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Balanced diet - class-VII

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Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Deficiency disease is a disease caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral. A  balanced diet is the diet that focuses on providing all the nutrients that the body needs. It comprises of macronutrients like protein, carbohydrates and fat along with micronutrients like vitamins and minerals. Hence, by eating a balanced diet, deficiency diseases can be prevented.
So, the given statement is true.

A balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A  balanced diet is the diet that focuses on providing all the nutrients that the body needs. It comprises of macronutrients like protein, carbohydrates and fat along with micronutrients like vitamins and minerals. All these nutrients can be found in a variety of food items. Hence, A balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items.
So, the given statement is true.

To keep people healthy, strong, energetic and long-lived, it is necessary to provide them with

  1. High energy food

  2. Large amount of food

  3. Balanced diet

  4. Initiative and spirit


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

For a healthy living, we require a balanced diet. A balanced diet is one which contains correct proportion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. It should provide us with necessary minerals and vitamins. Roughage or fiber is also an important part of balanced diet. The proper diet should be taken along with proper water intake for a healthy living.

Which of the following type of nutrients help to produce energy?

  1. Carbohydrates

  2. Vitamins

  3. Minerals

  4. Proteins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The three main nutrients used for energy are carbohydrates, protein, and fats, with carbohydrates being the most important source. 
  • Your body can also use protein and fats for energy when carbohydrates have been depleted.
  •  When you eat, your body breaks down nutrients into smaller components and absorbs them to use as fuel. Hence, carbohydrates are a type of nutrients help to produce energy.
So, the correct answer is 'carbohydrates'.

The combination of foods providing protein quality nearest to that of meat is

  1. Bread and butter

  2. Wheat, dal and groundnuts

  3. Groundnuts and jaggery

  4. Sprouted gram and groundnuts


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

For acute cases of protein deficiency, individuals are recommended to use  high protein diets so as tho help them rebuild muscles. While high protein diets include meals enriched with foods like eggs, meats, milk, chicken, seafood, and fish, vegetables like legumes and nuts also give in an ideal supply of proteins. However, to match the protein quality nearest to meat individuals need to take in sprouted grams, groundnuts and soy products.

Balanced diet is necessary for maintaining healthy body.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A balanced diet is one which contains all the nutrients in an appropriate amount necessary for growth, energy production, 'physiological regulation, metabolic requirements, replacement and regeneration of living body. Balanced diet provides us with substances like proteins,carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins without which proper growth and health is not possible.maintenance of

A balanced diet includes

  1. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes

  2. Salty and sweet dishes

  3. Carbohydrates, fats and proteins

  4. All nutrients, water and roughage


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A balanced diet is one that gives the body the nutrition it needs to function properly. To get a balanced nutrition, one should obtain the majority of the daily calories from fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. In addition of this, water and roughage complete the balanced diet.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Mohan has a cup of rice, two chapatti's, two vegetable curries, and ghee in his plate of meals. What is missing in his meals ?

  1. Fats

  2. Proteins

  3. Salt

  4. Water


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A balanced diet should contain all the nutrients. Mohan's meals is lacking in proteins, hence Dal should be added.

Frying

  1. Increases the nutritive values

  2. Reduces the sugar levels

  3. Reduces nutritive values

  4. Breaks fats into oils


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The process of deep frying food involves submerging the food to be fried completely in hot oil at temperatures between 350 °F (177 °C) and 375 °F (191 °C). This is detrimental to the nutritional value of food as the fat degradation processes during deep frying leads to loss of nutritional value of the food.

Among the following vegetarian food items, which one is considered to be more rich in proteins?

  1. Bread

  2. Rice

  3. Potato

  4. Pulses


Correct Option: D

Balanced diet should have

  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4

  4. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5


Correct Option: D

Good food is associated with

  1. Good habit

  2. Good environment

  3. Good health

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Good food contains the necessary nutrients required by the body to have good height, good weight, and good strength and hence good health.

So the correct answer is 'Good health'.

Balanced diet should have

  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5

  4. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • A balanced diet is a diet that contains the quality and proportions of nutrients needed to maintain good health and to sustain life. In a balanced diet, 45-65% of the diet should come from carbohydrates, 20-35% of the diet should come from fats and 10-15% of the diet should come from protein.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Which of the following contain zero value calories?

