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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

The major cause of diarrhoea in children is

  1. a bacterial infection

  2. a viral infection

  3. antibiotics

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

Diarrhoeal diseases are a group of intestinal infections, including food poisoning. The causative agents are mainly bacteria such as Staphylococus, Clostridium, Escherichia coli, Shigella, Salmonella etc.

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

Richmond-Lang effect is 

  1. The effect of kinetins in delaying senescence

  2. The effect of colines on root and shoot formation

  3. The effect of traumatic acid in wound formation

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cytokinins delay the senescence of leaves and other organs by controlling protein synthesis and mobilization. Reported by "Richmond and Lang" in 1957 working on "Xanthium leaves".

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 person suffering from deficiency of visual pigment rhodopsin is advised to take

  1. Guava and ripe Banana

  2. Radish and Potato

  3. Apple and Grapes

  4. Carrot and ripe Papaya
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rhodopsin is a pigment in the retina that requires Vitamin A for its synthesis. Carrots and papaya are rich sources of beta-carotene, which the body converts to Vitamin A.

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

Enterogasterone is

  1. Hormone secreted by duodenal mucosa

  2. Hormone secreted by gastric mucosa

  3. Enzyme produced by gastric mucosa

  4. Product of endocrine gland related to digestion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Enterogastrone is a hormone secreted by the duodenal mucosa that inhibits gastric secretion and motility when fat is present in the duodenum.

Multiple choice biology food and human health diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

The overdose of medicines leads to

  1. Substance abuse

  2. Drug abuse

  3. Drug misuse

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Drug abuse is a term used commonly when prescription medication with sedative, analgesic, or stimulant properties are used for mood alteration or intoxication ignoring the fact that overdose of such medicines have serious adverse effects.

Multiple choice biology food and human health diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Tobacco addicted people felt restless, if _____________

  1. They consume more tobacco.

  2. They do not get tobacco.

  3. They smoke and chew tobacco together.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. When a person addicted to tobacco is deprived of it, they experience withdrawal symptoms, which often manifest as restlessness or irritability.

Multiple choice biology food and human health diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Tobacco addiction causes

  1. Bronchitis

  2. Gastric ulcers

  3. Emphysema

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Tobacco is injurious to health as it can result in the following complications:
1. Tobacco contains carcinogenic substances, i.e, substances which can cause cancer. Various cancers like oral cancer, lung cancer, etc, have been associated with tobacco.
2. It is a major risk factor for heart diseases, lung disorders like emphysema, strokes, gastric ulcer, bronchitis. 
3. It contains addictive drugs like nicotine. It makes the person depend on tobacco psychologically and physically.
4. It may also result in impotency or infertility in individuals.
So, the correct option is 'All of these'.
Multiple choice biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

If a man is allowed to live exclusively on the diet of milk, egg & bread he would suffer from?

  1. Rickets

  2. Marasmus

  3. Kwashiorkor

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

Milk, eggs, and bread provide ample carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, but a diet restricted exclusively to these lacks vitamin C. Prolonged absence of vitamin C leads to scurvy, characterized by bleeding gums and poor wound healing.