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120 questions · 120 marks · 2 hours
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Correct answer: (B) Nutrition
The science of food, nutrients and their digestion, absorption and utilization by the body is nutrition.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The beneficiaries of the ICDS are children of 0–6 years together with pregnant and lactating mothers, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) Myopia
One who sees near objects clearly but not distant ones is suffering from myopia.
Correct answer: (B) Peristaltic
The rhythmic movement of the gut wall that carries food along is peristalsis.
Correct answer: (C) Bile salt
Bile salts break fat into fine droplets and emulsify it, so that lipase can act on it.
Correct answer: (A) Menstruation
The expulsion of the unfertilized ovum with the lining of the uterus is menstruation.
Correct answer: (A) Thyroxin
Thyroxin regulates the metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and fat.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The secondary sex characteristics of adolescence come of testosterone in males and oestrogen in females, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (B) 6 months
By the WHO's recommendation breastfeeding should be exclusive for the first six months.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
BCG and OPV are both given at birth, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (C) 9 months
The measles and rubella vaccines are given to an infant at nine months.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Automobile exhaust, chlorofluorocarbons and petroleum refineries all cause air pollution, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The National Mission for Clean Ganga was launched as ‘Namami Gange’ in 2014, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) People will suffer from diseases like cholera, malaria, etc.
Choked drains and stinking water standing about spread diseases such as cholera.
Correct answer: (A) Include at least one or a minimum number of servings from each food group in each meal.
By the ICMR's rule for the basic five food groups, at least one food from each group should be taken every day, so that all the nutrients are covered.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
A balanced diet includes a variety of foods and the nutrients in the right proportions—both statements hold; being expensive is no part of it.
Correct answer: (A) Aqueous solution
Dry cleaning uses no aqueous solution; it works with petroleum or fluorocarbon solvents.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Identifying the resources, using the right amount of them and sharing them all add to satisfaction, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
An infection needs the host, the agent of infection and the mode of infection to come together, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (2014) is aimed at ending open defecation, improving solid waste management and raising awareness of menstrual health alike, so the answer is ‘more than one’.