Practice Nutrition, Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about Vitamin D:

1. Our body can make Vitamin D in the presence of sunlight.

2. Fish, egg and liver are sources of Vitamin D.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I (deficiency) with List-II (resulting condition):

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Match List-I (part of the digestive system) with List-II (substance it releases):

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Arrange the following stages in the order in which they occur as food passes through the human digestive system:

1. Pepsin begins breaking down proteins in an acidic medium

2. Salivary amylase breaks starch into simple sugar

3. More water is absorbed from undigested food

4. Villi absorb the digested food

Select the correct sequence.

Consider the following statements about modes of nutrition:

1. Fungi are heterotrophs.

2. Amoeba takes in food from a specific spot with the help of cilia.

3. Cuscuta (amarbel) is a parasite.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Bile digests fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

2. Roughage provides no nutrient but adds bulk to food.

3. Mucus protects the lining of the stomach from acid.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about diet-related problems:

1. A long-term lack of proteins can cause stunted growth, swelling of the face and discoloured hair.

2. A lack of both carbohydrates and proteins can make a person very lean, thin and weak.

3. Eating too much fat causes rickets.

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

Consider the following statements about food tests:

1. When two or three drops of dilute iodine solution are put on a food containing starch, it turns blue-black.

2. When a food containing protein is mixed with copper sulphate and caustic soda solution, it turns blue-black.

3. When a food containing fat is pressed in paper, it leaves an oily patch through which light passes slightly.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I (organism) with List-II (mode of nutrition).

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Match List-I (nutrient) with List-II (related fact).

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.