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The Chemical Changes of Food - 1

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Which of the following is not a kind of sugar?

  1. Glucose

  2. Fructose

  3. Sucrose

  4. Jaggery

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Phenol is a type of alcohol.

Which of the following are known as 'body building foods'?

  1. Fats

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Proteins

  4. Vitamins

  5. Minerals


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Proteins are known as 'body building foods'. Proteins are essential for growth as they are responsible for the repairing of cells and other body tissues.

Which of the following is/are fat soluble vitamin(s)?

  1. Vitamin A

  2. Vitamin B

  3. Vitamins A and B

  4. Vitamins A and D

  5. Vitamin D


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vitamins A and D are fat soluble vitamins.

How much more energy fats give, as compared to carbohydrates?

  1. 1

  2. 1.5

  3. 2.25

  4. 3

  5. 3.5


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Fats give 2.25 times more energy than carbohydrates.

Which part is used by the tapeworm, for attachment to the host?

  1. Osculum

  2. Proboscis

  3. Scolex

  4. Tube feet

  5. Proglottids


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Scolex is the frontal segment of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooks for attaching to the host.

What is the principal site of carbohydrate digestion?

  1. Stomach

  2. Buccal cavity

  3. Small intestine

  4. Large intestine


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Small intestine  is the principal site of carbohydrate digestion. Pancreatic and intestinal juices present in the intestine have all the enzymes required for carbohydrate digestion.

Which gastric enzyme breaks down proteins into smaller amino acid chains?

  1. Trypsin

  2. Pepsin

  3. Peptidase

  4. Renin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pepsin is secreted by gastric glands and hydrolyses protein into proteoses and peptones.

Why does fat digestion take place more effectively in the small intestine?

  1. Because fat digesting enzymes are only present in the small intestine

  2. Because the small intestine has alkaline pH

  3. Because of the instability of digested fats

  4. Because fats are digested by bile


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bile juice creates the alkaline pH in intestine for the action of pancreatic lipase. Thus, enzymes work more effectively in the intestine.

Which enzyme in saliva destroys certain bacteria?

  1. Ptyalin

  2. Lysozyme

  3. Lipase

  4. Renin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lysozyme is an anti-bacterial enzyme present in saliva which destroys bacteria.

Which of the following are the cutting and biting type of teeth?

  1. Canines

  2. Molars

  3. Incisors

  4. Premolars


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Incisors are cutting and biting type of teeth.

What do we call the thick, acidic and semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum?

  1. Chyle

  2. Gastric juice

  3. Chyme

  4. Faeces


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chyme is the thick, acidic and semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Which of the following are chewing and grinding type of teeth?

  1. Molars and premolars

  2. Incisors

  3. Canines

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Molars and premolars are chewing and grinding type of teeth.

Which enzyme initiates the digestion of fats in the stomach?

  1. Pancreatic lipase

  2. Gastric lipase

  3. Bile

  4. Amylase


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gastric lipase acts on fats in acidic medium of stomach and just initiates digestion.

Match the following ||| |---|---| |a. Amoeba|1. Special mouth parts| |b. Hydra|2. Pseudopodium| |c. Cockroach|3. Feeding tube| |d. Butterfly|4. Tentacles|

  1. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3

  2. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2

  3. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3

  4. a - 2, b - 4, c - 3, d - 1

  5. a - 4, b - 2, c - 1, d - 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In amoeba, food is taken in from pseudopodium. In hydra, food is taken in with the help of tentacles. Cockroach has special mouth parts for taking in food. Butterfly uses its feeding tubes to suck nectar from flowers.

In hydra, water is expelled through

  1. tentacles

  2. testes

  3. mouth

  4. anus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In hydra, water enters and is expelled through the mouth as there is no anus

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