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Which of the following is not a scavenger?

  1. Crow

  2. Parakeet

  3. Hyena

  4. Jackal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. It does not feed on dead animals. It feeds on only plants.

Which of the following foods can we get from milch animals?

  1. Eggs

  2. Honey

  3. Milk

  4. Flesh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Those animals which provide us milk are known as milch animals. Cow, buffalo, camel, goat, etc. are some of the examples of milch animals.

Which of the following food products is not obtained from the cereal wheat?

  1. Flour

  2. Poha

  3. Maida

  4. Dalia (porridge)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is not obtained from wheat. It is obtained by flattening rice. 

Orange peel is not a good source of

  1. vitamin C

  2. iron

  3. dietary fibre

  4. calcium


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, this is the correct answer. Orange peel is not a source of iron. It is a good source of calcium, dietary fibre and vitamin C.

Rice, dals and corns are collectively called as ______.

  1. cereals

  2. fruits

  3. vegetables

  4. grains


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wheat, rice, and corns are obtained from the grassy grains. The grains are starchy and are used to cook food and thus collectively known as cereals.

What does 'ingredient' mean?

  1. It is a kind of simple carbohydrate.

  2. These are the substances used to prepare a special dish.

  3. A substance, which helps to prevent constipation.

  4. It is one of the nutrients of food.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. The substances, which are combined to make a particular dish are called ingredients. For example, a dish of dal can be made by using many ingredients such as pulses, salt, spices, oil and water.

Which of the following is helpful in easy defecation?

  1. Vitamins

  2. Minerals

  3. Roughage

  4. Amino acids


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is composed mainly of cellulose, which keeps our digestive system normal and helps in easy defecation. 

Ringworm disease is caused by

  1. tapeworm

  2. earthworm

  3. fungi

  4. bacteria


Correct Option: C

Which of the following ingredients of kheer come(s) from plant source?

  1. Milk

  2. Sugar

  3. Rice

  4. Both (2) and (3)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kheer is a complex cooked food product made by using milk, sugar and rice. Out of these milk is the only animal product, whereas both sugar and rice are plant products. 

The Bleeder's disease is also known as

  1. Mongolism

  2. Colour blindness

  3. Haemophilia

  4. Down's syndrome


Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements justifies that food is vital for living beings?

  1. Food regulates only our body functions.

  2. Food protects us from diseases only.

  3. Food maintains our life and growth.

  4. A single food item can provide proper nutrition.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Food is vital for living beings as it helps in the maintenance of the body by protecting us from diseases and regulating our body functions, by providing proper nutrition. It also helps the organisms in their proper growth. So, statement given in option (3), saying that food maintains our life and growth, is correct. 

Why should we eat cooked food?

  1. Cooked food is easy to digest.

  2. Cooking enriches the food with nutrients.

  3. Cooked food contains essential vitamins.

  4. Cooked food can be preserved for a long time.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cooking makes the components of the food simpler and easily digestible by the body. Also, cooking of food kills various germs so, the food can be preserved for long. 

Chenopodium oil is successfully used for the expulsion of

  1. tapeworm

  2. flatworm

  3. roundworm

  4. liver fluke


Correct Option: C

Compounds, which are important in the functioning of enzymes, are

  1. vitamins

  2. salts

  3. carbohydrates

  4. alkaloids


Correct Option: A

The disease, which results from the acute deficiency of hormone at a very early stage of infancy, is

  1. gigantic

  2. cretinism

  3. myxoedema

  4. goitre


Correct Option: B

Animal semen for breeding of animals remains fertile for a long time at

  1. 37o C

  2. 4o C

  3. -4o C

  4. -196o C


Correct Option: C

Insufficient dietary iodine causes

  1. cretinism

  2. gigantism

  3. enlarged thyroid

  4. reduced thyroid


Correct Option: C

The disease associated with white blood corpuscles (WBC) is

  1. leukaemia

  2. anaemia

  3. jaundice

  4. haemophiliia


Correct Option: A

Jaundice is caused by malfunctioning of

  1. kidney

  2. liver

  3. heart

  4. stomach


Correct Option: B

The deficiency of which of the following vitamins can cause ricket and osteomalacia?

  1. Vitamin A

  2. Vitamin B

  3. Vitamin D

  4. Vitamin E


Correct Option: C

Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are

  1. acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout

  2. malaria, acute diarrhea and schistosomiasis

  3. onchocerciasis, leukemia and arthritis

  4. rheumatism, malaria and AIDS


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is the correct group of diseases exclusively caused by virus?

  1. Poliomyelitis, Syphilis, Chickenpox Mumps

  2. Measles, Syphilis, Rabies. Cholera

  3. Cholera, Tuberculosis, Meningitis Syphilis

  4. Measles, Smallpox, Mumps, Rabies


Correct Option: D

Who discovered that malaria is caused by a particular type of mosquito?

  1. Wilhem Roentgen

  2. Louis Pasteur

  3. Ronald Ross

  4. Henri Becquerel


Correct Option: C

A colour-blind person has difficulty in seeing

  1. all colours

  2. red colour only

  3. red, green and pale tints

  4. violet mid blue


Correct Option: C

Consider the following statements and select your answers from the choices that follow: I. The patient's nerves are damaged in Polio. II. Tetanus is caused by virus.

  1. Both are correct

  2. I alone is correct

  3. II alone is correct

  4. Both are wrong


Correct Option: B
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