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Correct answer: (A) Swells
Boiled in caustic soda the cotton fibre swells—the process called mercerization, which gives it lustre.
Correct answer: (B) Beijing
The Fourth International Women's Conference was held at Beijing in 1995.
Correct answer: (B) Embryo
From implantation to the eighth week is the period of the embryo; after that comes the foetal period.
Correct answer: (B) Authoritative
The parenting thought most ideal is the authoritative kind, which joins warmth to clear rules.
Correct answer: (A) Blood coagulation or clotting
The main function of vitamin K is the clotting of blood.
Correct answer: (C) Fruits and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are an excellent source of fibre; fats, oils and sugar carry none.
Correct answer: (C) 9 kcal
One gram of fat provides 9 kcal, against 4 from carbohydrate and from protein.
Correct answer: (B) 7%
In fever the basal metabolic rate rises about 7% for every 1°F rise in body temperature.
Correct answer: (C) Scales
The wool fibre has scales on its surface, by which it is identified under the microscope.
Correct answer: (C) It increases vitamin C
Germinating pulses develop vitamin C, which the dry pulse has none of—that is what makes germination nutritionally important.
Correct answer: (A) 20
The number of temporary, or milk, teeth is 20.
Correct answer: (A) Freud
The psychoanalytic method was organized by Sigmund Freud.
Correct answer: (A) 1975
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was established in 1975.
Correct answer: (A) Oxalic acid solution
Iron stains come out with a solution of oxalic acid, which makes the iron salt soluble.
Correct answer: (C) Scouring
Removing the natural soluble impurities from fibres is the operation called scouring.
Correct answer: (B) 919
By the 2011 Census the child sex ratio of India was 919.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Grease stains are removed by Fuller's earth and by benzene alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (C) 65·46%
By the 2011 Census the female literacy rate of India was 65·46%.
Correct answer: (C) 132
In the Human Development Report 2021–22 India's HDI rank was 132.
Correct answer: (A) New Delhi
The headquarters of the FSSAI is at New Delhi.
Correct answer: (C) Red, yellow and blue
By the pigment colour theory the primary colours are red, yellow and blue.
Correct answer: (A) Planning
Mapping out a course of action to reach family goals is planning.
Correct answer: (B) Vitamin A
Xerophthalmia is caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
Correct answer: (C) Personality
The id, the ego and the superego are, by Freud, the three parts of personality.
Correct answer: (A) 16%
Protein contains about 16% nitrogen, which is why protein is estimated by measuring nitrogen.
Correct answer: (C) Nylon
The first wholly man-made fibre is nylon.
Correct answer: (C) Muscle
A strain is an injury of the muscle; an injury of the ligament is a sprain.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The study of development aims to understand the universal changes, to explain individual differences and to know the influence of the environment alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) Pancreas
Diabetes is related to the pancreas, which makes insulin.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Disability may be caused by heredity, by accident and by malnutrition alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) Cotton
Cotton comes in short lengths, so it is a staple fibre; silk comes as a filament.
Correct answer: (B) Ginning
Removing the seeds from cotton fibre is called ginning.
Correct answer: (A) Spandex
Spandex is an elastomeric fibre, which stretches and returns to shape.
Correct answer: (B) Azlon
Azlon is the manufactured protein fibre, made from the protein of milk or groundnut.
Correct answer: (B) Comfort
The chief requirement in choosing children's clothes is comfort, so that their movement and growth are not hindered.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
For an interior designer the challenge is to make something at once different, functional and attractive, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) Cervix
The cervix belongs to the female reproductive system, not the male.
Correct answer: (A) Recommended Dietary Allowance
RDA stands for Recommended Dietary Allowance.
Correct answer: (C) Food fortification
Food fortification is the food-based strategy; vitamin A prophylaxis and immunization are medical ones.
Correct answer: (A) Protein energy malnutrition
Marasmus, kwashiorkor, underweight and stunting are all forms of protein energy malnutrition.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Cessation of the menstrual cycle, morning sickness and frequent urination are all signs of pregnancy, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Preparing for the newborn means arranging a suitable hospital and doctor, getting ready what must go to the hospital, and buying clothes and toys alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) Reduction in pH
Spices and vinegar lower the pH of the pickle, and micro-organisms do not grow in that acid medium.
Correct answer: (C) Goitre
Goitre comes of iodine deficiency and is not a sign of protein energy malnutrition.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
In food infection live pathogens enter the body with the food, and their toxins too—by the key more than one of the statements is taken to apply.
Correct answer: (B) Chemical hazard
Pesticides, non-permissible food colours and adulterants are all instances of chemical hazard.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Vanaspati in pure ghee, seeds in spices and sugar syrup in honey are all intentional adulteration, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) The Food Safety and Standards Act
In 2006 the laws on food safety were brought under one umbrella as the Food Safety and Standards Act.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Diet therapy aims to correct nutritional deficiencies, to frame the diet to the patient's need and to modify existing diets alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) Iron-deficiency anaemia
A haemoglobin of 8 g/dl with fatigue and lethargy points to iron-deficiency anaemia.