  1. Milk

  2. Egg

  3. Cocca cola/ soft drink

  4. Fish


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Zero calorie food or negative calorie foods do contain some calories but without any nutritional value. Of the given options, Cocoa Cola or soft drinks are ones that contain zero value calories.

Junk food eaten frequently leads to 

  1. Good health

  2. Obesity

  3. Overnutrition

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. 
  •  People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height, is over 30 kg/m2; the range 25–30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. 
  • Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food intake particularly fat and sugars, but don't burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, it will be stored by the body as fat. Hence, Junk food eaten frequently leads to Obesity.
 So, the correct answer is 'Obesity'.

To  avoid obesity you should eat junk food.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. 
  •  People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height, is over 30 kg/m2; the range 25–30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. 
  • Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food intake particularly fat and sugars, but don't burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, it will be stored by the body as fat. Hence, To avoid obesity you should not eat junk food.
So, the correct answer is 'False'.

Excess of fat rich food may result in

  1. Defects in vision

  2. Scurvy

  3. Obesity

  4. Rickets


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fats and carbohydrates are among the three vital macronutrients, the other being proteins, that are needed to keep your body healthy. While eating moderate amounts is beneficial, excessive intake of fats and carbohydrates can cause complications such as cancer and obesity. 

Scurvy is a disease caused by a diet that lacks vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Defect of vision is caused by deficiency of vitamin A. Rickets caused by lack of vitamin D. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The body mass index (BMI), or Quetlet index, is a heuristic proxy for human body fat based on an individual's weight and height. BMI does not actually measure the percentage of body fat. Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or her height. The formula universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/$m^2$. Archana, who is 32 years old, consumes 1900 calories per day and does no exercise. She weighs 150 pounds and she is 5.3 feet tall. Choose the correct answer regarding her BMI. [Note : 1 pound = 0.45 kg; 1 foot = 30.4 cm.]

  1. Archana's BMI is 40.4 and she is over-weighed.

  2. Archana's BMI is 26.01 and she is over-weighed.

  3. Archana's BMI is 40.4 and she is obese.

  4. Archana's BMI is 28.86 and she is obese.


Correct Option: B

____ and ____ are unicellular algae, rich in proteins, that are used as food supplements even by space travellers. 

  1. Chlorella, Spirulina

  2. Gelidium, Gracilaria

  3. Porphyra, Spirogyra

  4. Laminaria, Spirogyra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chlorella (Green alga), as food supplement is rich in protein and carbohydrates. It yields about 30% proteins, 15% lipids, 30% carbohydrates and 5% ash. Spirulina platensis (blue-green alga) is one of the richest sources of protein and vitamin $B _{2}$. In long range space exploration, scientist have turned to Chlorella and Spirulina to use them as portable oxygen generators and food sources.

Nutritional disease will appear due to

  1. Obesity

  2. Unbalanced diet

  3. Mental disease

  4. Diabetes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • A balanced diet means getting the right amount of foods and drinks to supply nutrition and energy for maintaining body cells, tissues and organs, and for supporting normal growth and development.
  •  A balanced diet is also important for lowering health risks, such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Hence, a nutritional disease will appear due to an unbalanced diet.

So, the correct answer is 'unbalanced diet'.

To keep a person healthy, he should be provided 

  1. High energy food

  2. Large amount of food

  3. Balanced diet

  4. Interest and spirit


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A person should eat a balanced diet for healthy living. A balanced diet is the diet that contains all the components in optimum proportions and quantity required for maintaining the body in a perfect state of health, activity and development. Various components of the balanced diet are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, mineral and roughage or fiber.

Which of the following is a good source of proteins?

  1. Eggs

  2. Rice

  3. Water

  4. Potato


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Balanced diet: A diet that contains the proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water necessary to maintain good health. 
  • Eggs are loaded with vitamins, minerals, high-quality protein, good fats and various other lesser-known nutrients. 
  • Eggs are so nutritious that they're often referred to as "nature's multivitamin." Hence, the egg is a good source of proteins.
So, the correct answer is 'eggs'.

Which of the following is not found in milk?

  1. Proteins

  2. Vitamin C

  3. Calcium

  4. Vitamin D


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vitamin D is not found in milk but obtained from early morning Sun, cod liver oil, shark liver oil, Pilchard, Herring. Rest all are found in the milk.

Which of the following contains good food?

