Chapter 2 Food Science

Iodine solution turns blue-black when added to a food X. The food X is most likely :

• a piece of butter

• a piece of bread

• a cup of milk

• a boiled egg

When a little of food item is rubbed on a sheet of paper , a translucent spot is produced. Which of the following is present in this food item ?

• Proteins

• Carbohydrate

• fat

• Minerals

The disease caused by the deficiency of proteins in the diet of children is called:

• marasmus

• rickets

• kwashiorkar

• scurvy

The cooking of food at high temperature destroys a major portion of :

• carbohydrates

• fats

• proteins

• vitamins

The deficiency of vitamin C in the diet causes a disease known as :

• rickets

• anaemia

• scurvy

• goitre

A woman is suffering from goiter. Her diet is deficient in :

• Vitamin B

• Iron

• Iodine

• Calcium

A child has bow legs ( bent legs). He is suffering from the deficiency disease known as :

• anaemia

• goiter

• Scurvy

• Rickets

Which one of the following helps in absorbing calcium mineral present in the diet into our body ?

• Vitamin B

• Vitamin D

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

One of the following is not a vitamin deficiency disease. This one is :

• Scurvy

• Rickets

• Goitre

• Beri-Beri

One of the following disease is not caused by a deficiency of minerals in the diet . This disease is :

• goitre

• scurvy

• anaemia

• none of the above