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Food and Nutrition

Questions about nutrients, vitamins, food sources, and dietary health

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the disease in which bones become soft and bent?

  1. Goitre
  2. Night blindness
  3. Beri beri
  4. Anaemia
  5. Rickets
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A food item was tested in the laboratory by using iodine solution. A blue-black colour appeared. This indicates the presence of __________.

  1. roughage
  2. sugar
  3. protein
  4. starch
  5. fat
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the odd one out based on where they are obtained from?

  1. Chapatti
  2. Dal
  3. Popcorn
  4. Egg
  5. Rice
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Soyabean, fish, meat, milk and eggs are rich in proteins. What kind of food nutrient are proteins?

  1. Energy giving
  2. Body building
  3. Fattening
  4. Protective
  5. Wound healing
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Vitamin D helps to utilise ______ from food in order to make healthy bones and teeth.

  1. iron
  2. calcium
  3. protein
  4. iodine
  5. folic acid
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Bow legs in children is indicative of rickets. Rickets can be prevented by _________.

  1. proteins
  2. iron
  3. vitamin D
  4. fat
  5. sugar
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a source of vitamin C?

  1. Lemon
  2. Meat
  3. Guava
  4. Amla
  5. Orange
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

  1. Calciferol : Vitamins D
  2. Retinol : Vitamin A
  3. Thiamine : Vitamin B
  4. Niacin : Vitamin C
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases can dietary fibres prevent?

  1. Jaundice
  2. Constipation
  3. Diarrhoea
  4. Measles
  5. Diabetes
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Components in food, which are needed by our body for its growth and development are called _________.

  1. materials
  2. elements
  3. nutrients
  4. roughage
  5. compounds
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Out of the following five food items, which one should not be consumed by a person who has the problem of acidity?

  1. Lemon
  2. Bread
  3. Milk
  4. Rice
  5. Butter
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following animals is a carnivore?

  1. Deer
  2. Cat
  3. Buffalo
  4. Giraffe
  5. Goat
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following has the maximum energy value per 100 grams of edible portion?

  1. Maize
  2. Banana
  3. Sweet biscuits
  4. Rice
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A student was told that animals like bear, crow, etc. are omnivores. What is an omnivore?

  1. An animal that has a long life span.
  2. Animals which eat both plants and animals.
  3. An animal that moves around a lot.
  4. An animals that can fly.
  5. An animals that gives birth to young ones.
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