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Nutrition is important because

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  1. It provides nourishment

  2. It keeps cell alive

  3. Both A and B

  4. It provides genetic information

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Correct Option: C
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. 

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

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  1. Food

  2. Nutrition

  3. Meal

  4. Appetile

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Correct Option: B
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.

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

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
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.

Dietary fibres are required by the body for

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  1. Bowel movement

  2. Bodybuilding

  3. Fat storage

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
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'.

Which of the following life process maintains good health?

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  1. Reproduction

  2. Nutrition

  3. Locomotion

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
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'.

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

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
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.

An average man needs approximately

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  1. 2900 K cal. energy/day

  2. 500 K cal . energy /day

  3. 1000 K cal. energy /day

  4. 2000 K cal. energy /day

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A young man requires approximately 3000K. cal. per day while a child of about 15 years requires 2500 and infant of 4-6 years requires about 1500 Kcal per day.

The six major elements constitute body mass 

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  1. 85%

  2. 92%

  3. 98%

  4. 99.4%

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Correct Option: C
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%'.

Housefly shows following type of nutrition

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  1. Saprozoic

  2. Parasitic

  3. Holozoic

  4. Symbiotic

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Correct Option: A

98% of living body is formed of six elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and 

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  1. S and Mg

  2. Mg and Na

  3. P and S

  4. Ca and P

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer: (D) Ca and P

98% of living body is formed of six elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and calcium and phosphorus. 63% of human body contains water, so oxygen and hydrogen are present in large quantity. Carbon is also one of the main element present in human body because it is the main unit of organic compounds. Nitrogen is present in proteins and nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. Calcium is the main structural component present in bones. It is most abundant mineral in living body. Phosphorus is present in ATP molecule and bones.