A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk, which is white in colour but the stools, which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. What is this yellow colour due to?
Intestine juice
Bile pigments passed through bile juice
Undigested milk protein, casein
Pancreatic juice poured into duodenum
Which one of the following statement is true regarding digestion and absorption of food in humans?
Oxyntic cells in our stomach secrete the proenzyme pepsinogen .
Fructose and amino acids are absorbed through intestinal mucosa with the help of carrier ions like Na+.
Chylomicrons are small lipoprotein particles that are transported from intestine into blood capillaries .
About 60% of starch is hydrolysed by salivary amylase in our mouth.
In a person of advanced age, the hair become thinner gradually. It happens because of decrease in:
Synthesis of glucose
Synthesis of proteins
Energy availability
Blood supply
A patient is generally advised to specially consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from:
Kwashiorkor
Rickets
Anaemia
Scurvy
Which one of the following is a protein deficiency disease?
Eczema
Cirrhosis
Night blindness
A certain person eats boiled potato; one of the food component in it is:
Lactose which is indigestible
Starch which does not get digested
Cellulose which is digested by intestinal cellulase
DNA which gets digested by pancreatic DNAase
Which one of the following is the correct matching of a vitamin, its nature and its deficiency disease?
Vitamin-A — Fat soluble — Night blindness
Vitamin-K — Fat soluble — Beri-beri
Vitamin-A — Fat soluble — Beri-beri
Vitamin-K — Water soluble — Pellagra
To which of the following family do folic acid and pantothenic acid belong ?
Vitamin-C
Vitamin-K
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-B complex
Which is a reducing sugar?
Galactose
Gluconic acid
β-methyl galactoside
Sucrose
Which one of the following is the correct matching of the site of action on the given substrate, the enzyme acting upon it and the end product?
Duodenum : Triglycerides trypsin monoglycerides
Small intestine : Starch & amylase disaccharide (maltose)
Small intestine : Proteins pepsin amino acids
Stomach : Fats, Lipase micelles
