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