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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

What does Caribou provide?

  1. Meat and skin.

  2. Meat, milk and non-shrinkable wool.

  3. Meat and fur.

  4. Meat and blubber for fuel.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Caribou (reindeer) are essential to Arctic populations, providing meat, milk, and hides/fur. The option 'non-shrinkable wool' is likely a distractor or refers to specific breeds of sheep, not caribou.

Multiple choice colon punctuation english

Choose the sentence with the correct usage of 'colon' in it.

  1. A balanced diet: should contain vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates.

  2. A balanced diet should contain the following: vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates.

  3. A balanced diet should contain vitamins: minerals: and carbohydrates.

  4. A balanced diet should: contain the following vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A colon is used to introduce a list or an explanation after an independent clause. Option B correctly uses the colon to introduce the list of items.

Multiple choice zoology environmental issues solid waste management

What do we get from pastic waste?

  1. Oil

  2. Fats

  3. Leather

  4. Food
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Through processes like pyrolysis, plastic waste can be broken down into hydrocarbons, which can be refined into fuels such as oil.

Multiple choice

How can you tell if cranberries are ripe?

  1. Only if they're green.

  2. If you drop them................they bounce.

  3. If you bite into them and they ooze juice.

  4. If you bite into them, they crunch.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A traditional method for testing the ripeness of cranberries is to drop them; ripe cranberries contain air pockets that cause them to bounce, whereas unripe or rotten ones do not.

Multiple choice

It hurts to eat pineapple because...

  1. It has a high concentration of citrus

  2. It has microscopic shards of its shell in the "meat"

  3. It has an enzyme which actively breaks down animal tissue

  4. It makes your nerves hypersensitive
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pineapple contains bromelain, a mixture of enzymes that digest proteins. When you eat pineapple, it effectively begins to digest the tissues in your mouth, which causes the sensation of soreness.

Multiple choice

What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

  1. Sugar

  2. Rice

  3. Dried Beans

  4. Honey
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Honey is hygroscopic and acidic, which creates an environment where bacteria cannot survive, allowing it to remain edible indefinitely if stored properly.

Multiple choice botany plant breeding biotechnology for improved food quality plant breeding for food production

A wheat variety, Atlas 66, which has been used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat is rich in ___________.

  1. Iron

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Proteins

  4. Vitamins
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Atlas 66 is a famous wheat variety developed through biofortification specifically to increase protein content. It has been widely used in breeding programs to improve the nutritional value of wheat.

Multiple choice botany plant breeding biotechnology for improved food quality plant breeding for food production

Bread fortified with folate can help in 

  1. Bone development

  2. Neurological development

  3. Fetal development

  4. Both B and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Biofortification is the method in which the food is added or supplemented with the required nutrients. It is a process of breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fat content. The folate is responsible for the spinal cord development and development of the brain. An adequate amount of folate taken by the pregnant women prevents the chances of neural tube defects in the foetus. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

Multiple choice biology reaching the age of adolescence maintaining the reproductive health the age of adolescence adolescence

Which of the following is/are not considered as a balanced diet for adolescence?

  1. Pulses

  2. Aerated drinks

  3. Alcohol

  4. Both B and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fast food, alcohol, aerated drinks are never healthy for any age groups. It is because the junk foods contain more oil, calories and sugars but no nutritional value. During adolescence, there is a more nutritional  requirement. Thus, it is never advisory for that age group.

Multiple choice biology reaching the age of adolescence maintaining the reproductive health the age of adolescence adolescence

Why is it essential to take protein rich diet during puberty?

  1. To get sufficient energy

  2. For rapid growth and development

  3. For formation of strong bones and teeth

  4. To protect oneself from diseases
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Protein rich foods are important for your child's growth and muscles development, specially during puberty. It also meets energy requirements too.

Multiple choice biology reaching the age of adolescence maintaining the reproductive health the age of adolescence adolescence

At puberty, a diet rich in proteins is essential for

  1. Supplying sufficient energy

  2. The formation of new cells for growth

  3. The formation of strong bones and teeth

  4. Protection from diseases
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

At puberty, a diet rich in proteins is essential for the formation of new cells for growth. Amino acids are assimilated and transformed by our body into other proteins which help in the building of new cells for growth.

Calcium and vitamin-D are essential for the formation of strong bones and teeth.
Fats are responsible for supplying sufficient energy.
Vitamin C is essential to boost our immune system to fight against diseases.
So, the correct answer is option B.