When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:
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(a) Rickets (b) Kwashiorkor (c) Pellagra […]
A healthy person eats the following diet – 5 gm raw sugar, 4 gm albumin, 10 gm pure buffalo ghee adultrated with 2 gm vegetable ghee (hydrogenated vegetable oil) and 5 gm lignin. How many […]
Which one of the following is the correct matching of the site of action on the given substrate, the enzyme acting upon it and the end product?
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(a) Duodenum: Triglycerides Monogly-cerides (b) Small […]
Select the correct match of the digested products in humans given in column-I with their absorption site and mechanism in column-II
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(a) Fructose, Na⁺ Small intestine, passive absorption (b) Glycerol, fatty acids Duodenum, […]
If for some reason goblet cells are non functional, this will adversely affect:
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(a) production of somatostatin (b) secretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands (c) maturation of sperms (d) smooth movement of […]
Which one of the following statements is true regarding digestion and absorption of food in humans?
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(a) Fructose and amino acids are absorbed through intestinal mucosa with the help of carrier ions like […]
What will happen if the secretion of parietal cells of gastric glands is blocked with an inhibitor?
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(a) Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin (b) Gastric juice will be deficient in pepsinogen […]
Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal?
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(a) Salivary maltase → carboxypeptidase → trypsinogen […]
Two friends are eating together on a dining table. One of them suddenly starts coughing while swallowing some food. This coughing would have been due to improper movement of:
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(a) epiglottis (b) […]
What is vital capacity of our lungs?
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(a) Inspiratory reserve volume plus tidal volume (b) Total lung capacity minus expiratory reserve volume (c) Inspiratory reserve volume plus expiratory reserve volume (d) Total lung […]
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