Components of Food

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What are ‘food ingredients’?

Q. What are macronutrient and why are they called macronutrients

Q. Which of the following are examples of body-building food?

1. Milk
2. Chicken
3. Fish
4. Egg

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The major components of our food are

1. Carbohydrates

2. Proteins

3. Fats

4. All of the above

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Proteins are essential for

1. growth and repair of body tissues

2. providing energy for our daily activities

3. absorption of iron by the body

4. strengthening bones and teeth

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When iodine is added to starch solution, the solution turns ___ in colour.

1. pink

2. blue

3. black

4. yellow

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All of the following are nutrients found in our food except

1. Protein

2. Carbohydrates

3. Vitamins

4. Plasma

Q. Minerals and are nutrients required by the body in small quantities.

1. carbohydrates
2. proteins
3. vitamins
4. fats

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When food rich in starch is treated with iodine, it turns into _____.

1. blue-black colour

2. orange colour

3. red colour

4. pink colour

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An animal ‘X’ lives underwater and it is an important source of food in coastal areas. The food from animal ‘X’ is very rich in nutrient ‘Y’. The liver oil of ‘X’ is rich in a particular vitamin. The animal ‘X’ also contains a mineral ‘Z’ which prevents goiter disease in humans.

Name the most common source of mineral ‘Z’ in our kitchen

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Amino acids are the building blocks of ________

1. Calcium

2. Proteins

3. Thiamine

4. Vitamin K

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Are vitamins a macronutrient?

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The confirmation of carbohydrates in food can be done by using

1. Caustic soda

2. All of the above

3. Copper sulphate solution

4. Iodine

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What are the two types of malnutrition?

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The components of food which are required in definite amounts by the body are ___

Q. Role of trypsin enzyme in digestion.

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Identify the given sugar.

1. Glucose

2. Galactose

3. Lactose

4. Fructose

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Use the following information to answer the next question.

The food items that five blue-black colour with iodine are identified to be

1. I and II

2. II and III

3. III and IV

4. IV and I

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88. The chemical name of vitamin D is

1. retinol

2. ferredoxin

3. calciferol

4. ergosterol

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Which of the following is/are used for testing starch?

1. Iodine

2. Sodium

3. Magnesium

4. Ammonia

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what are nutrients?

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What are the symptoms of too much vitamin A?

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The major nutrients of our food are

1. Carbohydrates

2. Proteins

3. Fats

4. All of the above

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Roshan wants to build his muscles. What changes should he make in his diet to get this?

1. Eat more protein rich food

2. Eat more fat rich food

3. Eat more vitamin rich food

4. Eat more carbohydrate rich food

Q. Which among the following is not a step in the process of digestion?

1. Filteration
2. Absorption
3. Ingestion
4. Assimilation

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The component present in the food which is essential to our body is called as as __.

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How can our skin absorb victims from sunlight

Q. Food rich in starch turns in colour, when treated with dilute iodine solution.

Q. Presence of which of the following in blood \ urine cannot be detected by Benedict's test or Fehling's test ?

1. Sucrose
2. Fructose
3. Glucose
4. Gatactose

Q. Usually new born babies are exposed to early morning sunlight. Can you guess the reason?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin K