Free Health and Nutrition MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Protein
  • B. Carbohydrates
  • C. Vitamin
  • D. Fats

Explanation: Long-distance running relies heavily on aerobic energy production, which uses carbohydrate stored as muscle and liver glycogen.

Correct answer: Carbohydrates
  • A. Fats
  • B. protein
  • C. Carbohydrates
  • D. Vitamins

Explanation: Sugar, sweets, bread and cakes are mainly rich in carbohydrates, particularly simple sugars in sweets and refined starch in bread.

Correct answer: Carbohydrates
  • A. Vitamin c & B
  • B. Vitamin B & K
  • C. Vitamin E & K
  • D. Vitamin D & A

Explanation: Milk and butter are important dietary sources of fat-soluble vitamins A and D, especially when fortified.

Correct answer: Vitamin D & A
  • A. Thiamine
  • B. Calcium
  • C. Phosphors
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Vitamin B1 is thiamine, a water-soluble vitamin involved in carbohydrate metabolism and normal nerve function.

Correct answer: Thiamine
  • A. Vitamin D
  • B. Vitamin c
  • C. Vitamin K
  • D. Vitamin E

Explanation: Vitamin C is readily destroyed by heat, oxygen and prolonged storage, so fresh foods retain more of it.

Correct answer: Vitamin c
  • A. Protein
  • B. Fats
  • C. Minerals
  • D. Carbhydrates

Explanation: Carbohydrates are the body's preferred fuel for prolonged exercise and help maintain muscle glycogen stores during endurance events.

Correct answer: Carbhydrates
  • A. Normal Coagulation of Blood
  • B. Provide Nourishment to Body
  • C. Prevention of Disease
  • D. Metabolism of the Body

Explanation: Vitamin K is required to produce clotting factors, so it enables normal coagulation of blood.

Correct answer: Normal Coagulation of Blood
  • A. Trypsin
  • B. Co-Enzymes
  • C. Amino Acids
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Many vitamins function as coenzymes or form parts of coenzymes that help enzymes carry out metabolic reactions.

Correct answer: Co-Enzymes
  • A. low carbohydrates
  • B. Simple carbohydrates
  • C. Complex Carbohydrate
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Dietary fibre consists mainly of complex carbohydrates, particularly plant polysaccharides that are not fully digested by human enzymes.

Correct answer: Complex Carbohydrate
  • A. Cellulose
  • B. Sucrose
  • C. Carbohydrates
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Cellulose is an insoluble dietary fibre because human digestive enzymes cannot break its plant-cell-wall structure down.

Correct answer: Cellulose
  • A. 8
  • B. 9
  • C. 10
  • D. 11

Explanation: The commonly recognised B-complex group has eight vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9 and B12.

Correct answer: 8
  • A. Lack of Calcium
  • B. Lacke of Sulpher
  • C. Lack of Iodine
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Iodine is needed to make thyroid hormones, so its deficiency can enlarge the thyroid gland and produce goitre.

Correct answer: Lack of Iodine
  • A. Protein
  • B. None of these
  • C. Fats
  • D. Simple carbohydrates

Explanation: Glucose, fructose and maltose are sugars classified as simple carbohydrates, although glucose and fructose are monosaccharides while…

Correct answer: Simple carbohydrates
  • A. Grape-fruit
  • B. Apricot
  • C. Banana
  • D. Citrus-fruit

Explanation: Apricots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A.

Correct answer: Apricot
  • A. Give strength
  • B. Give protection
  • C. Prevent Constipation
  • D. Lubricate Food

Explanation: Bile salts help emulsify fats and also stimulate intestinal movement, giving bile a mild laxative effect that can help prevent…

Correct answer: Prevent Constipation
  • A. Muscles Weakness
  • B. Muscles cramps
  • C. All of these
  • D. Gain in body mass

Explanation: Creatine commonly increases body mass because it draws water into muscle cells and can support increased muscle growth with training.

Correct answer: Gain in body mass
  • A. Hemoglobin
  • B. Protplast
  • C. Bone Marrow
  • D. Platelets

Explanation: Dietary iron is incorporated into haemoglobin, the red-blood-cell protein that carries oxygen.

Correct answer: Hemoglobin
  • A. Renin
  • B. Lipase
  • C. HCL
  • D. Pepsin

Explanation: Lipase breaks dietary fats into fatty acids and glycerol after bile has emulsified the fat into smaller droplets.

Correct answer: Lipase
  • A. Insomnia
  • B. Obesity
  • C. AIDS
  • D. Bery Bery

Explanation: Poor eating habits can contribute to obesity, vitamin-deficiency diseases such as beriberi, and sometimes sleep problems.

Correct answer: AIDS
  • A. 92%
  • B. 87%
  • C. 76%
  • D. 78%

Explanation: Nitrogen makes up about 78% of dry atmospheric air, while oxygen makes up about 21%.

Correct answer: 78%