Nutrition – Online MCQs Test – Biology 9th

1. Goiter is caused by an insufficient amount of:

2. The secretion of pancreas is called:

3. Mixing of food in the intestine with digestive juices is called:

4. Gastric juice composed of:

5. Salivary amylase acts on:

6. Beans, lentils and spinach are the sources of:

7. Stomach is protected against the action of acid by:

8. Extra ammonia can increase:

9. The hydrochloric acid in gastric juice converts the inactive enzyme pepsinogen into active form called:

10. Deficiency of vitamin-D causes:

11. All animals, non-green plants and fungi are:

12. Herbivores consume:

13. It is the mode of nutrition in which an organism can’t make its own food but depends on other organisms.

14. At the end of the oesophagus, a muscle that allows food to enter the stomach and preventing food to flow back into the oesophagus is called:

15. To make red blood cells, the body needs:

16. In plants, stunted growth, reduced yields and pale green foliage show deficiency of:

17. Number of amino acids is:

18. Waves of rhythmic movements of muscle contractions and relaxation which force down food through the oesophagus to the stomach is called:

19. The stomach produces:

20. Saliva is secreted by: