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Food and human health - class-IX

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Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding the particular psychotropic drug specified?

  1. Cocaine causes after thought perceptions and hallucinations.

  2. Opium stimulates nervous system and causes hallucinations.

  3. Morphine leads to delusions and disturbed emotions.

  4. Barbiturates cause relaxation and temporary euphoria.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cocaine are stimulants that is they elevate mood, increase feelings of well-being and increase energy and alertness.
Opium  and morphine are powerful pain-killers. They produce a quick, intense feeling of pleasure followed by a sense of well-being and calm.
Barbiturates are depressants that slow down the normal brain function.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Barbiturates cause relaxation and temporary euphoria'.

Which one of the following has a long term effect on the health of an individual?

  1. Common cold

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Chewing tobacco

  4. Stress


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) belongs to family Solanaceae, is a silent long term killer can be consumed in a variety of ways like smoking, chewing, sniffing etc. Nicotine is a highly poisonous substance found in tobacco that increases pulse rate and blood pressure. It also increases stomach acidity, which is accompanied by a lack of appetite. Over time, tobacco users can look forward to such serious risks as narrowing or hardening of the arteries, respiratory infections, emphysema, stomach ulcers, chronic cough, and cancer of the mouth, throat, and lungs.

Carbohydrates are generally called as saccharides.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Carbohydrates (also called saccharides) are molecular compounds made from just three elements: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Monosaccharides (e.g. glucose) and disaccharides (e.g. sucrose) and polysaccharide (starch). They are often called sugars.

So, the correct option is 'True'.

The food which includes the essential nutrients in a definite quantity is termed as balanced diet.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nutrients that we obtain through food have vital effects on physical growth and development, maintenance of normal body function, physical activity and health. Nutritious food is, thus needed to sustain life and activity. Our diet must provide all essential nutrients in the required amounts. Requirements of essential nutrients vary with age, gender, physiological status and physical activity. Dietary intakes lower or higher than the body requirements can lead to under nutrition (deficiency diseases) or over nutrition (diseases of affluence) respectively. So, the correct option is 'True'.

Observe the given statements.
(i) Protein deficiency in diet leads to kwashiorkor disease.
(ii) Deficiency of only calories leads to marasmus disease.

  1. i and ii are true

  2. i is true and ii is false

  3. i is false and ii is true

  4. i and ii are false


Correct Option: A

Inadequate protein intake leads to Kwashiorkor. The subsequent edema is most closely related to inadequate synthesis of which protein?

  1. Gamma globulin

  2. Glucagon

  3. Insulin

  4. Albumin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is associated with a decrease in serum proteins. The drop is particularly striking in liver-synthesized protein i.e. albumin ( < 2 g/dl against 3-4.5 g/dl ) and lipoproteins. The protein synthesis in liver is dependent upon the supply of alimentary amino acids after each meal. So later if the protein deficiency persist there is again a drop in the level of albumin synthesis which can be noticed immediately.
The ingestion of protein rich food can control kwashiorkor. The treatment can be monitored by measuring plasma albumin concentration, disappearance of edema and gain in body weight.

Deficiency of protein leads to

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Carotenemia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a protein energy malnutrition that occurs in children, 1 to 5 years of age, due to constantly reduced protein availability while the requirement is high. A kwashiorkor child has match stick legs, protruded pot belly, blotchy skin, bulging eyes, wasted muscles, anaemia, oedema due to deficiency of albumin and repeated diarrhoea.

Kwashiorkor disease caused due to deficiency of

  1. Protein

  2. Fat

  3. Sugar

  4. Hormone


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a protein deficiency disease. It commonly affects infants and children between 1 to 3 year of age. The symptoms are underweight children, stunted growth, poor brain development, loss of appetite, anaemia, dermatitis on lower leg and face. Proteins are necessary for growth, repair of tissue and for body defence therefore adequate amount of proteins must be present in the diet. Daily requirement is 1 gm protein per kg body weight in adult and 2 gm protein per kg body weight in growing children. Important sources of protein in food are cereals, pulses, meat, fish, milk, groundnut, peas etc.

