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Nutrition

Description: Nutrition (M)
Number of Questions: 15
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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Gastric - Pepsin

  2. Stomach - Hydrochloric acid

  3. Bile - Pancreas

  4. Saliva - Ptyalin


Correct Option: C

According to ICMR, calcium requirement during the pregnancy is _____mg/day.

  1. 234

  2. 1200

  3. 400-500

  4. 322


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Recommended calcium per day during pregnancy is 1200 mg/day.

Iodine is the important constituent of _____, the hormone secreted by thyroid gland.

  1. vasopressin

  2. oxytocin

  3. thyroxin

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Iodine is the important constituent of thyroxin, the hormone secreted by thyroid gland. Iodine aids in the development and functioning of the thyroid gland.

In plants, vitamin A is present in the form of

  1. beta naphthalene

  2. carotene

  3. chain molecules

  4. aldehyde


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Beta-carotene is found in plants that gives them their colour. 

Which of the following helps in the manufacturing of HCL for gastric secretion?

  1. Chlorine

  2. Sodium

  3. Magnesium

  4. Potassium


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chlorine helps in manufacturing of HCL for gastric secretion. 

The chemical name of vitamin E is

  1. tocopherol

  2. calciferol

  3. carotene

  4. maltose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Vitamin E is the collective name for a set of eight related tocopherols and tocotrienols. 

_____ is found mainly in pancreas and may have an important role in the storage of insulin in the glands.

  1. Cobalt

  2. Copper

  3. Sodium

  4. Zinc


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Zinc is found mainly in pancreas and may have an important role in the storage of insulin in the glands.

The colour of cow’s milk is slightly yellowish due to the presence of _______.

  1. Xanthophylls

  2. Riboflavin

  3. Ribulose

  4. Carotene


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The colour of cow’s milk is slightly yellowish due to the presence of Carotene.

Deficiency of which vitamin causes the cracking of lips at the corner?

  1. Vitamin A

  2. Vitamin B2

  3. Vitamin C

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Soybeans and ____ is/are the only plant foods which contain first class proteins.

  1. nuts

  2. carrot

  3. pumpkin

  4. potato


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Soybeans and nuts are the only plant foods which contain first class proteins.

The disease likely to occur due to an increased consumption of the fats is

  1. obesity

  2. atherosclerosis

  3. hyperlipidemia

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Increased consumption of fats can lead to obesity, hyperlipidaemia and artherosclerosis.

Carnassial teeth present in carnivores are known as

  1. sectorial teeth

  2. shearing teeth

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Carnassials are paired upper and lower teeth (either molars or premolars and molars) modified in such a way as to allow enlarged and often self-sharpening edges to pass by each other in a shearing manner. The modification arose separately in several groups of carnivorous mammals. Different pairs of teeth were involved in the separate modifications. In modern Carnivora, the carnassials are the modified fourth upper premolar and the first lower molar. These teeth are also referred to as sectorial teeth.

Which gut hormone is responsible for promoting appetite?

  1. Leptin

  2. Grehlin

  3. Peptide YY

  4. CCK


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  CCK is responsible for promoting appetite

Match the following:

 
1.Beri beri
a.(Vitamin B12-cobalamin),
2.Pellagra
b. (B3-niacin)
3.Anemia
c. (C-ascorbic acid)
4. Scurvy
d. (Vitamin B1-thiamine)
  1. 1-(d), 2- (b), 3-(c) and 4-(a)

  2. 1-(d), 2-(b), 3-(a) and 4-(c)

  3. 1-(b), 2-(d), 3-(c) and 4-(a)

  4. 1-(a), 2-(b), 3-(d) and 4-(c)


Correct Option: B

A starving person digests the stored food in the order

  1. proteins - fats - glycogen

  2. glycogen - fats - proteins

  3. glycogen - proteins - fats

  4. fats - glycogen - protein


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct order as first, the stored glycogen is used, then fats and lastly protein stores are digested by the starving person.

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