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1. Bile helps in:
a. producing enzymes
b. esterification
c. Both a and b
d. emulsification of fats
Ans. d
2. Fat soluble vitamins are:
a. A,D and E
b. B,C and D
c. E,D and B
Ans. a
3. Synthesis of vitamin A takes place in:
a. blood
b. spleen
d. A,B and C
c. pancreas
d. liver
Ans. d
4. Vitamin C is:
a. ascorbic acid
b. aspartic acid
c. lipoic acid
d. nicotinic acid
Ans. a
5. The deficiency of vitamin C causes:
a. anaemia
b. scurvy
c. rickets
d. xerophthalmia
Ans. b
6. Earliest known vitamin is:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin B1
d. Vitamin K
Ans. c
7. Synthesis of vitamin D with the help of sunlight takes place by:
a. skin
b. liver
c. adipose tissue
d. gall bladder
Ans. a
8. Water soluble vitamins are:
a. A,B and C
b. C and D
c. B and C
d. None of these
Ans. c
9. Chronic alcoholics are always short of vitamin:
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
Ans. b
10. Vitamin containing a cobalt cyanide linkage is:
a. A
b. B
c. B6
d. B12
Ans. d
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11. Xerophthalmia in children and Nyctalopia (night blindness) in adults is caused by deficiency of vitamin:
a. A
b. D
c. E
d. K
Ans. a
12. Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of:
a. Vitamin C
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin K
d. Vitamin A
Ans. a
13. Deficiency of Vitamin K may lead to:
a. failure of clotting of blood
b. non-maturation of ova
c. blastocyst formation in uterus
d neuritis
Ans. a
14. Recently discovered vitamin with anticancer properties is:
a. Vitamin B15
b. Vitamin Q
c. Vitamin U
d. Vitamin B17
Ans. d
15. Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults is caused by the deficiency of:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin B
c. Vitamin C
d. Vitamin D
Ans. d
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16. Wound healing is enhanced by vitamin :
a. A
b. C
c. D
d. E
Ans. b
17. Pellagra is caused by the deficiency of:
a. thiamine
b. ascorbic acid
c. nicotinic acid (Niacin)
d. calciferol
Ans. c
18. The antihaemorrhagic vitamin is essential for coagulation of blood. It is:
a. B
b. D
c. E
d. K
Ans. d
19. Ascorbic acid is:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin B
d. Biotin
Ans. b
20. The best source of vitamin A is:
a. apples
b. carrots
c. honey
d. peanuts
Ans. b
21. Beri-Beri, which is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B, was discovered by:
a. Stanley
b. Foxon
c. Funk
d. Eijkman
Ans. b
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22. Vitamins are:
a. inorganic substances that cannot be synthesised by animals
b. inorganic substances that can be synthesised by animals
c. organic substances that cannot be synthesised by animals
d. organic substances that can be synthesised by animals
Ans. b
23. Deficiency of Vitamin D in children causes:
a. beri-beri
b. pellagra
c. rickets
d. osteomalacia
Ans. c
24. Substances required to overcome xerophthalmia derived from carrots is:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Proteins
d. Xanthojshyll
Ans. a
25. Vitamin A was discovered by :
a. F.G. Hopkins
b. Richert and Dam
c. Funk
d. Euikmann Christian
Ans. a
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26. Riboflavin is:
a. Vitamin B1
b. Vitamin B2
c. Vitamin B6
d. Vitamin B12
Ans. b
27. Which is vital for protein metabolism?
a. Thiamine
b. Riboflavin
c. Nicotinic acid
d. Cyanocobalamin
Ans. d
28. Calciferol is:
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin B
c. Vitamin C
d. Vitamin D
Ans. d
29. Deficiency of thiamine causes:
a. Scurvy
b. Pellagra
c. Osteomalacia
d. Beri-Beri
Ans. d
30. Certain B vitamins act as:
a. enzymes
b. coenzymes
c. hormones
d. digestive substances
Ans. b
31. Which is the best source of vitamin B1?
a. Cod liver oil
b. Egg
c. Whole wheat bread
d. Curd
Ans. c
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32. Deficiency of vitamin A causes:
