Health and Nutrition in Animals questions and answers:
Enzymes which acts similarly are called as
(a) Isoenzymes
(b) Cofactor
(c) Coenzymes
(d) All the above
Shark liver oil and cod liver oil is a natural rich source of
(a) Fat
(b) Vitamin A and C
(c) Vitamin A, C and D
(d) Protien
Mental retardation in children suffering from galactosemia can be avoided by
(a) Giving them more milk
(b) Giving them milk free diet
(c) Giving them milk fortified with vitamins
(d) Giving them more proteinous diet
Kwashiorkar, xeropthalmia and night blindness are
(a) Viral diseases
(b) Hereditary diseases
(c) Deficiency diseases
(d) Congenital diseases
Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
(a) energy is essential for life processes
(b) organisms grow with time
(c) movement of molecules does not take place among cells
(d) organisms must repair and maintain their body
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Certain vitamin B acts as
(a) Enzymes
(b) Coenzymes
(c) Digestive enzymes
(d) Hormones
Which one of the following is most essential for growth and formation of new cells
(a) Proteins
(b) Sugar
(c) Vitamins
(d) Minerel salts
Excess intake of food calories, specially food with little water, sugar, honey and oil causes
(a) Hypercholesterolmia
(b) Kwashiorkar
(c) Bleeding disease
(d) Obesity
Ammonium sulphate is
(a) Insecticide
(b) Weedicide
(c) Fertiliser
(d) Toxic chemical
When a piece of bread is chewed it tastes sweet because
(a) The sugar contents are drawn out
(b) Saliva converts starch into maltose
(c) It does not taste sweet
(d) The taste buds are stimulated by chewing
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Vitamins, we must consume daily are
(a) Fat soluble
(b) Water soluble
(c) (a) and (b) both
(d) None of these
Which should not be eaten too much during hot months
(a) Vitamins
(b) Fats
(c) Mineral salts
(d) Proteins
Cultivation by sand culture is also called
(a) Soilless cultivation
(b) Greenhouse effect
(c) Photorespiration
(d) None of these
Balanced diet includes
(a) Proteins and vitamins
(b) Carbohydrates, fats and proteins
(c) Carbohydrates, fats, proteins and vitamins
(d) Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and water
If a person decides to live exclusively on a diet of milk, eggs, bread, he would suffer from
(a) Night blindness
(b) Scurvy
(c) Goitre
(d) Rickets
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To get sufficient carbohydrates one should take
(a) Meat
(b) Rice
(c) Carrots
(d) Ground nuts
Hernia is a disease where there is
(a) Descend of intestine into inguinal canal
(b) Hardening in the muscles
(c) Weakening of thigh
(d) Weakening of intestine
One of the following minerals is responsible to regulate your heart beats
(a) Sulphur
(b) Sodium
(c) Potassium
(d) Iron
The agent that keeps metals in the soluble state is called
(a) Buffer agent
(b) Chelating agent
(c) Catalytic agent
(d) Balancing agent
Main difference between brown fat and white fat is that the cells of brown fat
(a) Are multicoloured
(b) Have more mitochondria
(c) Are polygonal in shape
(d) All the above
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Besides having C, H, O which of the following also contains etc.
(a) Protein
(b) Fat
(c) Carbohydrate
(d) Vitamin
What does the doctor advise to the patients suffering from high blood cholesterol?
