MCQ on Food and Nutrition

General Studies MCQ on General awareness

MCQ on Food and Nutrition

1-Soil conservation means:

(A) To check soil erosion by afforestation

(B) Prevention of spread of desert

(C) To check soil erosion by wind and rains

(D) All of the above

 

2-Fermentation involved in mango pickle production is:

(A) Alcoholic

(B) Acetic acid

(C) Lactic acid

(D) Butyric acid

 

3-Vitamin which is not found in fruits and vegetables is:

(A) Vitamin B12

(B) Vitamin B6

(C) Vitamin B1

(D) Vitamin A

 

4-Guava is a rich source of ______.

(A) Pectin

(B) Vitamin C

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) Sugar

 

5-Which of the following treatments kill some selective but not all the microbes present and usually the temperature is below 100° C

(A) Pascalization

(B) Blanching

(C) Sterilization

(D) Pasteurization

 

6-Calcium carbide releases which type of gas?

(A) Acetylene

(B) SO2

(C) CO2

(D) Ethylene

 

7-Olericulture refers to the study of

(A) Insects

(B) Fruits

(C) Flowers

(D) Vegetables

 

8-Fruits and vegetables are collectively known as

(A) Protective foods

(B) Energy foods

(C) Protein rich foods

(D) None of these

 

9-Vitamin C is scientifically known as

(A) Mallic acid

(B) Ascorbic acid

(C) Acetic acid

(D) Lactic acid

 

10-Papaya is rich in?

(A) Vitamin K

(B) Vitamin E

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin A

 

11-Rose is the National flower of which country?

(A) England

(B) Holland

(C) India

(D) USA

 

12-In what the yellow coloured vegetables are rich?

(A) Vitamin E

(B) Vitamin D

(C) Vitamin B

(D) Vitamin A

 

13-Milk & Vegetable oil shall be fortified with following micro nutrients

(A) Vitamin B1, B2, B3 & B6.

(B) Vitamin A & D

(C) Vitamin B12

(D) All of the above

 

14-Amino acids in human are source of

(A) Lipids

(B) Carbohydrates

(C) Fats

(D) Protein

 

15-Study of death is known as

(A) thanatology

(B) odontology

(C) omithology

(D) trichology

 

16-Who introduced the technique of sterilization

(A) Edward Jenner

(B) Louis Pasteur

(C) Robert Koch

(D) Lister Pasteur

 

ANSWERS:

1-(D), 2-(C), 3-(A), 4-(C), 5-(D), 6-(A), 7-(D), 8-(A), 9-(B), 10-(D), 11-(A), 12-(D), 13-(B), 14-(D), 15-(A), 16-(B)