  1. Roti only

  2. Balanced diet

  3. Food from market

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Good food means a healthy diet. The balanced diet is a healthy diet as it contains all the necessary components of food required for a healthy body. It provides energy and strength to the body.

So the correct answer is 'Balanced diet'.

Obesity, weakness, salt and water retention are the symptoms caused due to hypersecretion of

  1. Cortisol

  2. Aldosterone

  3. Parathormone

  4. Somatostatin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cortisol is a steroid hormone, known as a glucocorticoid, made in the cortex of the adrenal glands and then released into the blood which transports it all round the body.  It is a life-sustaining hormone which maintains homeostasis. Almost every cell contains receptors for cortisol and so cortisol can have lots of different actions depending on which sort of cells it is acting upon. These effects include controlling the body’s blood sugar levels and thus regulating metabolism, acting as an anti-inflammatory, influencing memory formation, controlling salt and water balance, influencing blood pressure and helping the development of the foetus. In many species, cortisol is also responsible for triggering the processes involved in giving birth. Aldosterone, parathormone, and somatostatin do not cause the symptoms such as obesity, weakness, salt and water retention etc. Thus, option A is correct.

Mr. Deepak visited the doctor regarding excessive stomach ache and vomiting. The doctor told him to eat home cooked food and a lot of yoghurt. why?

  1. The yogurt will cool his stomach

  2. The yogurt has digestion aiding bacteria

  3. The yogurt will neutralize the acid

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yoghurt has much digestion aiding property as it is a dairy byproduct. yoghurt neutralize the acid which in turn cool the stomach. it also helps in digestion. 


So, the correct option is 'all of the above'

A diet containing adequate quantities of all _________is called a balanced diet.

  1. Nutrients

  2. Protein

  3. Fats

  4. Vitamins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A balanced diet is one which provides all the nutrients in required amounts and proper proportions. The basic component of the balance diet is proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The quantities of foods needed to meet the nutrient requirements vary with age, gender, physiological status and physical activity. 

So, the correct answer is 'Nutrients'.

.......... occurs when all the the nutrients that body needs are not obtained in the proper proportions from the diet.

  1. Obesity

  2. Loss of apetite

  3. Malnutrition

  4. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Obesity is a condition that is associated with having an excess amount of body fat, defined by genetic and environmental factors that are difficult to control when dieting.
  • Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients.
So, the correct option is 'Malnutrition'.

All that we consume in a day is together called our 

  1. Food

  2. Diet

  3. Supplement

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Diet refer to the food and drink a person consumes daily which is oxidized to form energy. The diet which contains all the major components is known as balanced diet. The basic component of the balance diet is proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The quantities of foods needed to meet the nutrient requirements vary with age, gender, physiological status and physical activity.

So, the correct option is 'Diet'.

Good diet influences

  1. Growth

  2. Reproduction

  3. Digestion

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Balanced diet is said to be good diet as it contains all the essential nutrients required for growth and development of the body. It also improves the digestion and reproduction in an organism.
So, the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

Which of the following is a major source of protein?

  1. Fish

  2. Egg

  3. Jaggery

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Proteins are regarded as the building blocks of our body. It helps in the growth and development of the body. It helps to build and repair the damaged tissues. It forms an integral component of the enzymes and hormones of the body which helps in the regulation of metabolic activities like digestion etc. It also provides energy to the body for physical and metabolic activities. The protein contains four calories per gram. Fish and proteins are good sources of proteins. Other sources are milk, yoghurt and cheese etc.

Jaggery is a good source of iron which forms an integral component of haemoglobin of the blood.
So, the correct answer is 'Fish and Egg'.

Which of the following is also known as roughage?

  1. Fibres

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Fats

  4. Vitamins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Roughage is basically edible fiber. It has the capacity to resist the enzymes of human digestive system. It helps in proper elimination of waste products. examples are whole grains like oats and vegetables like carrot and cucumber. So, the correct option is 'Fibres'.

Polysaccharides such as lignin, cellulose, hemi-cellulose and pectin though do not supply energy but are important fibrous component of our body.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The main components of dietary fiber are derived from the cell walls of plant material in the diet and comprise cellulose, hemi-cellulose and pectin (the non-starch polysaccharides). Lignin, a non-carbohydrate component of the cell wall is also often included. Dietary fiber is a term which is felt to be valuable for the consumer who looks upon this as a healthy component of the diet. At the present time, there is no consensus as to which components of carbohydrate should be included as dietary fiber and different authors have variously included non-starch polysaccharides and resistant starch.