(a) Red mutton with fat layer
(b) Vegetable and margerin
(c) Vegetable oil such as ground–nut oil
(d) Pure deshi ghee or butter
Inorganic nutrients are present in the soil as
(a) Molecules
(b) Atoms
(c) Electrically charged ions
(d) Colloids
The main use of salt in the diet is to
(a) Make the food more tasty
(b) Produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for the digestion of food
(c) Ease the process of cooking
(d) Increase the solubility of food particles
Animals consuming only plant materials are referred as
(a) Herbivores
(b) Carnivores
(c) Omnivores
(d) Insectivores
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Milk protein is
(a) Rennin
(b) Casein
(c) Galactose
(d) Glycine
Enzymes, vitamins and hormones can be classified into a single category of biological chemicals because all of these
(a) Enhance oxidative metabolism
(b) Are conjugated proteins
(c) Are exclusively synthesized in the body of a living organism as at present
(d) Help in regulating metabolism
On earth the largest reservoir of nitrogen is
(a) The oceans
(b) Granite rocks
(c) The air
(d) The soil
The most important food element for growth and repair of tissue is
(a) Glucose
(b) Proteins
(c) Vitamins
(d) Calcium
Average kilocalorie of energy needed by woman is
(a) Less than man
(b) More than man
(c) Equal to man
(d) Cannot be predicted
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Riboflavin is essential in our diet, as it is required for the synthesis of
(a) TPP
(b) COASH
(c) NAD
(d) FAD
A doctor advises a person to have more meat, butter, milk, eggs in his diet. The person is
(a) Suffering from scurvy
(b) Cannot see in dark
(c) Suffering from rickets
(d) Suffering from Kwashiorkor disease
A sulphur containing amino acid is
(a) Methionine
(b) Asparagine
(c) Serine
(d) Proline
Cow’s milk is slightly yellowish in colour due to the presence of
(a) Carotene
(b) Riboflavin
(c) Xanthophyll
(d) Xanthophyll and carotene
Starch and cellulose are compounds of many units of
(a) Amino acids
(b) Glycerol
(c) Simple sugars
(d) Fatty acids
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A patient of diabetes mellitus excretes glucose in urine even when he is kept on a carbohydrate free diet. The most likely reason for that is
(a) Amino acids are catabolised in the liver to form sugar
(b) Amino acids are discharged in the blood stream from the liver
(c) Fats are catabolised to form glucose
(d) None of these
Lactose is composed of
(a) Glucose + fructose
(b) Glucose + glucose
(c) Glucose + galactose
(d) Fructose + galactose
The vitamin which contains cobalt is
(a) B1
(b) B2
(c) B6
(d) B12
The fundamental requirement of food is for
(a) Growth
(b) Hunger
(c) Repair
(d) Metabolism
Which reserve food a starving man first consumes
(a) Fat
(b) Protein
(c) Glycogen
(d) Vitamin
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Which of the following has the longest small intestine?
(a) carnivore
(b) omnivore
(c) herbivore
(d) autotroph
Most minerals in a soil are in the
(a) Silt
(b) Clay
(c) Sand
(d) Air pockets
Beri–beri was discovered by
(a) Funk
(b) G.E. Foxan
(c) Eijkman
(d) Admiral Takaki
The internal energy (cellular energy) reserve in autotrophs is:
(a) proteins
(b) fatty acids
(c) glycogen
(d) starch
Pantothenate deficiency produces
(a) Gastro–intestinal disorders
(b) Anaemia
(c) Reduction in the secretion of steroid hormone
(d) All of the above
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Deficiency of calciferol causes
(a) Scurvy
(b) Rickets
(c) Gigantism
(d) Addison’s disease
In human body cobalt helps in
(a) Erythropoiesis and in the activities of certain enzymes
(b) Maintaining the teeth healthy
(c) The prevention from body deformities
(d) Enzyme activation only
Mammals may drink water and also get it from
(a) Breakdown of glycogen into glucose
(b) Secretion of saliva
(c) Oxidation of glucose
(d) Conversion of oxyhaemoglobin into haemoglobin
Which one is inorganic nutrient
(a) Protein
(b) Calcium
(c) Cellulose
(d) Vitamin
Name the main constituent of the food, in the absence of that one cannot live
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Mineral salts
(c) Proteins
(d) Vitamins
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Fats serve as the best storage of spare energy because
(a) Fats yield double amount of energy yielded by glucose on oxidative breakdown
(b) Fats can be stored in an almost pure unhydrated form
(c) Fats accomodate in lesser space
(d) All the above
Obesity can be reduced by reducing the calories intake from
(a) Minerals
(b) Fats and carbohydrates
(c) Proteins
(d) Vitamins
Hypochromic or macrocytic anaemia is due to
(a) Iron deficiency
(b) Vitamin B12 deficiency
(c) Chronic loss of blood
(d) None of the above
Reservoir of sulphur is
(a) Rocks
(b) Oceans
(c) Atmosphere
(d) Lakes
Megaloblastic anaemia of pregnancy is caused by the deficiency of
(a) Vitamin B12
(b) Vitamin B12 and folic acid
(c) Folic acid
(d) Vitamin D
