Nutrition – Online MCQs Test – Biology 9th

1. Number of essential amino acids is:

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

3. Deficiency of dietary protein causes an imbalance in the gastro-intestinal system.

4. The energy obtained from carbohydrates, proteins and fats Is measured in units called:

5. Organisms which derive their food from dead and decaying organic material are called:

6. In stomach, food has been processed into a thick paste like liquid called:

7. In this type of nutrition, complex organic substances are taken in without their being decomposed.

8. Stomach opens into:

9. It causes loss of appetite and liver problems.

10. Process by which organism obtain and use the nutrients required for maintaining life is called:

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

12. Moulds, mushrooms and yeasts are common examples of:

13. Night blindness, eye infection and respiratory Infections are due to the deficiency of:

14. Nutrients are absorbed Into the body through:

15. Carnivores consume:

16. In human digestive system trachea and oesophagus both connect to the:

17. Saliva contains an enzyme called salivary:

18. Choose the correct statement:
Pancreatic juice contains the following enzymes which digest:

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

20. It is the mode of nutrition in which an organism makes its own food from the simple inorganic materials.