Free Health and Nutrition MCQs with Answers
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- A. Having a small, thin frame
- B. Personal and/or family history of broken bones in adulthood
- C. A diet high in calcium
- D. Smokin
Explanation: A diet high in calcium helps maintain bone density and therefore is protective against osteoporosis.
Correct answer: A diet high in calcium- A. Chemical
- B. Thermal
- C. Electric
- D. No energy
Explanation: Minerals do not provide calories or usable energy; they support functions such as bone formation, fluid balance, nerve activity and enzyme…
Correct answer: No energy- A. Opium
- B. Lead
- C. Sugar
- D. Lithium
Explanation: Morphine is a powerful opioid alkaloid obtained from opium, the dried latex of the opium poppy.
Correct answer: Opium- A. Sweating
- B. Dehydrated
- C. Fatigue
- D. NONE
Explanation: Heat exhaustion commonly develops when heat exposure is combined with dehydration, which reduces the body’s ability to cool itself.
Correct answer: Dehydrated- A. Tooth disease
- B. Eye
- C. Skin
- D. Bone disease
Explanation: Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and maintain strong bones, so deficiency can cause bone disease such as rickets.
Correct answer: Bone disease- A. Spleen and liver
- B. Kidney and lungs
- C. Lung and heart
- D. Heady and brain
Explanation: Malaria parasites affect the liver during their developmental stage and commonly enlarge or damage the spleen as infected red blood cells…
Correct answer: Spleen and liver- A. Measles, syphilis
- B. Cholera, tuberculosis
- C. Poliomyelitis, syphilis
- D. Measles,smallpox, mumps
Explanation: Measles, smallpox and mumps are all viral diseases, whereas cholera, tuberculosis and syphilis are caused by bacteria.
Correct answer: Measles,smallpox, mumps- A. Epilepsy
- B. AIDS
- C. Color blindness
- D. Leucidrema
Explanation: Color blindness is commonly an X-linked inherited condition, so it is genetically transmitted through sex chromosomes.
Correct answer: Color blindness- A. H.I.V
- B. A.I.B
- C. B.I.G
- D. V.I.H
Explanation: AIDS is caused by HIV, which stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The other letter combinations are not the accepted name of the virus.
Correct answer: H.I.V- A. Whooping cough
- B. Cholera
- C. Poliomyelitis
- D. None of these
Explanation: Pertussis is the medical name for whooping cough, a contagious bacterial respiratory infection marked by severe bouts of coughing.
Correct answer: Whooping cough- A. Lack of green vegetable in diet
- B. Use of milled rice
- C. Definitely of calcium in bone
- D. Poor use of citrus
Explanation: Beriberi results from a deficiency of thiamine, or vitamin B1, and is classically associated with eating polished or milled rice because…
Correct answer: Use of milled rice- A. Flexometer
- B. Dynamimeter
- C. Skin fold caliper
- D. Stadiometer
Explanation: A skinfold caliper estimates subcutaneous body fat by measuring the thickness of skinfolds at standard body sites.
Correct answer: Skin fold caliper- A. Trace
- B. Complex
- C. Simple
- D. None of these
Explanation: Minerals are broadly classified as macrominerals and trace minerals according to the amounts the body requires.
Correct answer: Trace- A. Building bones
- B. Building Blocks
- C. Building Muscles
- D. None of these
Explanation: Amino acids join together to form proteins, so they are called the building blocks of proteins.
Correct answer: Building Blocks- A. Rickets
- B. stress
- C. Scurvy
- D. Constipation
Explanation: Vitamin C is needed for collagen formation and healthy connective tissue, so severe deficiency causes scurvy, marked by bleeding gums and…
Correct answer: Scurvy- A. 8 Amino Acids
- B. 12 Amino Acids
- C. 11 Amino Acids
- D. 9 amino Acids
Explanation: Adults require nine essential amino acids in the diet because the body cannot synthesize them in sufficient amounts.
Correct answer: 9 amino Acids- A. Chicken pox
- B. Rabbies
- C. Leprosy
- D. Tetnus
Explanation: Rabies is a viral infection that attacks the central nervous system and is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal.
Correct answer: Rabbies- A. Fats
- B. Vitamin
- C. Carbs
- D. Proteins
Explanation: Carbohydrates are the body's principal and most readily available fuel for physical activity, especially moderate- and high-intensity…
Correct answer: Carbs- A. Oranges
- B. Bread
- C. Cereals
- D. Red meat
Explanation: Red meat generally contains substantially more fat than oranges, bread, or cereals, although the exact amount depends on the cut and…
Correct answer: Red meat- A. 60%
- B. WA. 50%
- C. 70%
- D. 80%
Explanation: Water makes up about 60% of an average adult human body, though the exact proportion varies with age, sex, and body composition.
Correct answer: 60%