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Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Nutrition includes

  1. Food intake

  2. Absorption

  3. Assimilation

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

Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism. It includes food intake, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism and excretion. 

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Nutrition is important because

  1. It provides nourishment

  2. It keeps cell alive

  3. Both A and B

  4. It provides genetic information
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nutrition, nourishment or aliment, is the supply of materials - food - required by organisms and cells to stay alive. In science and human medicine, nutrition is the science or practice of consuming and utilizing foods. Nutrition also focuses on how diseases, conditions and problems can be prevented or lessened with a healthy diet. 

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

.................. means supply of the essential organic and inorganic chemical compounds to the body.

  1. Food

  2. Nutrition

  3. Meal

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

Nutrition means supply of the essential organic and inorganic chemical compounds (proteins, vitamins, salts, carbohydrates, etc) to the body. All such chemical compounds are called nutrients.

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

By eating rice alone, we can fulfil nutritional requirement of our body.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Rice contains carbohydrates in large amounts and other nutrients like proteins and fats in very small quantities. Rice only provides required amount of carbohydrates and not other nutrients like proteins, fats, minerals and vitamins. All these nutrients are a part of a balanced diet. 
So, the given statement is false.
Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Dietary fibres are required by the body for

  1. Bowel movement

  2. Bodybuilding

  3. Fat storage

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

Dietary fibres are the portion of plant desired food that cannot be completely digested by digestive enzymes. They are required by the body for a bowel movement and helps keep the gut healthy.

So the correct answer is 'Bowel movement'.

Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Which of the following life process maintains good health?

  1. Reproduction

  2. Nutrition

  3. Locomotion

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Nutrition contains the nutrients that are necessary for an organism to have good height, good weight and good strength. Hence, the nutrition maintains good health of an organism.
So the correct answer is 'Nutrition'.
Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Meat is an excellent source of protein, which is essential for any healthy diet. Meat has a very high mineral content like magnesium, zinc and iron. It is a particularly good source of vitamin E and B vitamins including B2, B6 and B12. Meat also contains unsaturated fats like Omega-3 fatty acids in small quantities. Carbohydate, the main source of energy for the body is absent in meat. Hence, meat alone is insufficient to provide all nutrients to the body.
So, the given statement is false.
Multiple choice evs nutrition and its deficiency general functions of food nutrition and its need in plants nutrition and its need

The six major elements constitute body mass 

  1. 85%

  2. 92%

  3. 98%

  4. 99.4%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Almost 98% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.


So, the correct option is '98%'.