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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 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.

Multiple choice
  1. Honey

  2. RBEI Canteen food

  3. Sugar juice

  4. Lime juice

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Honey is known for its long shelf life and does not spoil if stored properly due to its low moisture and acidic pH.

Multiple choice
  1. sweet

  2. salty

  3. umami

  4. spicy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The five basic tastes recognized by humans are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. Spicy is a sensation of heat or pain detected by somatosensory receptors, not a taste bud receptor.

Multiple choice
  1. pork intestines

  2. Fish eggs

  3. chicken fingers

  4. frog legs

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Morcilla is a traditional Spanish blood sausage, which, like many traditional sausages, is encased in pork intestines and filled with pork blood, fat, and fillers like rice or onions. The other options, such as fish eggs or chicken fingers, are completely unrelated to this type of sausage.