a food item.
(b) Vitamin A keeps our skin and eyes healthy.
(c) Balanced diet provides all the nutrients that our body needs, in right quantities along with adequate amount of roughage and water.

  1. Only (a)
  2. Only (b)
  3. Only (c)
  4. Both (b) and (c)
  5. Both (a) and (c)
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a good source of vitamin C?

  1. Fish liver
  2. Banana
  3. Egg
  4. Lemon
  5. Coconut
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the main source of energy in our body?

  1. Carbohydrate
  2. Protein
  3. Fat
  4. Mineral
  5. Vitamin
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fats are __________.

  1. body building foods
  2. energy bank of the foods
  3. inorganic compounds
  4. fibrous components of the diet
  5. needed for repair of tissues
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is a good source of proteins?

  1. Cabbage and ghee
  2. Banana and fish
  3. Spinach and Cereals
  4. Pulses and cereals
  5. Pulses and milk
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is good for preventing constipation?

  1. Milk and eggs
  2. Cereals and pulses
  3. Fish and oil
  4. Fruits and vegetables
  5. Vegetables and eggs
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following causes scurvy?

  1. Deficiency of roughage
  2. Deficiency of vitamin D
  3. Deficiency of iron
  4. Deficiency of vitamin B
  5. Deficiency of vitamin C
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

  1. Vitamin K
  2. Vitamin A
  3. Vitamin C
  4. Vitamin E
  5. Vitamin D
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is used to test the presence of starch in a potato?

  1. Water
  2. Caustic soda
  3. Iodine
  4. Copper sulphate
  5. Sunlight
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following mineral salts is/are necessary for the proper working of thyroid?

  1. Iron
  2. Calcium
  3. Phosphorus
  4. Iodine
  5. All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The indigestible materials in food are known as

  1. carbohydrates
  2. proteins
  3. fats
  4. roughages
  5. vitamins
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Vitamin A promotes growth and vision.
  2. Magnesium is helpful in bone and teeth formation.
  3. Fibrous food is good for proper movement of food in alimentary canal.
  4. Iron helps make the blood red.
  5. Roughage contains all the components of food.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can be a reason for the diseases kwashiorkor and marasumas?

  1. Deficiency of fats
  2. Deficiency of proteins
  3. Deficiency of vitamins
  4. Deficiency of minerals
  5. Deficiency of carbohydrates
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Overnutrition can caus

  1. night blindness
  2. Beri beri
  3. Anemia
  4. Obesity
  5. Goitre
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match Column I (food as a source of mineral) with Column II (mineral).
Column I Column II
1. Milk, meat and eggs A. Iodine
2. Vegetables, mineral water and iodised salt B. Iron
3. Green leafy vegetables and fish liver C. Phosphorus
  1. 1 - A, 2 - B, 3 - C
  2. 1 - B, 2 - C, 3 - A
  3. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - B
  4. 1 - B, 2 - A, 3 - C
  5. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - A
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