So, the correct option is 'True'.

Deoxyribose, a pentose sugar is a part of our genetic material.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose, is a pentose sugar (monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms) that is a key component of the nucleic acid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). It is derived from the pentose sugar ribose. So, the correct option is 'True'.

A balanced diet contains the following : carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins  fibres and water.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A balanced diet is one which provides all the nutrients in the required amounts and proper proportions. A balanced diet should provide around 50-60% of total calories from carbohydrates, preferably from complex carbohydrates, about 10-15% from proteins and 20-30% from both visible and invisible fat.

So, the correct option is 'True'.

A balanced diet is a diet that contains proper proportions of nutrients necessary for maintaining good health.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A balanced diet is one which provides all the nutrients in required amounts and proper proportions. A balanced diet should provide around 50-60% of total calories from carbohydrates, preferably from complex carbohydrates, about 10-15% from proteins and 20-30% from both visible and invisible fat.

So, the correct option is 'True'.

We need food for the growth and development of our body.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Our body relies on vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein and fat for many functions, including growth and development. While healthy eating habits are particularly important for infants and children, whose bodies are still growing, adults rely on nutrients for cell growth, lean tissue development and overall good health. So, the correct option is 'True'.

The bond that links amino acid to form a protein is known as 

  1. Phosphate bond

  2. Hydrogen bond

  3. Covalent bond

  4. Peptide bond


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The linking of two amino acids is accompanied by the loss of a molecule of water. A series of amino acids joined by peptide bonds form a polypeptide chain, and each amino acid unit in a polypeptide is called a residue.

So, the correct option is 'Peptide bond'.

An example of conjugated protein is

  1. Albumin

  2. Globulin

  3. Heamoglobin

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  1. A conjugated protein is a protein that functions in interaction with other (non-polypeptide) chemical groups attached by covalent bonding or weak interactions. Some examples of conjugated proteins are lipoproteins, glycoproteins, metalloproteins etc.
  2.  Haemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of almost all vertebrates as well as the tissues of some invertebrates. 
  3. Haemoglobin contains the prosthetic group known as heme. Each heme group contains an iron ion ($Fe^{2+}$) which forms a coordinate bond with an oxygen molecule ($O _2$), allowing haemoglobin to transport oxygen through the bloodstream. As each of the four protein subunits of haemoglobin possesses its own prosthetic heme group, each haemoglobin can transport four molecules of oxygen. Hence, the example of the conjugated protein is haemoglobin.
So, the correct answer is 'haemoglobin'.

Heamoglobin is an example of simple proteins.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(a) Simple proteins:-  On hydrolysis they yield only the amino acids and occasional small carbohydrate compounds. Examples are: albumins, globulins, glutelins, albuminoids, histones and protamines.

(b) Conjugated proteins:- These are simple proteins combined with some non-protein material in the body. Examples are: nucleoproteins, glycoproteins, phosphoproteins, haemoglobins and lecithoproteins.
So, the correct option is 'False'.

Which of the following concerning the major dietary constituents is true?  

  1. The body cannot store glucose.

  2. All essential amino acids are found in meat.

  3. Plant oils mainly consist of saturated fats.

  4. Both B and C.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When the body does not require glucose, it is stored in the form of glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscles. If the glycogen reservoirs are full, glucose is converted to fat and stored in the form of fats in various parts of the body as adipose cells. 

A complete protein (or whole protein) is a source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of all nine of the essential amino acids necessary for the dietary needs. Generally, proteins derived from animal foods meats, fish, poultry, milk, eggs are complete. Saturated fat is mainly found in animal foods, but a few plant foods are also high in saturated fats, such as coconut, coconut oil, palm oil, and palm kernel oil.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Obesity can be caused by the over intake of 

  1. Carbohydrates

  2. Vitamins

  3. Minerals

  4. Fats


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Obesity is a condition of the human body wherein there is an accumulation of excessive body fat. Such conditions have a negative effect on health and leads to reduced life expectancy as well as increases health problems. While excessive intake of calories added with lack of physical activity is the reason assigned for obesity. The increase in calorie intake is however not always linked to consumption of fats but is more so miked to increased use of carbohydrates in the diets. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.
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