Digestive System

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The cells of pancreas are not autodigested by their enzymes as ___________.

  1. its cells are covered by mucus
  2. enzymes are secreted in their inactive forms
  3. enzymes are secreted in active form
  4. these enzymes do not have coenzymes
  5. autodigestion occurs but the cells are renewed many times in the pancreas
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a dilute solution of glucose reaches the small intestine it is _______.

  1. absorbed rapidly by active transport with sodium ions
  2. absorbed by facilitated diffusion like fructose
  3. lost with undigested food as its concentration is very low
  4. absorbed rapidly by passive transport
  5. absorbed slowly
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An organism living in the intestine of man and consuming undigested food without any harm, such relationship is called as ________.

  1. parasitism
  2. commensalism
  3. protocooperation
  4. mutualism
  5. autotrophic nutrition
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not shown by vitamins?

  1. digestion
  2. metabolism
  3. growth
  4. release of energy
  5. antioxidants
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There is an increase in beta cells of langerhans in ________.

  1. hyperinsulinaemia
  2. hypoglycemia
  3. hypoinsulinaemia
  4. hyperinsulinaemia and hypoglycemia
  5. diabetes mellitus
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Digestion of both starch and proteins is done by ___________.

  1. gastric lipase
  2. gastric juice
  3. pancreatic juice
  4. ptyalin
  5. bile juice
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following vitamin should be consumed daily?

  1. Fat soluble
  2. Water soluble
  3. Ether soluble vitamins
  4. Terpene soluble vitamins
  5. Fat and water soluble vitamins both
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If we take food in lime juice then action of ptyalin on starch __________.

  1. is enhanced
  2. is reduced
  3. is unaffected
  4. stops
  5. first increases then decreases
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a woman takes dairy products she complains of diarrhoea and stomach aches. She does not complains when she consumes food other than the dairy products. She is suffering with deficiency of which of these enzymes?

  1. Renin
  2. Lactase
  3. Lipase
  4. Trypsin
  5. Ptyalin
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The function of ductus choledochus is to carry ________.

  1. ova
  2. bile and pancreatic juice
  3. urine
  4. sperms
  5. bile
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the best source of vitamin C?

  1. Glycine max
  2. Arachis hypogea
  3. Embalica officinalis
  4. Citrus indica
  5. Oryza sativa
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hastate plate is present in which part of the alimentry canal?

  1. Cardiac stomach
  2. Pyloric stomach
  3. Fundic stomach
  4. Ileum
  5. Rectum
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not produce any digestive enzyme?

  1. Mouth
  2. Liver
  3. Pancreas
  4. Gastric mucosa
  5. Intestine
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Burning feet syndrome is due to the deficiency of which vitamin?

  1. Vitamin D
  2. Vitamin A
  3. Vitamin B3
  4. Vitamin B5
  5. Vitamin B1
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Formation of glucose from lipids is called _________.

  1. gluconeogenesis
  2. glycognesis
  3. glycogenolysis
  4. lipogenesis
  5. lipolysis
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One of the following is nutritionally essential amino acids. This is _________.

  1. tryptophan
  2. histidine
  3. gLycine
  4. proline
  5. arginine