300+ [UPDATED] Food & Nutrition MCQs and Answers Pdf

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

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