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Important Questions on Digestion and Absorption

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Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of:
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A person had therapeutic surgery, which removed part of his stomach. Later, he started suffering from pernicious anemia. Biochemical tests showed that he had vitamin B12  deficiency. The most plausible cause for this deficiency is
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Match the vitamins listed in Column I with their respective coenzyme forms in Column II. Choose the correct combination.
  Column I   Column II
A Vitamin-B1 1

Thiamine pyrophosphate
B Vitamin-B2 2

Flavine adenine dinucleotide
C Vitamin-B6 3

Methylcobalamine
D Vitamin-B12 4

Coenzyme-A
    5 Pyridoxal phosphate
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Fluoride pollution initially affects:
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Pernicious anaemia is caused by the deficiency of vitamin:
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Which one of the following is incapable of curing Pellagra?
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Match the vitamins listed in Column-I with the diseases caused due to their deficiency in Column II.

  Column I   Column II
P. Vitamin A i. Pellegra
Q. Vitamin B2 ii. Rickets
R. Vitamin D iii. Ariboflavinosis
S. Vitamin B12 iv. Night blindness
    v. Pernicious anaemia

Choose the CORRECT combination.

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 Indigestion of fats in humans may be an indication of
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Read the following statements:

(i) Anxiety and spicy food cause indigestion.

(ii) Marasmus is seen in children of the age group 1–5 years.

(iii) Patients with kwashiorkor have oedema due to which limbs appear swollen.

(iv) Patients with pellagra have dermatitis, diarrhoea, and dementia.

(v) Ascorbic acid deficiency causes bleeding in gums, delayed wound healing, weakness, and fatigue. Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

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When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories, the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from?
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The condition in which food is not properly digested leading to a feeling of fullness is called
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Marasmus is a severe form of protein-energy malnutrition that results when a person does not consume enough proteins and calories. Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. symptoms of marasmus?
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A patient is generally advised to specially, consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from
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Vomiting is the ejection of stomach contents through mouth. This reflex action is controlled by the vomit center in the
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When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from :

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Dyspepsia is another name for
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Name the nutrient/ nutrients whose deficiency causes marasmus disease in children.
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A patient is generally advised to specially, consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from
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How kwashiorkor can be prevented in young children?
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Identify the incorrect statement from the following: