Practice Nutrition, Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Which of the following is NOT a source of Vitamin C?

Consider the following statements about Vitamin D:

1. Our body can make it in the presence of sunlight.

2. It helps the body use calcium for bones and teeth.

3. It is the vitamin that is easily destroyed by the heat of cooking.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A food sample is mixed with a solution of copper sulphate and caustic soda. Which colour shows that the sample contains protein?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Arrange the following parts in the order in which food passes through them after leaving the mouth:

1. Stomach

2. Small intestine

3. Oesophagus

Select the correct order.

Why should vegetables be washed before cutting them, rather than after?

Poor eyesight, especially loss of vision in the dark, is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?

Consider the following statements about the components of food:

1. The same quantity of fats gives much more energy than carbohydrates.

2. Proteins are called body building foods.

3. Roughage provides essential nutrients to the body.

Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

What is the function of the mucus secreted by the gastric glands of the stomach?

Which of the following pairs of mineral and its deficiency disease is correctly matched?