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Nutrition and Food Sources

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Nutrition and Food Sources questions test your knowledge of vitamins, dietary minerals, carbohydrates, and specialized dietary principles. This topic is commonly asked in railway, SSC, and UPSC exams. Review these questions to master the biological and health aspects of human nutrition.

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Nutrition and Food Sources Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the dietary requirements of the major foodstuffs by an individual?

  1. Adults can synthesize all of the essential amino acids in their bodies.

  2. Children serving with a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

  3. Edema is a particular feature of marasmus.

  4. An individual taking a diet low in fats often suffers from fatty acid deficiency diseases.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Children whose diet is protein deficient are at a risk of developing kwashiorkor.

Multiple choice

Which of the following foods is not a body building food?

  1. Butter

  2. Pulses

  3. Milk

  4. Meat

  5. Egg
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It comes under the food group called energy giving foods. These types of foods will contain both carbohydrates and fats. Carbohydrates are the main sources of energy and fats give us almost double the amount of energy given by the same amount of carbohydrates.

Multiple choice

Which of the following food components can yield energy in the absence of major energy makers?

  1. Vitamins

  2. Dietary fibre

  3. Water

  4. Proteins

  5. Minerals
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

These materials are for making hormones, muscle and other essential biological equipments. When there is a shortage of fats or carbohydrates, these proteins can also yield energy. As fuel proteins contain 4 kcal per gram just like carbohydrates and unlike lipids which contain 9 kcal per gram.

Multiple choice

Which of the following major components of food can provide energy for our body?

  1. Vitamins

  2. Minerals

  3. Lipids

  4. Roughage

  5. Dietary fibre
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Fat (lipids) provides insulation for the body and padding around internal organs. Some dietary fat is needed as a source of essential fatty acids for fat-soluble vitamins. Several nutrients are found in fat including vitamins A, D, E, K and essential fatty acids.

Multiple choice

Which carbohydrate consumption will cause a balanced and controlled release of sugar into our body system?

  1. Table sugar

  2. Candy

  3. Fried chips

  4. Milk

  5. Sweet potato
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The sweet potato is loaded with fibre, vitamins, minerals and micronutrients. It is a complex carbohydrate that is digested more slowly, so glucose enters the bloodstream at a rate of only 2 calories per minute. Our digestive system breaks a complex carbohydrate (starch) back down into its component glucose molecules so that the glucose can enter our bloodstream. It takes a lot longer to break down a starch. Complex carbohydrates are like time-release capsules of sugar. Unlike simple carbohydrates these complex carbohydrates cause a balanced and controlled release of sugar into our system. As a result there is only fewer turning to fat and insulin remains stable.

Multiple choice

What type of food is recommended for mountaineers?

  1. Fast food

  2. Paranthas and cereals

  3. Chocolate drinks and nuts

  4. Fish, meat, chapattis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

They are recommended to take high energy food like nuts, sweets, cookies, condensed milk chocolate drinks etc.