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Multiple choice evs - i food and health effect on general health diet, drugs and disease nourishment and malnutrition diseases caused by changes in lifestyle

Balanced diet should have

  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4

  4. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A balanced diet typically emphasizes carbohydrates as the primary energy source, followed by smaller portions of proteins and fats. Option D provides a standard ratio of 60% (3/5) carbohydrates, 20% (1/5) protein, and 20% (1/5) fat.

Multiple choice evs - i food and health effect on general health diet, drugs and disease nourishment and malnutrition diseases caused by changes in lifestyle

Balanced diet should have

  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5

  4. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • A balanced diet is a diet that contains the quality and proportions of nutrients needed to maintain good health and to sustain life. In a balanced diet, 45-65% of the diet should come from carbohydrates, 20-35% of the diet should come from fats and 10-15% of the diet should come from protein.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice evs - i food and health effect on general health diet, drugs and disease nourishment and malnutrition diseases caused by changes in lifestyle

Which of the following contain zero value calories?

  1. Milk

  2. Egg

  3. Cocca cola/ soft drink

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

Zero calorie food or negative calorie foods do contain some calories but without any nutritional value. Of the given options, Cocoa Cola or soft drinks are ones that contain zero value calories.

Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

Crimson red appearance indicates the adulteration of which food items?

  1. Skimmed milk

  2. Mustard oil

  3. Ghee

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

Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Generally, ghee is adultered with vanaspati. However, when ghee is adultered with coal tar dyes. This adulteration is detected by adding hydrochloric acid to the ghee. The appearance of crimson red colour indicates the adulteration of ghee with coal tar dye.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

The reading of 1.026 in the lactometer shows 

  1. Adulterated milk

  2. Unadulterated milk

  3. Adulterated ghee

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

Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. The most common adulterant used in milk is water. The water adulteration in a milk can be detected by using lactometer. When water is added to milk, the density of the milk decreases and this is detected using lactometer.The reading below 1.026 in the lactometer indicates adulteration of milk with water. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

Nitric acid is used to detect adulteration in which of these food items?

  1. Skimmed milk

  2. Ghee

  3. Beverages

  4. Mustard oil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. Mustard oil is mostly adulterated with argemone oil. To detect the argemone oil in mustard oil, concentrated nitric acid is used. If the red or reddish brown colour appears in the acid layer, then it is adulterated with argemone oil. 
Thus, the correct answer is option D.
Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

Which of the following disease is caused by the consumption of adulterated food?

  1. Typhoid

  2. Dropsy

  3. Botulism

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

Oedema is also called dropsy and hydropsy. It is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body. It occurs due to poisoning by Argemone mexicana. Argemone mexicana seed oil is generally added as an adulterant into the edible oil.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

Sand, grit, iron filings and chalk powder are the common adulterants of

  1. Soji

  2. Coffee powder

  3. Common salts

  4. Wheat flour
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. In soji, sand, grit, iron filings, chalk powder are added as an adulterant.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
Multiple choice biology food and health adulteration of food food adulteration food and human health

Select the correct pair of food items and its adulterants.

  1. Ghee- vanaspati

  2. Mustard- kesari dal

  3. Turmeric powder- iron filings

  4. Ice cream- sugar syrup
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. Ghee is generally adulterated with the cheap substitute, vanaspati. Mustard seeds are adulterated with argemone seeds. Turmeric powder is adulterated with aniline dye or metanil yellow colour. Ice creams are generally adulterated with washing powder.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.