Food and Nutrition Multiple Choice Questions
1. Vitamin C is:
A. ascorbic acid
B. aspartic acid
C. lipoic acid
D. nicotinic acid
Answer: A
2. The deficiency of vitamin C causes:
A. anaemia
B. scurvy
C. rickets
D. xerophthalmia
Answer: B
3. Earliest known vitamin is:
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin B1
D. Vitamin K
Answer: C
4. Bile helps in:
A. producing enzymes
B. esterification
C. Both a and b
D. emulsification of fats
Answer: D
5. Fat soluble vitamins are:
A. A,D and E
B. B,C and D
C. E,D and B
Answer: A
6. Synthesis of vitamin A takes place in:
A. blood
B. spleen
D. A,B and C
C. pancreas
D. liver
Answer: D
7. Synthesis of vitamin D with the help of sunlight takes place by:
A. skin
B. liver
C. adipose tissue
D. gall bladder
Answer: A
8. Water soluble vitamins are:
A. A,B and C
B. C and D
C. B and C
D. None of these
Answer: C
9. Chronic alcoholics are always short of vitamin:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer: B
10. Vitamin containing a cobalt cyanide linkage is:
A. A
B. B
C. B6
D. B12
Answer: D
11. Xerophthalmia in children and Nyctalopia (night blindness) in adults is caused by deficiency of vitamin:
A. A
B. D
C. E
D. K
Answer: A
12. Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of:
A. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin K
D. Vitamin A
Answer: 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
Answer: A
14. Recently discovered vitamin with anticancer properties is:
A. Vitamin B15
B. Vitamin Q
C. Vitamin U
D. Vitamin B17
Answer: 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
Answer: D
16. Wound healing is enhanced by vitamin :
A. A
B. C
C. D
D. E
Answer: B
17. Pellagra is caused by the deficiency of:
A. thiamine
B. ascorbic acid
C. nicotinic acid (Niacin)
D. calciferol
Answer: C
18. The antihaemorrhagic vitamin is essential for coagulation of blood It is:
A. B
B. D
C. E
D. K
Answer: D
19. Ascorbic acid is:
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin B
D. Biotin
Answer: B
20. The best source of vitamin A is:
A. apples
B. carrots
C. honey
D. peanuts
Answer: B
21. Beri-Beri, which is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B, was discovered by:
A. Stanley
B. Foxon
C. Funk
D. Eijkman
Answer: B
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
Answer: B
23. Deficiency of Vitamin D in children causes:
A. beri-beri
B. pellagra
C. rickets
D. osteomalacia
Answer: C
24. Substances required to overcome xerophthalmia derived from carrots is:
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin D
C. Proteins
D. Xanthojshyll
Answer: A
25. Vitamin A was discovered by :
A. F.G. Hopkins
B. Richert and Dam
C. Funk
D. Euikmann Christian
Answer: A
26. Riboflavin is:
A. Vitamin B1
B. Vitamin B2
C. Vitamin B6
D. Vitamin B12
Answer: B
27. Which is vital for protein metabolism?
A. Thiamine
B. Riboflavin
C. Nicotinic acid
D. Cyanocobalamin
Answer: D
28. Calciferol is:
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D
Answer: D
29. Deficiency of thiamine causes:
A. Scurvy
B. Pellagra
C. Osteomalacia
D. Beri-Beri
Answer: D
30. Certain B vitamins act as:
A. enzymes
B. coenzymes
C. hormones
D. digestive substances
Answer: B
31. Which is the best source of vitamin B1?
A. Cod liver oil
B. Egg
C. Whole wheat bread
D. Curd
Answer: C
32. Deficiency of vitamin A causes:
A. scurvy
B. rickets
C. xerophthalmia
D. xerophthalmia and nyctalopia
Answer: 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
Answer: B
34. A vitamin which is excreted in urine usually is:
A. C
B. K
C. B1
D. E
Answer: A
35. Vitamin B2 is related with:
A. FMN/FAD
B. NAD
C. NADH
D. ATP
Answer: A
36. The substrate for gastic enzymes renin is:
A. pepsin
B. casein of milk
C. starch
D. lipids of milk
Answer: B
37. Which of the following in an important essential fatty acid?
A. Thiamine
B. Linoleic acid
C. All of the above
D. None
Answer: 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
Answer: C
39. Milk protein is acted upon by an enzyme:
A. rennin
B. cassein
C. caesinogen
D. pepsin
Answer: A
40. Digestion of carbohydrates is enhanced by:
A. repsin
B. pepsin
C. amylopsin
D. trypsin
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: D
43. The pancreatic juice contains the enzymes:
A. trypsin, amylase, lipase
B. lipase, renin, ptyalin
C. amylase, lipase, lactase
D. pepsin, trypsin, amylase
Answer: A
44. Gastric gland of an in stomach produces an enzyme:
A. insulin
B. gastrin
C. pepsin
D. trypsin
Answer: C
45. Beri-Beri is caused due to deficiency of:
A. Vitamin B1
B. Proteins
C. Enzymes
D. Vitamin B2
Answer: A
46. Chemically speaking, the enzymes are:
A. proteins
B. lipids
C. vitamins
D. None of these
Answer: A
47. A vitamin needed for production of collagen fibres is:
A. thiamine
B. ascorbic acid
C. retinol
D. tocopherol
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: A
51. The sunshine vitamin prevents the deficiency disease of:
A. scurvy
B. pellagra
C. rickets
D. beri-beri
Answer: C
52. Xerophthalmia, nyctalopia and hyper keratosis are major symptoms of the deficiency of:
A. calciferol
B. carotene
C. tocopherol
D. naphthoquinone
Answer: B
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
Answer: 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
Answer: D
A. a large variet of useful bacteria
B. the action of rennin
C. the action of pepsin
D. the high acid content in stomach
Answer: 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
Answer: A
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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: B
61. The major minerals for the formation of body protein are:
A. calcium
B. sodium
C. magnesium
D. All the above
Answer: D
62. Anaemia is caused due to deficiency of:
A. biotin
B. folic acid
C. niacin
D. ascorbic acid
Answer: B
63. The lacteals are central lymph vessels which are found in:
A. liver
B. pancreas
C. villi
D. spleen
Answer: C
64. Pseudorumination is:
A. chewing of food
B. swallowing of food
C. eating own faeces
D. eating the skin
Answer: 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
Answer: D
66. When a man starves, he first of all consumes stored:
A. fats
B. proteins
C. glycogen
D. carbohydrates
Answer: C
67. If a child bleeds, he is prescribed by the doctor:
A. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin K
C. Heparin
D. Vitamin D
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: A
71. The macronutrients are called as:
A. Primary principles
B. Proximate principles
C. Both of the above
D. None
Answer: B
72. The example for the macro nutrients are:
A. Proteins
B. Fats
C. Carbohydrates
D. All the above
Answer: D
73. Examples for the micro nutrients are:
A. Calcium
B. CHO
B. Fats
D. Nutrients
Answer: A
74. Proteins are made up of:
A. Micro nutrients
B. Protenexx
C. Amino acids
D. All the above
Answer: C
75. How many of the amino acids are needed by human body?
A. 24
B. 20
C. 18
D. 30
Answer: A