Deficiency of protein leads to

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorker

  4. Carotenemia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a severe form of malnutrition, caused by a deficiency in dietary protein. It is characterised by the edema, irritability etc. Whereas rickets is the deficiency disorder of vitamin D, scurvy is the deficiency disorder of vitamin C and  carotenemia is caused by the excessive consumption of beta-carotene rich food. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Kwashiorkor is likely in children who get

  1. Low-iron diet

  2. Low-vitamin diet

  3. Low-fat diet

  4. Low-protein diet


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a severe form of malnutrition, caused by a deficiency in dietary protein. The extreme lack of protein causes an osmotic imbalance in the gastro-intestinal system causing swelling of the gut diagnosed as an edema or retention of water. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a public health problem that exists among children in developing countries, and in certain communities of some developed countries mainly resulting from poor nutritional intake, bad hygiene practices and frequent infections.

Kwashiorkor disease develops due to

  1. Malnutrition

  2. Overeating

  3. Catalysis

  4. Mutation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet. 

Causes: Kwashiorkor is most common in areas where there is famine, limited food supply, low levels of education (when people do not understand how to eat a proper diet).
This disease is more common in very poor countries. It often occurs during a drought or other natural disaster, or during political unrest. These conditions are responsible for a lack of food, which leads to malnutrition.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following regarding the dietary requirements of the major food stuffs is correct?

  1. Adults can synthesise all of the amino acids found in proteins.

  2. Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

  3. Edema is a characteristic feature of marasmus.

  4. People whose diets are low in fats often suffer from fatty acid deficiency diseases.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is the Malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet.

Symptoms include abdominal swelling, diarrhoea, enlarged liver, frequent infections, generalized infections, failure to thrive, severe unintentional weight loss, swelling in extremities, apathy, hair loss, irritability, middle ear infection, or skin rash. Hence Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

So, the correct option is 'Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor'.

Kwashiorkor is a disease which is caused due to deficiency of 

  1. Only carbohydrates

  2. Only proteins

  3. Both carbohydrates and protein

  4. Fats and carbohydrates


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in developing countries. It is a form of malnutrition caused by not getting enough protein in your diet. Every cell in your body contains protein. You need protein in your diet for your body to repair cells and make new cells. A healthy body regenerates cells in this manner constantly. Protein is also important for growth during childhood and pregnancy. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

A child eats food rich in carbohydrates and avoids protein in its diet. Which type of nutritional deficiency will affect that child?

  1. Kwashiorkar

  2. Nyctalopia

  3. Diabetes

  4. Down syndrome


Correct Option: A

A person whose diet is deficient in proteins may have 

  1. Swelling of face

  2. Obesity

  3. Bent bones

  4. Poor vision


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The one whose diet is deficient in proteins is suffering from kwashiorkor. The symptoms of this include, edema or swelling (of face), change in skin and hair color, fatigue, diarrhoea, irritability.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Protein deficiency in children is called

  1. Obesity

  2. Marasmus

  3. Diabetes

  4. Kwashiorkor


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kwashoprkor is caused by the deficiency of proteins in diet  this disease occurs in children of age group 1 to 5 years. 

A doctor advises a person to have more meat, butter, milk,
eggs in his diet. The person is

  1. Suffering from scurvy

  2. Cannot see in dark

  3. Suffering from rickets

  4. Suffering from Kwashiorkar disease


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kwashiorkor is a malnutrition disease which occurs due to the deficiency of protein in the diet of children, though the diet may contain adequate amounts of carbohydrate. Meat butter, milk and eggs are richest source of protein.

A patient is generally advised to specially consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from -

  1. Anemia

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Rickets


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A patient is generally advised to consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in the diet only when he is suffering from Protein Energy Malnutrition(PEM) such as Kwashiorkor.
Kwashiorkor generally occurs in baby greater than 1 year of age. This defect occurs if mother's milk is replaced with low protein but high carbohydrate diet. The affected baby has a protruded belly and fat layer beneath the skin.
So, the correct answer is 'Option C-Kwashiorkor'.

