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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 evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

Meat, milk and eggs mainly supply us with

  1. Hormones

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Proteins

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

Proteins are the major body building biomolecules. Proteins serve a variety of structural and functional roles. Meat, milk and eggs are an important source of proteins. Soybean and other pulses are an important source of plant proteins.

Multiple choice evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

Which of the following has maximum proteins?

  1. Rice

  2. Wheat

  3. Gram

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

Rice and Wheat are cereals belonging to Family Poaceae. They are rich in carbohydrates. Gram and Soybean are legumes of Family Leguminosae. Legumes are rich in proteins. Soyabean is also an important oilseed crop. Among legumes Soyabean are richest source of proteins. Together, soyabean oil and protein content account for about 60% of dry soyabeans by weight (protein at 40% and oil at 20%).

Multiple choice evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

Which of the following plants are rich sources of dietary protein?

  1. Cajanus cajan

  2. Solanum nigrum

  3. Tridax procumbens

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

Cajanus cajan is a puise seed crop and belongs to family Leguminosae. Its english name is pigeon pea and is commonly called Arhar or Toor in hindi. Being a pulse seed crop it is rich in proteins.

Multiple choice evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

The most common concentrated source of proteins for vegetarians in our country is

  1. Potatoes

  2. Meat

  3. Eggs

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

Meat, eggs and pulses are good sources of proteins. Proteins are body building substances and are an important part of a balanced diet. For vegetarian people pulses can be a good source of proteins. Our country produces a variety of 'dals' and these can be consumed as protein sources.

Multiple choice evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

To get ample supply of carbohydrates, one should eat

  1. Meat

  2. Gram

  3. Carrots

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

Carbohydrates provide us energy and are the primary cellular fuel. Carbohydrates can be simple sugars or polymers like cellulose and starch. Cereal grains like rice, wheat, maize etc. are rich in carbohydrates.

Multiple choice evs food components energy from different food components nutritional requirements of the body need for nutrients simple test for nutrients test for nutrients

What is called a guide of healthy foods which is divided into sections ?

  1. Flow chart

  2. Food guide pyramid

  3. Nutrient guide

  4. Food guide tree
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The food guide pyramid is a pyramid-shaped guide of healthy foods divided into sections. Each section shows the recommended intake for each food group (i.e. Protein, Fat, Carbohydrates, and Sugars). Therefore, (b) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice evs sources of food and food habits of animals food material and source forests: our lifeline seed dispersal

Cod and shark liver oil is a source of

  1. Energetic nutrients

  2. Constructive nutrients

  3. Energetic and constructive nutrients

  4. Protective nutrients

  5. Protective and constructive nutrients
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cod and shark liver oils are rich in vitamins A and D, which are classified as protective nutrients because they help maintain health and prevent deficiency diseases.

Multiple choice biology respiration and energy transfer respiratory quotient-basic respiration-plants respiratory quotient

Respiratory quotient of which diet is less than unity?

  1. Carbohydrate

  2. Fats

  3. Organic acid

  4. Sugar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Respiratory quotient (RQ) is defined as the volume of carbon dioxide released to the volume of oxygen absorbed during the process of aerobic respiration. 

As fats are considerably much more reduced form of carbon as compared to carbohydrates and organic acids, their respiration requires much more oxygen as compared to respiration of sugars (carbohydrates) or organic acids. Thus, the value of RQ for fats is less than one.

Multiple choice evs food trends need for nutrients nutrition and its deficiency nutrition and its need balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

The food which includes the essential nutrients in a definite quantity is termed as balanced diet.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nutrients that we obtain through food have vital effects on physical growth and development, maintenance of normal body function, physical activity and health. Nutritious food is, thus needed to sustain life and activity. Our diet must provide all essential nutrients in the required amounts. Requirements of essential nutrients vary with age, gender, physiological status and physical activity. Dietary intakes lower or higher than the body requirements can lead to under nutrition (deficiency diseases) or over nutrition (diseases of affluence) respectively. So, the correct option is 'True'.

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency need for nutrients nutrition and its need nutrients needed by the body

If one's diet exceeds one's need, it is called

  1. Malnutrition

  2. Balanced diet

  3. Over nutrition

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Malnutrition is the condition or state in which the body does not get proper nutrition or get overnutrition (imbalanced nutrition) and as a result a deficiency or excess or imbalanced of energy. 
  • Malnutrition is referred to overnutrition resulting from overeating or excessive intake of specific nutrients. 
  • The amount of nutrients exceeds the amount required for normal growth, development, and metabolism. Hence, If one's diet exceeds one's need, it is called overnutrition.
So, the correct answer is 'over nutrition'.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Which of the following regarding the dietary requirements of the major food stuffs is correct?

  1. Adults can synthesise all of the amino acids found in proteins.

  2. Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

  3. Edema is a characteristic feature of marasmus.

  4. People whose diets are low in fats often suffer from fatty acid deficiency diseases.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is the Malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet.

Symptoms include abdominal swelling, diarrhoea, enlarged liver, frequent infections, generalized infections, failure to thrive, severe unintentional weight loss, swelling in extremities, apathy, hair loss, irritability, middle ear infection, or skin rash. Hence Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

So, the correct option is 'Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor'.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A doctor advises a person to have more meat, butter, milk,
eggs in his diet. The person is

  1. Suffering from scurvy

  2. Cannot see in dark

  3. Suffering from rickets

  4. Suffering from Kwashiorkar disease
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a malnutrition disease which occurs due to the deficiency of protein in the diet of children, though the diet may contain adequate amounts of carbohydrate. Meat butter, milk and eggs are richest source of protein.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A patient is advised to specially consume more meat, lentil, milk and eggs in diet when the patient suffers from

  1. Kwashiorkor

  2. Scurvy

  3. Rickets

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

Meat, lentils, milk, and eggs are high-protein foods. A patient is advised to consume these to treat protein deficiency, which manifests as Kwashiorkor.