a. scurvy
b. rickets
c. xerophthalmia
d. xerophthalmia and nyctalopia
Ans. d
33. The enzymes responsible for the digestion of starch in the food of man are present in:
a. saliva and gastric juice
b. saliva and pancreatic juice
c. gastric and pancreatic juice
d. gastric and duodenal juice
Ans. b
34. A vitamin which is excreted in urine usually is:
a. C
b. K
c. B1
d. E
Ans. a
35. Vitamin B2 is related with:
a. FMN/FAD
b. NAD
c. NADH
d. ATP
Ans. a
36. The substrate for gastic enzymes renin is:
a. pepsin
b. casein of milk
c. starch
d. lipids of milk
Ans. b
37. Which of the following in an important essential fatty acid?
a. Thiamine
b. Linoleic acid
c. All of the above
d. None
Ans. b
38. Pepsin is an enzyme which acts in:
a. alkaline medium iin stomach
b. alkaline medium in duodenum
c. acidic medium in stomach
d. acidic medium in duodenum
Ans. c
39. Milk protein is acted upon by an enzyme:
a. rennin
b. cassein
c. caesinogen
d. pepsin
Ans. a
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40. Digestion of carbohydrates is enhanced by:
a. repsin
b. pepsin
c. amylopsin
d. trypsin
Ans. c
41. Pepsin acts only in acidic medium within certain pH limits which is:
a. 1.2-1.8
b. 1.5-2.6
c. 2-2.3
d. 1.00-1.50
Ans. d
42. A doctor advises a person to have more meat, butter, milk and eggs in his duet. The person is suffering from:
a. scurvy
b. nightblindness
c. rickets
d. kwashiorkor
Ans. d
43. The pancreatic juice contains the enzymes:
a. trypsin, amylase, lipase
b. lipase, renin, ptyalin
c. amylase, lipase, lactase
d. pepsin, trypsin, amylase
Ans. a
44. Gastric gland of an in stomach produces an enzyme:
a. insulin
b. gastrin
c. pepsin
d. trypsin
Ans. c
45. Beri-Beri is caused due to deficiency of:
a. Vitamin B1
b. Proteins
c. Enzymes
d. Vitamin B2
Ans. a
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46. Chemically speaking, the enzymes are:
a. proteins
b. lipids
c. vitamins
d. None of these
Ans. a
47. A vitamin needed for production of collagen fibres is:
a. thiamine
b. ascorbic acid
c. retinol
d. tocopherol
Ans. b
48. The total iron content of the adult body is normally:
a. 1 to 3 grams
b. 5 to 6 grams
c. 3.5 to 4 grams
d. 6 to 8 grams
Ans. c
49. Balanced diet should have approximately:
a. 1/5 proteins, 1/4 fats and 1/4 carbohydrates
b. 1/2 proteins, 3/5 fats and 1/4 carbohydrates
c. 1/5 proteins, 1/4 fats and 1/5 carbohydrates
d. 1/5 proteins, 1/5 fats and 3/5carbohydrates
Ans. d
50. Fish liver oil is a rich source of:
a. Vitamin D and A
b. Vitamin B6 and C
c. Vitamin K and E
d. Vitamin B1 and B2
Ans. a
51. The sunshine vitamin prevents the deficiency disease of:
a. scurvy
b. pellagra
c. rickets
d. beri-beri
Ans. c
52. Xerophthalmia, nyctalopia and hyper keratosis are major symptoms of the deficiency of:
a. calciferol
b. carotene
c. tocopherol
d. naphthoquinone
Ans. b
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53. Which on of the following vitamins has some physiological effects similar to those of parathormone?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin K
c. Vitamin E
d. Vitamin D
Ans. d
54. The vitamin which is not excreted in urine in higher vertebrates is:
a. Vitamin C
b. Vitamin B2
c. Vitamin A
d. Vitamin B1
Ans. d
55. Curdling of milk is caused by:
a. a large variet of useful bacteria
b. the action of rennin
c. the action of pepsin
d. the high acid content in stomach
Ans. b
56. A person decides to live exclusively on a diet of milk, eggs and bread. He would suffer from:
a. scurvy
b. rickets
c. beri-beri
d. nightblindness
Ans. a
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57. Cracks in the corners of mouth, purplish color to tongue, inflammation of eyes and loss of hair are the symptoms of the deficiency of:
a. thiamine
b. riboflavin
c. niacin
d. pyridoxin
Ans. b
58. An organ that assists in the mobilisation of energy reserves for use during periods of starvation is:
a. pancreas
b. liver
c. adipose tissue
d. lungs
Ans. b
59. Vitamins which are needed to be taken orally by food are:
a. fat soluble vitamins
b. water soluble vitamins
c. water soluble vitamins which can be stored in liver
d. fat soluble vitamins which can be stored in liver
Ans. d
60. Peyer’s patches in the wall of alimentary canal are:
a. group of nerve endings
b. group of lymph nodes
c. group of veins
d. group of arteries
Ans. b
61. The major minerals for the formation of body protein are:
a. calcium
b. sodium
c. magnesium
d. All the above
Ans. d
62. Anaemia is caused due to deficiency of:
a. biotin
b. folic acid
c. niacin
d. ascorbic acid
Ans. b
63. The lacteals are central lymph vessels which are found in:
a. liver
b. pancreas
c. villi
d. spleen
Ans. c
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64. Pseudorumination is:
a. chewing of food
b. swallowing of food
c. eating own faeces
d. eating the skin
Ans. b
65. The wisdom tooth to man appear at the age of 17-25 years. It is:
a. first premolar
b. first molar
c. last premolar
d. last molar
Ans. d
66. When a man starves, he first of all consumes stored:
a. fats
b. proteins
c. glycogen
d. carbohydrates
Ans. c
67. If a child bleeds, he is prescribed by the doctor:
a. Vitamin C
b. Vitamin K
c. Heparin
d. Vitamin D
Ans. b
68. Following is the example of vitamin A deficiency disorder:
a. Xerosis
b. Fever
c. Deficiency of Vitamin A
c. None of the above
Ans. a
69. The prolonged use of large doses of vitamin A is:
a. Hyper vitaminosis
b. Hyper vitaminosis
c. Hypo vitaminosis
d. All the above
Ans. a
70. Skiagrams of long bones of the limbs may be seen in:
a. Hyper vitaminosis
b. Hypo vitaminosis
c. Both a and b
d. None
Ans. a
71. The macronutrients are called as:
a. Primary principles
b. Proximate principles
c. Both of the above
d. None
Ans. b
72. The example for the macronutrients are:
a. Proteins
b. Fats
c. Carbohydrates
d. All the above
Ans. d
73. Examples for the micronutrients are:
a. Calcium
b. CHO
b. Fats
d. Nutrients
Ans. a
74. Proteins are made up of:
a. Micro nutrients
b. Protenexx
c. Amino acids
d. All the above
Ans. c
75. How many of the amino acids are needed by human body?
a. 24
b. 20
c. 18
d. 30
Ans. a