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This trace element is needed for insulin to exert its maximal effect in glucose uptake

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency balanced diet and malnutrition

  1. Vanadium

  2. Chromium

  3. Molybdenum

  4. Selenium

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Correct Option: B

Iodine stains

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Pectin

  2. Lignified regions

  3. Cellulose

  4. Starch.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iodine is used in chemistry as an indicator for starch. When starch is mixed with iodine in solution, an intensely dark blue colour develops, representing a starch/iodine complex. Starch is a substance common to most plant cells and so a weak iodine solution will stain starch present in the cells. Iodine is one component in the staining technique known as Gram staining, used in microbiology. 

So, the correct answer is 'Starch.'

Cereals are major sources of

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Carbohydrates

  2. Proteins

  3. Fats

  4. Vitamins

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cereals are staple food and are important source of energy,carbohydrates,protein and fibre. Examples of cereals include wheat, oats,quinoa,maize,sorghum etc. So the correct answer is 'Carbohydrates'

Role of carbohydrates is to function as

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Catalyst

  2. Source of energy

  3. Enzyme

  4. Building material

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Carbohydrates are more suitable for the production of energy in the body then proteins and fats. Carbohydrate are also stored in the body cells as glycogen and are used for the production of energy whenever required.

Carbohydrate digestion begins in

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Stomach

  2. Mouth

  3. Intestine

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: B

Energy in kcal/g of carbohydrate, protein and fat is in the ratio of

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. 2 : 2 : 1

  2. 2 : 1 : 1

  3. 1 : 2 : 1

  4. 1 : 1 : 2

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Correct Option: D

Sugar yielding part of Beta vulgaris is

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Leaf

  2. Shoot

  3. Root

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sugar beetroots are processed into white sugar, pulp and molasses for food, feed or industrial applications. A typical sugar beetroot consists of 75.9% water, 2.6% non-sugars, 18.0% sugar and 5.5% pulp. In the sugar fraction, 83.1% is recovered as crystalline sucrose, 12.5% is recovered as molasses.

So the correct option is C.

What is the botanical name of sugarcane

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Saccharum munja

  2. Saccharum spontaneum

  3. Saccharum berberi

  4. Saccharum officinarum

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sugarcane is the major source of sugar production in India. The botanical name of sugarcane is Saccharum officinarum.

So the correct option is D.

Intermediate common to fatty acid and carbohydrate oxidation is ______________.

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Pyruvate

  2. Acetyl CoA

  3. Oxaloaxetate

  4. Succinate

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Correct Option: B

Name the main constituent of the food, in the absence of that one cannot live

evs - i constituents of food minerals in our diets types of nutrients nutrients and deficiency

  1. Carbohydrates

  2. Mineral salts

  3. Proteins

  4. Vitamins

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Carbohydrate is the major source of energy without which one cannot live. It is because carbohydrate is broken down to form instant energy in the form of glucose which can be converted into ATP and thus used for the regular functioning of the cell. Other forms of energy like proteins, vitamins, and minerals are the extra components that are not directly involved in the formation of energy.

So, the correct option is 'carbohydrates'