Free Health and Nutrition MCQs with Answers

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  • A. AIDS
  • B. TB
  • C. Gout
  • D. Hepatitis A

Explanation: HIV attacks the immune system, and untreated progressive HIV infection can cause AIDS.

Correct answer: AIDS
  • A. Chicken pox
  • B. Leprosy
  • C. AiDS
  • D. cholera

Explanation: Reye syndrome is a rare serious condition associated particularly with viral infections such as chickenpox or influenza, especially when…

Correct answer: Chicken pox
  • A. Chicken pox
  • B. Leprosy
  • C. Measles
  • D. Tetanus

Explanation: Leprosy is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves, which can cause loss of sensation.

Correct answer: Leprosy
  • A. Minerals
  • B. fats
  • C. proteins
  • D. carbohydrates

Explanation: Sugar, bread, cereals, and cakes are rich in carbohydrates because they contain substantial starches or sugars that provide energy.

Correct answer: carbohydrates
  • A. Measuring Blood pressure
  • B. Measuring Strength
  • C. Measuring Speed
  • D. Measuring Endurance

Explanation: Measuring blood pressure is a health-screening procedure because it can identify hypertension or other cardiovascular risk.

Correct answer: Measuring Blood pressure
  • A. Skeleton
  • B. Gums
  • C. Brain
  • D. skin

Explanation: Pyorrhea is a gum disease involving infection and inflammation around the teeth, often causing bleeding and bad breath.

Correct answer: Gums
  • A. mental health
  • B. physical health
  • C. Health as a total well being
  • D. freedom of disease

Explanation: The WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

Correct answer: Health as a total well being

168. AiDS means:

  • A. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  • B. All infections dilute start
  • C. Abdomen immune deficiency syndrome
  • D. All body immune deficiency syndrome

Explanation: AIDS refers to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a condition caused by advanced HIV infection that weakens the immune system.

Correct answer: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  • A. Egg
  • B. Carrot
  • C. Orange
  • D. Lemon

Explanation: Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, making them the expected answer among these options.

Correct answer: Carrot
  • A. Leprosy
  • B. Rabies
  • C. Tetanus
  • D. Measles

Explanation: Tetanus is called lockjaw because its toxin causes painful stiffness and spasms of the jaw muscles.

Correct answer: Tetanus
  • A. Not drinking enough water
  • B. Not getting enough exercise
  • C. Changes in your regular routine, such as traveling or eating or going to bed at different times
  • D. All of These

Explanation: Constipation can result from inadequate water, insufficient physical activity, or changes in eating, sleeping, and daily routines.

Correct answer: All of These
  • A. Gain in body mass
  • B. Muscles cramps
  • C. Muscles soreness
  • D. Muscle weakness

Explanation: Creatine supplementation commonly increases body mass, largely because muscles store more water and may support greater training-related…

Correct answer: Gain in body mass
  • A. Leprosy
  • B. Myocardial Infraction
  • C. Tetanus
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A heart attack is medically called a myocardial infarction, caused by interrupted blood flow to part of the heart muscle.

Correct answer: Myocardial Infraction
  • A. Fats
  • B. Vitamin
  • C. Calcium
  • D. Carbohydrates

Explanation: Calcium is the main mineral needed for developing and maintaining strong bones, although vitamin D is also important because it helps the…

Correct answer: Calcium
  • A. Basel Metabolic rate
  • B. Body mass rate
  • C. Basic Mass Rate
  • D. None of these

Explanation: BMR stands for Basal Metabolic Rate, the energy the body uses at complete rest to maintain essential functions such as breathing and…

Correct answer: Basel Metabolic rate
  • A. Emotional
  • B. Social
  • C. occupational
  • D. Spiritual

Explanation: The World Health Organization definition describes health as complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of…

Correct answer: Social
  • A. Illness
  • B. Health
  • C. Death
  • D. Well being

Explanation: Mortality refers to death, often expressed as a death rate within a population over a specified period.

Correct answer: Death
  • A. Threat
  • B. Expectations
  • C. Cure
  • D. Socio-demographic factor

Explanation: The Health Belief Model includes perceived threat, expectations about benefits and barriers, and modifying factors such as…

Correct answer: Cure
  • A. Causes of illness
  • B. How illness to be treated
  • C. who is responsible of Illness
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Health psychology examines how illness develops, how it can be treated or managed, and how people explain responsibility for illness.

Correct answer: All of these
  • A. The misuse of drug act 1971
  • B. The mental capacity 2005
  • C. The Health & safety at work act 1974
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The UK Mental Capacity Act 2005 protects a competent person’s right to make healthcare decisions, including refusing treatment.

Correct answer: The mental capacity 2005