X and Y are diseases in infants. X is produced by deficiency of proteins and calories. Y is produced by protein deficiency unaccompanied by calories deficiency. X and Y are respectively 

  1. Kwashiorkor, Marasmus

  2. Diabetes, Goitre

  3. Goitre, Diabetes

  4. Marasmus, Kwashiorkor

  5. Kwashiorkor, Goitre


Correct Option: D

A patient is advised to specially consume more meat, lentil, milk and eggs in diet when the patient suffers from

  1. Kwashiorkor

  2. Scurvy

  3. Rickets

  4. Anaemia


Correct Option: A

Inadequate protein in diet causes Kwashiorkor. Odema is related to protein deficiency of

  1. Insulin

  2. Gamma globulin

  3. Glucagon

  4. Albumin


Correct Option: D

Why hands and feet get swollen with accumulated fluid (oedema) in persons suffering from deficiency of proteins in kwashiorkar? 

  1. Plasma proteins serve as a source of proteins for tissue cells

  2. Albumin and globulins retain water in the blood plasma by their osmotic effects

  3. Albumin and globulins transport many substances such as thyroxinbe and $Fe3+$ in combination with them.

  4. Tissue cells utilise plasma proteins for forming their cellular proteins.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 In kwashiorkor, there is a decrease in the human serum albumin levels. This decrease leads to a deficiency in the protein levels of an individual. This causes accumulation of fluids in the tissue which further causes swelling. This swelling is most common in the abdominal region. The swelling can mainly be attributed to the retention of water in the blood plasma by the osmotic pressure created because of the decreased number of albumins and globulins.

So, the correct answer is 'Albumin and globulins retain water in the blood plasma by their osmotic effects'.


Which disease does not occur in infants younger than six months?

  1. Kwashiorkor

  2. Kwashiorkor and marasmus

  3. Marasmus

  4. Jaundice


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Marasmus is due to protein-energy deficiency that can occur any time if the infant is not provided with sufficient milk. Kwashiorkor mostly occurs due to nonutilisation of protein in the diet caused by aflatoxin accumulation.

Inadequate protein intake leads to Kwashiorkor . The subsequent oedema is most closely related to inadequate synthesis of which protein ?

  1. Gamma globulin

  2. Glucagon

  3. Insulin

  4. Albumin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Kwashiorkor, a disease of protein malnutrition, causes low level of blood proteins (serum albumins), which cause poor return of tissue fluid through capillaries. It leads to the swelling of tissues through  increase of its tissue fluid  which results into oedema.
  • So,(D) albumin is the correct option. 

'Hunger signs" in plants are_____________

  1. Symptoms due to lesser water absorption in plants

  2. Sympotms due to poor photosynhesis in plants

  3. Deficiency sympoms of particular mineral nutrients

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • According to the criteria of essentiality, there are 16 essential elements for plant growth. Hunger signs are shown by plants due to the deficiency of one or more of these mineral nutrients.

So, the correct option is 'Deficiency symptoms of particular mineral nutrients'.

Tea yellow is a disease of tea plants produced due to the deficiency of-

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Sulphur

  3. Potassium

  4. Phosphorus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • The yellows disease of tea, the nature of which has hitherto remained obscure, has caused serious losses to planters in Nyasaland. It is characterized by a progressive degeneration of the bush, in which the leaves become chlorotic, small, uprolled and of stiff texture, and are finally shed.It is caused due to the deficiency of Nitrogen. 

So the correct option is 'Nitrogen'.

The major cause of diarrhoea in children is

  1. a bacterial infection

  2. a viral infection

  3. antibiotics

  4. food poisoning.


Correct Option: A
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.

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


Correct Option: A
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".

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


Correct Option: D

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


Correct Option: A

Which is a narcotic analgesic drug?

  1. Chloramphenicol

  2. Alprazolam

  3. Codeine and Morphine

  4. Paracetamol


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An opiate is a narcotic analgesic, that directly depresses the central nervous system. These opiates are prescribed for their analgesic or pain-relieving properties. Morphine, codeine and related drugs fall within this class and are sometimes referred to as narcotics.
Thus, the correct answer is option (C), 'Codeine and Morphine'.

The overdose of medicines leads to

  1. Substance abuse

  2. Drug abuse

  3. Drug misuse

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
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.

The ill effect of tobacco consumption is

  1. Cholera

  2. Malaria

  3. Ulcer

  4. AIDS


Correct Option: C

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


Correct Option: B

Tobacco addiction causes

  1. Bronchitis

  2. Gastric ulcers

  3. Emphysema

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
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'.
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