Food and its Components
Food and its Components: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Food, Meal, Sources of Dietary Fibres & Water as a Food Component etc.
Important Questions on Food and its Components
Tocopherol or - tocopherol is also known as?

Night blindness is caused due to lack of vitamin E.

Fill in the blank with a suitable answer from the given words.
(Vitamin E, Fats, Carbohydrates)
Milk: Protein, Nuts: _____.

Explain the role of Vitamin E.

Nuts, seeds, and green leafy vegetables are a rich source of _____.

Encircle the energy-giving foods with blue, body-building foods with red and protective foods with green colour.


The deficiency of vitamin _____ causes night blindness in humans.

_____ (Iron/Magnesium) is a major component of blood.

The deficiency of _____ causes scurvy, dry skin, easy bruising, joint pains, etc., diseases in the human body.

Eggs are rich in carbohydrates.

Potatoes are rich in proteins.

Which mineral is required for the formation of haemoglobin?


Which nutrients are present in a balanced diet?



Fill in the blanks using the words given below:
(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)
Fats give _____ to our body.

Fill in the blanks using the words given below:
(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)
The _____ helps in the formation of teeth, bones and blood.

Fill in the blanks using the words given below:
(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)
_____ is a body-building nutrient.
