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Balanced diet should have

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  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4

  4. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5

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Correct Option: D

Good food is associated with

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  1. Good habit

  2. Good environment

  3. Good health

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Good food contains the necessary nutrients required by the body to have good height, good weight, and good strength and hence good health.

So the correct answer is 'Good health'.

Balanced diet should have

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  1. Protein 1/5, fat 3/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  2. Protein 3/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 1/5

  3. Protein 1/5, fat 1/5, carbohydrate 3/5

  4. Protein 1/2, fat 1/4, carbohydrate 1/4

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • A balanced diet is a diet that contains the quality and proportions of nutrients needed to maintain good health and to sustain life. In a balanced diet, 45-65% of the diet should come from carbohydrates, 20-35% of the diet should come from fats and 10-15% of the diet should come from protein.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Which of the following contain zero value calories?

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  1. Milk

  2. Egg

  3. Cocca cola/ soft drink

  4. Fish

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Zero calorie food or negative calorie foods do contain some calories but without any nutritional value. Of the given options, Cocoa Cola or soft drinks are ones that contain zero value calories.

Crimson red appearance indicates the adulteration of which food items?

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  1. Skimmed milk

  2. Mustard oil

  3. Ghee

  4. Milk

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Generally, ghee is adultered with vanaspati. However, when ghee is adultered with coal tar dyes. This adulteration is detected by adding hydrochloric acid to the ghee. The appearance of crimson red colour indicates the adulteration of ghee with coal tar dye.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.

The reading of 1.026 in the lactometer shows 

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  1. Adulterated milk

  2. Unadulterated milk

  3. Adulterated ghee

  4. Unadulterated ghee

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. The most common adulterant used in milk is water. The water adulteration in a milk can be detected by using lactometer. When water is added to milk, the density of the milk decreases and this is detected using lactometer.The reading below 1.026 in the lactometer indicates adulteration of milk with water. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Nitric acid is used to detect adulteration in which of these food items?

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  1. Skimmed milk

  2. Ghee

  3. Beverages

  4. Mustard oil

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. Mustard oil is mostly adulterated with argemone oil. To detect the argemone oil in mustard oil, concentrated nitric acid is used. If the red or reddish brown colour appears in the acid layer, then it is adulterated with argemone oil. 
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following disease is caused by the consumption of adulterated food?

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  1. Typhoid

  2. Dropsy

  3. Botulism

  4. Tetanus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oedema is also called dropsy and hydropsy. It is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body. It occurs due to poisoning by Argemone mexicana. Argemone mexicana seed oil is generally added as an adulterant into the edible oil.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Sand, grit, iron filings and chalk powder are the common adulterants of

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  1. Soji

  2. Coffee powder

  3. Common salts

  4. Wheat flour

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. In soji, sand, grit, iron filings, chalk powder are added as an adulterant.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Select the correct pair of food items and its adulterants.

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  1. Ghee- vanaspati

  2. Mustard- kesari dal

  3. Turmeric powder- iron filings

  4. Ice cream- sugar syrup

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Adulteration is a process of mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food. The material or substance which is added to food is called as adulterants. Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. Ghee is generally adulterated with the cheap substitute, vanaspati. Mustard seeds are adulterated with argemone seeds. Turmeric powder is adulterated with aniline dye or metanil yellow colour. Ice creams are generally adulterated with washing powder.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.