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World Cuisines and Foods

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World Cuisine and Food questions test your familiarity with international dishes, traditional recipes, and culinary terms. Topics include French pastries, Japanese broths, and Italian pasta varieties. A good grasp of global culinary facts aids the general awareness section.

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World Cuisines and Foods Questions

Multiple choice social studies cooperatives and consumer empowerment understanding advertising media and advertisement advertisements

Which coloured mark denotes non-vegetarian edibles?

  1. Green

  2. Brown

  3. Black

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

In India, it is mandatory for all food manufacturers to indicate as to whether the food item contains any non-vegetarian ingredients or not. To enable the consumer to know whether any packaged food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, this will be indicated in the form of a brown circle in square or green circle in a square on the package. A brown circle is used to indicate the presence of non-vegetarian ingredients in the food item, while a green circle indicates that the food item is vegetarian. The green circle and brown circle in a square are indicated as veg & non-veg logos respectively.

Multiple choice

Which vegetable is usually eaten raw?

  1. potato

  2. asparagus

  3. celery

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

Celery is commonly consumed raw in salads or as a snack. Potatoes and Brussels sprouts are almost always cooked before consumption.

Multiple choice

Which of these is NOT edible?

  1. strawberry seeds

  2. chicken skin

  3. peach pit

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

Peach pits contain amygdalin, which releases cyanide when digested, making them toxic and inedible. The other items listed are commonly consumed or safe to eat.

Multiple choice superlatives (biggest, highest, largest, smallest) : india and world superlatives and first in india and world general knowledge

Which of the following type of coffee has the finest flavour and is the most important in world trade?

  1. Robusta

  2. Liberica

  3. Afabica

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

Arabica coffee is widely considered to have the finest flavour and is the most traded variety globally. The option 'Afabica' is a clear typo for 'Arabica'.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Taste buds for umami is mainly found in

  1. Indian

  2. American

  3. Japanese

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

Umami is the fifth taste which detects the flavour of savoury. This taste receptor was found mostly in the Japanese. Many food preparations in Japan has a savoury flavour. These people are known to make a combination of food which has savoury flavour. So, it is considered that the taste buds for umami flavour are mainly found in the people of Japan. This taste is detected with the help of glutamate specific taste receptors because there is more amount of glutamate in the savoury food.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.  

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Which of the following taste was identified by Kikunae Ikeda?

  1. Sour

  2. Umami

  3. Sweet

  4. Salt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The umami taste was identified by Japanese chemist kikunae Ikeda. The taste signals the presence of the amino acid L- glutamate which triggers a pleasurable response and thus encourages the intake of peptides and proteins.
So, the correct answer is option B.
Multiple choice india: states and union territories overview of india general knowledge

This seven layered pudding is a delicacy in Goa, Portugal and other former portuguese colonies all over the world. Name it.

  1. Xacuti

  2. Peach Melba

  3. Vindalboo

  4. Berbinca
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Bebinca is a traditional Goan layered dessert, also known as the Queen of Goan sweets. It is baked for all festive occasions in Goa.
  • Its main ingredients are flour, sugar, coconut milk, egg yolks and nutmeg.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

What is referred to as green gold?

  1. Coffee

  2. Tea

  3. Gold

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

Tea is also called as green gold. This is because of different reasons. One reason is that the tea is considered very precious and is exported to many other parts. The other reason why it is called so is that when there was the requirement of labours in Assam people were given false hopes that there is a green gold in the tea plantations and were brought from central parts of India to work in Assam tea plantations.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops


Among the different types of coffee, __________ coffee is considered to be the best.

  1. Robusta

  2. Arabica

  3. Liberian

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

Arabica
Coffea arabica, also known as the Arabian coffee, "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee", or "arabica coffee", is a species of Coffea. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, and is the dominant cultivar, representing some 60% of global production.