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VITAMINS- Part 9
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1. Avidin is present in
(A) Cow’s milk
(B) Raw egg
(C) Green leafy vegetables
(D) Carrots
2. Marasmus is due to malnutrition of
(A) Proteins
(B) Proteins and calories
(C) Proteins and vitamins
(D) Proteins and minerals
3. Energy value in kilocalorie per gram of
fat in the body is
(A) 1 (B) 4
(C) 9 (D) 18
4. Which among the following is an essential
amino acid for man?
(A) Alanine (B) Serine
(C) Valine (D) Glutamic acid
5. Under what condition to basal metabolic
rate goes up?
(A) Cold environment
(B) Hot environment
(C) Intake of base forming foods
(D) Hypothyroidism
6. What is the major form of caloric storage
in human body?
(A) ATP
(B) Glycogen
(C) Creatine phosphate
(D) triacylglycerol
7. The phosphoprotein of milk is
(A) Lactalbumin (B) Lactoglobulin
(C) Vitellin (D) Caein
8. Dictary deficiency of this vitamin leads to
night blindness:
(A) Retinol (B) Niacin
(C) Ascorbic acid (D) Cholecalciferol
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9. A non essential amino acid is not
(A) Absorbed in the intestines
(B) Required in the diet
(C) Incorporated into the protein
(D) Metabolized by the body
10. The deficiency of Vitamin B12 leads to
(A) Pernicious anaemia
(B) Megablastic anaemia
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
11. Which among the following is a nutritionally
essential amino acid for man?
(A) Alanine (B) Glycine
(C) Tyrosine (D) Isoleucine
12. The maximum specific dynamic action of
food stuff is exerted by
(A) carbohydrates (B) fats
(C) proteins (D) vitamins
13. The essential amino acids
(A) must be supplied in the diet because the
organism has lost the capacity to aminate the
corresponding ketoacids
(B) must be supplied in the diet because the
human has an impaired ability to synthesize
the carbon chain of the corresponding
ketoacids
(C) are identical in all species studied
(D) are defined as these amino acids which
cannot be synthesized by the organism at a
rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
14. Fibre in the diet is beneficial in
(A) Hyper glycemia
(B) Hyper cholseteremia
(C) Colon cancer
(D) All of these
15 Sucrose intolerance leads to
(A) Hyper glycemia (B) Glycosuria
(C) Diarrhoea (D) Hypoglycemia
16. There can be intolerance with respect to
the following sugar:
(A) Glucose (B) Lactose
(C) Maltose (D) Xylose
17. Milk contains very poor amounts of
(A) Calcium (B) Phosphate
(C) Iron (D) Riboflavin
18. Egg contains very little
(A) Fat
(B) Proteins
(C) Carbohydrates
(D) Calcium and phosphorus
19. BMR (Basal Metabolic rate) is elevated in
(A) Hyper thyroidism (B) Under nutrition
(C) Starvation (D) Hypothyroidism
20. Soyabean proteins are rich in
(A) Lysine (B) Alanine
(C) Glcyine (D) Aspartic acid
21. Corn and gliadin are low in
(A) Lysine (B) Alanine
(C) Glycine (D) Aspartic acid
22. What is the disease caused by thiamine
deficiency?
(A) Nycalopia (B) Scurvy
(C) Rickets (D) Beriberi
23. Retinol and retinol –binding protein (RBP)
bound with this protein:
(A) Albumin (B) Prealbumin
(C) α2-globulin (D) β-globulin
24. Megaloblastic anemia is caused by the
deficiency of
(A) Folic acid (B) Vitamin B6
(C) Iron (D) Protein
25. This vitamin acts as anti-oxidant:
(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin D
(C) Vitamin E (D) Vitamin K
26. Calcitriol is
(A) 1-OH-cholecalciferol
(B) 25-OH-cholecalciferol
(C) 24, 25-diOH cholecalciferol
(D) 1, 25-diOH cholecalciferol
27. 1-hydroxylation of 25-OH vitamin D3
takes place in
(A) Liver (B) Kidneys
(C) Intestine (D) Pancreas
28. 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3 takes
place in
(A) Liver (B) Kidneys
(C) Intestine (D) Pancreas
29. Hydroxylation of 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol
is promoted by
(A) Cytochrome – a (B) Parathyroid hormone
(C) Cytochrome-b (D) CAMP
30. The egg injury factor in raw egg white is
(A) Biotin (B) Avidin
(C) Albumin (D) Calcium salts
