Free Health and Nutrition MCQs with Answers
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- A. Body composition
- B. Climatic conditions
- C. Prior exercise
- D. All of the aboveBook Fitness Classes
Explanation: Resting energy expenditure varies with body composition, environmental temperature, and the after-effects of recent exercise.
Correct answer: All of the aboveBook Fitness Classes- A. 4, 9, 4
- B. 9, 7, 4
- C. 4, 7, 4
- D. 9, 4, 4
Explanation: Carbohydrate and protein each provide about 4 Calories per gram, whereas fat provides about 9 Calories.
Correct answer: 4, 9, 4- A. Breakfast cereals
- B. Non-diet soft drinks
- C. Fast-food chicken breasts
- D. Hot dogs
Explanation: Regular consumption of non-diet soft drinks adds substantial sugar and Calories without much satiety, making it strongly associated with…
Correct answer: Non-diet soft drinks- A. Below 3%.
- B. 20% to 30%.
- C. 5% to 15%.
- D. Above 35%.
Explanation: Male athletes commonly have a relatively low but healthy body-fat range of about 5% to 15%, depending on the sport and individual.
Correct answer: 5% to 15%.- A. Diabetes
- B. Anemia
- C. Rickets
- D. Bari Bari
Explanation: Insulin helps body cells take up and use glucose; reduced insulin secretion leaves glucose in the blood and produces diabetes mellitus.
Correct answer: Diabetes- A. Bone deformity
- B. Anemia
- C. Irregular heart beat
- D. Tooth decay
Explanation: Iron is needed to make haemoglobin, so iron deficiency reduces oxygen-carrying capacity and commonly causes iron-deficiency anemia.
Correct answer: Anemia- A. Heart filter
- B. Kidney filter
- C. Blood to clot
- D. Stomach to digest
Explanation: Hemophilia is an inherited clotting disorder in which deficient clotting factors make bleeding difficult to stop.
Correct answer: Blood to clot- A. Insulin
- B. Thyroxin
- C. Streptomycin
- D. Smallpox
Explanation: Smallpox is caused by the variola virus. Thyroxin and insulin are hormones, while streptomycin is an antibiotic, so they are not viral…
Correct answer: Smallpox- A. Cholera
- B. Influenza
- C. Amebiasis
- D. Typhoid
Explanation: Influenza spreads mainly through respiratory droplets and aerosols, not contaminated water.
Correct answer: Influenza- A. Sickle cell anemia
- B. AIDS
- C. Diabetes mellitus
- D. Hemphilis
Explanation: Diabetes mellitus involves impaired insulin production or action, preventing glucose from being used and regulated normally in the body.
Correct answer: Diabetes mellitus- A. Glycogen
- B. Potassium
- C. Calcium
- D. Sodium chloride
Explanation: Heavy sweating chiefly reduces body water and electrolytes, especially sodium and chloride, which together form sodium chloride.
Correct answer: Sodium chloride- A. Water-borne disease
- B. Infection disease
- C. Air-borne
- D. None
Explanation: Typhoid and cholera commonly spread through food or drinking water contaminated with infected faeces, so they are classed as water-borne…
Correct answer: Water-borne disease- A. Circulation
- B. Digestion
- C. Immune
- D. Brain
Explanation: HIV primarily attacks CD4 cells, which coordinate the body's immune defenses.
Correct answer: Immune- A. Cardiovascular
- B. Respiratory
- C. Immune
- D. Reproductive
Explanation: The immune system is the primary system attacked by HIV because the virus targets CD4 immune cells.
Correct answer: Immune- A. Adedesaegypteis
- B. Brainohils
- C. Anopheles
- D. None of the se
Explanation: Dengue is mainly transmitted by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which requires blood for egg production.
Correct answer: Adedesaegypteis- A. Increasing stress
- B. Aerobic exercise
- C. Smoking cessation
- D. Vegetarian diet
Explanation: Aerobic exercise, stopping smoking, and a suitable vegetarian diet can reduce chronic-disease risk.
Correct answer: Increasing stress- A. Potassium
- B. Sodium
- C. Carbohydrate
- D. Vitamins
Explanation: A dilute carbohydrate drink can speed intestinal absorption of fluid and provide a small amount of usable energy, supporting rehydration…
Correct answer: Carbohydrate- A. Final 10 minutes
- B. Final 20 minutes
- C. Final 14 minutes
- D. Final 15 minutes
Explanation: Consuming a carbohydrate drink during the final 15 minutes before exercise can provide rapidly available glucose without requiring a large…
Correct answer: Final 15 minutes- A. Hair.
- B. Foot-strike destruction of red blood cells.
- C. Iron loss during menstruation.
- D. Sweat.
Explanation: Female athletes may lose iron through menstruation, sweat, and exercise-related breakdown of red blood cells caused by repeated foot…
Correct answer: Hair.- A. Alcohol
- B. Water
- C. Soft drink
- D. Beverage
Explanation: Water can be consumed before exercise to support hydration and help regulate body temperature.
Correct answer: Water