Components of food

The food components needed by our body are called

• ingredients

• nutrients

• fragments

• ornaments

Carbohydrates can be tested by using

• iodine solution

• caustic soda

• copper sulphate

• fehling solution

Which one of the following is an energy giving component?

• Protein

• Vitamins and minerals

• Roughage

• Carbohydrates and fats

Vitamins and minerals are

• protective food

• energy giving food

• body building food

• roughage

Roughage helps in

• protecting our body from diseases

• movement of bowel

• providing energy

• building and repair of various body parts

Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of

• vitamin A

• vitamin B

• vitamin C

• vitamin D

Diseases caused due to the deficiency of vitamins are known as

• dietary diseases

• cronic diseases

• deficiency diseases

• transmitted diseases

All the deficiency diseases can be prevented by

• cleanliness

• taking medicine at proper time

• vaccination

• taking balanced diet

Which of the following food items contains carbohydrates?

• Rice

• Gram

• Cabbage

• Pulses

Night blindness is caused due to deficiency of

• vitamin A

• vitamin B

• vitamin C

• vitamin D