Components of Food MCQ

Components of Food MCQ/Objective Question Chapter 2 Class 6 Science

Sarson saag (Mustard leaf curry) is a popular cuisine of which locality?

  • a. Bihar
  • b. Uttar Pradesh
  • c. Punjab
  • d. Andhra Pradesh
Answer
  • c. Punjab

 

Our meal most time consist of at least one:

  • a. Cereal
  • b. Picle
  • c. Curry
  • d. Dal
Answer
  • a. Cereal
Explanation
Cereals gives energy. So most times our food at least have a cereal product. For example: Bread, Rice, Chapati, Idli, Dosa etc.

We eat variety of foods because a single food cannot give all the nutrients.

  • a. True
  • b. False
Answer
  • a. True

Strike out the one which is/are a component of food.

  • a. Carbohydrate and Fats
  • b. Vitamins and minerals
  • c. Protein
  • d. All three
Answer
  • d. All three
Explanation
all these are components of food

A few drop  of iodine solution on food makes them blue. The food contains which component of food?

  • a. Carbohydrate
  • b. Fats
  • c. Proteins
  • d. All
Answer
  • a. Carbohydrate
Explanation
Most carbohydrates in our food are startch and sugars. Idone solution turns starch into blue.

How do we do test the presence of protein in a food?

  • a. Adding iodine solutionturns them blue
  • b. Adding copper sulphate and caustic soda turns them into violet
  • c. Such food leave greasy marks on paper
  • d. All three
Answer
  • b. Adding copper sulphate and caustic soda turns them into violet
Explanation
Option a show test for starch while option c shows test for the presence of fats in the food.

Which food component mainly prodes us the energy?

  • a. Viatamins and minerals
  • b. Carbohydrates
  • c. Fats
  • d. Proteins
Answer
  • b. Carbohydrates
Explanation
Fats give us more energy then that of carbohydrate but our sources of energy mainly come from carbohydrates.

Which component of food promote growth an drepair of the body?

  • a. Carbohydrates
  • b. Fats
  • c. Vitamins
  • d. Proteins
Answer
  • d. Proteins
Explanation
Proteins are called body building foods

Energy giving foods are:

  • a. Carbohydrates
  • b. Fats
  • c. Viamins and minerals
  • d. a and b both
Answer
  • d. a and b both

All foods given below contain carbohydrates except one which is:

  • a. Rice
  • b. Bajra
  • c. Wheat
  • d. Coconut oil
Answer
  • d. Coconut oil
Explanation
Coconut oil contains fats.

Exampple of foods that contain fats are:

  • a. Edible Oils
  • b. Butter
  • c. Ghee
  • d. All three
Answer
  • d. All three

Which component of food protects us from diseases and also helps in keeping our teeth, gums, bones, and eyes healthy?

  • a. Carbohydrate
  • b. Fats
  • c. Vitamins
  • d. Minerals
Answer
  • c. Vitamins

Which vitamin keep our skin and eye healthy?

  • a. A
  • b. D
  • c. E
  • d. K
Answer
  • a. A
Explanation
Vitamin A

Which vitamin keep our gums heathy and prevent scurvy?

  • a. Viatmin A
  • b. Viatmin B
  • c. Viatmin C
  • d. Viatmin D
Answer
  • c. Viatmin C

The vitamin that makes our bone strong is:

  • a. Viatmin A
  • b. Viatmin B
  • c. Viatmin C
  • d. Viatmin D
Answer
  • d. Viatmin D

Which vitamin can be synthesized by our body in the presence of sun light.

  • a. Viatmin A
  • b. Viatmin B
  • c. Viatmin C
  • d. Viatmin D
Answer
  • d. Viatmin D

Sources of Viamin A is:

  • a. Carrot
  • b. Spinach
  • c. Wheat
  • d. Liver
Answer
  • a. Carrot
Explanation
Carrot, papaya, mango (yellow fruits), Fish oil, milk contain vitamin A

Sources of vitamin C is

  • a. Orange 
  • b. Milk
  • c. Fish
  • d. Eggs
Answer
  • a. Orange 
Explanation
lemon, oranges, guava, amla, tomato etc contain vitamin C.

Which component of food help keeping undigested materials away from the body?

  • a. Fats
  • b. Minerals
  • c. Dietary fibres
  • d. Viamins
Answer
  • c. Dietary fibres

Sources of dietry fibres/roughage are:

  • a. Milk
  • b. Eggs
  • c. Fresh fruits and vegtables
  • d. Fish
Answer
  • c. Fresh fruits and vegtables
Explanation
Whole grains, pulses, fruits and vegetable, potaos etc contain dietary fibres.

Which among these is a source of iodine?

  • a. Milk and milk products
  • b. Fish
  • c. Ginger
  • d. All three
Answer
  • d. All three

Spinach contains:

  • a. Iodine
  • b. Phosphorus
  • c. Iron
  • d. Calcium
Answer
  • c. Iron

Milk is a rich source of:

  • a. Iodine
  • b. Calcium
  • c. Phosphorus
  • d. All three
Answer
  • d. All three

The food that we normally eat in a day makes our:

  • a. Habit
  • b. Diet
  • c. Food
  • d. None
Answer
  • b. Diet

Which among these makes a  diet balanced-diet?

  • a. A diet full of carbohydrates
  • b. A diet consisting of carbohydrates and fats
  • c. A diet consisting of all the components of food in required quantity
  • d. A diet full of fats
Answer
  • c. A diet consisting of all the components of food in the required quantity

Do animals also need a balanced diet?

  • a. Yes
  • b. No
Answer
  • a. Yes

Which vitamin gets destroyed easily during cooking

  • a. Vitamin A
  • b. Viamin C
  • c. Vitamin D
  • d. Vitamin K
Answer
  • b. Viamin C

Eating only foods rich in fats may result into which disease?

  • a. Rickets
  • b. Scurvy
  • c. Obesity
  • d. Anaemia
Answer
  • c. Obesity

Deficiency of which vitamin leads to softer and bent bones (rickets)?

  • a. A
  • b. B
  • c. C
  • d. D
Answer
  • d. D

Night blindess may occur due to the deficiency of vitamin

  • a. D
  • b. A
  • c. C
  • d. K
Answer
  • b. A
Sources of Vitamin A

A disease due to low idone in which gland in the neck appear swollen is:

  • a. Rickets
  • b. Goitre
  • c. Anaemia
  • d. Beriberi
Answer
  • b. Goitre
Explanation

Weak muscles and low energy are symptoms of which disease

  • a. Beriberi
  • b. Goitre
  • c. Rickets
  • d. Tooth decay
Answer
  • a. Beriberi
Explanation
Deficiency of vitamin B1  leads to beri beri. In this disease person have low energy and weak muscle.

 

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Ref: Chapter 2.

 

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