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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

Indigestible plant matter that dissolves in water is called

  1. Pectin

  2. Gum

  3. Hemicellulose

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

  • The fibre in diet contains substances like cellulose, lignin and pectin and cannot be digested by the action of digestive enzymes.
  • Fibres in food can be classified into two types-
1) Soluble fibres- dissolves easily in water and gets broken down into a gel-like substance in the colon.
2) Insoluble fibre- does not dissolve in water, they are resistant to digestive enzymes and remain intact as the food moves through the gastrointestinal tract.
So, the correct answer is 'Soluble fibre'.

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

Assertion : Biologically, woman is superior to man.

Reason : A woman provides nutrition to developing foetus during gestation and also nourishes the baby on her milk after its birth.



  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

  2. If both the assertion and the reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false

  4. If both the assertion and the reason are false

  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Woman plays an important role in the continuity of the family and human race. She provides nutrition to the foetus in her womb for about nine months (280 days) through placenta. Even after birth, she nourishes the infant on `her milk. Hence, biologically woman is superior to man.

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

Sunflower is principally cultivated for its

  1. Starch

  2. Protein

  3. Alkaloid

  4. Oil seed crop
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sunflower plant is mainly cultivated for the extraction of sunflower oil which is widely used in cooking and other stuffs. So, the need of its oil seed crop is the principle reason for its cultivation.

So the correct option is D

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

An important oil yielding plant is

  1. Carthamus tinctorious

  2. Cicer arietinum

  3. Lens esculantum

  4. Eleusine coracana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Carthamus tinctorious (saffllower) is an important plant that is commercially produced for the extraction of vegetable oil. 

The other plants are not used to produce oil.
So the correct option is A.

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

The oil obtained from the cotyledons of Arachis hypogea is

  1. An essential oil

  2. A drying oil

  3. A non-essential non-drying oil

  4. An essential drying oil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A non-drying oil is the one which does not harden when exposed to air whereas drying oil hardens through polymerization. The non-drying oils include almond oil, coconut oil, groundnut oil etc and the drying oils include poppy seed oil, walnut oil, linseed oil, etc.
Essential oil evaporate in contact with air and have a pleasant fragrance e.g., rose, sandal, clove, eucalyptus etc. So, groundnut oil is not as essential oil.
So the correct option is C.
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 is not an essential oil

  1. Clove oil

  2. Eucalyptus oil

  3. Sandal wood oil

  4. Ground nut oil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Essential oil evaporate in contact with air and have a pleasant fragrance e.g., rose, sandal, clove, eucalyptus etc. Groundnut oil is a non drying oil and so it is not an essential oil.

So the correct option is D.