The food components needed by our body are called
  • ingredients
  • nutrients
  • fragments
  • ornaments
Carbohydrates can be tested by using
  • iodine solution
  • caustic soda
  • copper sulphate
  • fehling solution
Which one of the following is an energy giving component?
  • Protein
  • Vitamins and minerals
  • Roughage
  • Carbohydrates and fats
Vitamins and minerals are
  • protective food
  • energy giving food
  • body building food
  • roughage
Roughage helps in
  • protecting our body from diseases
  • movement of bowel
  • providing energy
  • building and repair of various body parts
Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of
  • vitamin A
  • vitamin B
  • vitamin C
  • vitamin D
Diseases caused due to the deficiency of vitamins are known as
  • dietary diseases
  • cronic diseases
  • deficiency diseases
  • transmitted diseases
All the deficiency diseases can be prevented by
  • cleanliness
  • taking medicine at proper time
  • vaccination
  • taking balanced diet
Which of the following food items contains carbohydrates?
  • Rice
  • Gram
  • Cabbage
  • Pulses
Night blindness is caused due to deficiency of
  • vitamin A
  • vitamin B
  • vitamin C
  • vitamin D
Body-building  foods are
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
  • Proteins
  • Minerals
Symptoms of Weak muscles and very little energy to work is the disease
  • Rickets
  • Goiter
  • BeriBeri
  • None of these
Disease when Glands in the neck appear swollen
  • Rickets
  • Goiter
  • Scurvy
  • None of these
People with  inadequate intake of both energy and protein often  has this
  • marasmus
  • Kwashiorkor
  • Scurvy
  • Rickets
Read the following statements about diseases. (i) They are caused by germs. (ii) They are caused due to a lack of nutrients in our diet. (iii) They can be passed on to another person through contact. (iv) They can be prevented by taking a balanced diet. Which pair of statements best describe a deficiency disease?
  • (i) and (ii)
  • (ii) and (iii)
  • (ii) and (iv)
  • (i) and (iii)
The starch and sugar in food is called
  • Fats
  • Vitamins
  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
Match the columns
Column I Column II
(a) Iron deficiency (i) Goiter
(b) Iodine Deficiency (ii) Rickets
(c) Weak muscles and very little energy to work (iii) Anaemia
(d) Bones become soft and bent (iv) Beriberi
  • a -> iii, b ->i ,c ->iv, d -> ii
  • a -> ii, b ->i ,c ->iv, d -> iii
  • a -> iii, b ->i ,c ->ii, d -> iv
  • a -> ii, b ->i ,c ->iv, d -> iii
Match the columns
Column I Column II (Mineral found)
(a) Salt (i) Calcium
(b) Banana (ii) iron
(c) Apple (iii) phosphorous
(d) Milk (iv) Iodine
  • a -> iii, b ->i ,c ->iv, d -> ii
  • a -> iv, b ->iii ,c ->ii, d -> i
  • a -> iii, b ->i ,c ->ii, d -> iv
  • a -> ii, b ->i ,c ->iv, d -> iii
Proteins are broken-down by the digestive system into  _________which can be absorbed into the blood
  • amino acids
  • Sucrose
  • cellulose
  • None of these
Which of the following is the main source of energy?
  • Protein & fat
  • Protein & carbohydrates
  • Carbohydrates & Fat
  • Protein & Vitamins
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