Digestion and Absorption MCQs | Digestion and Absorption Objective Type Questions and Answers

Questions
1 An infant feeding entirely on the mother’s milk passes stools that are coloured yellow. What is the reason for this?
A Casein
B Bile pigments
C Pancreatic pigments
D None of the above

Answer:Bile pigments
2 A dental condition that is characterized by hyper mineralization of teeth enamel due to excessive intake of _____________. The teeth often appear mottled.
A Sodium
B Calcium
C Fluoride
D Mercury

Answer: Fluoride
3 Spicy food, coupled with anxiety, may lead to ________
A Indigestion
B Hypotension
C Seizures
D None of the above

Answer: Indigestion
4 One of the reasons why some people cough after eating a meal may be due to the improper movement of ______
A Water
B Diaphragm
C Neck
D Epiglottis

Answer:Epiglottis
5 ____________ is a protein deficiency disorder
A Scurvy
B Anaemia
C Kwashiorkor
D None of the above

Answer:Kwashiorkor
6 In frogs, the surface of the attachment for the tongue is _____
A Palate
B Tympanum
C Pterygoid
D Hyoid apparatus

Answer: Hyoid apparatus
7 Doctors will suggest ___________ if person is suffering form high blood cholesterol.
A Ghee
B Lard
C Dalda
D Vegetable Oil

Answer: Vegetable Oil
8 Chymosin is also known as ______
A Lipase
B Amylase
C Trypsin
D Rennin

Answer:Rennin
9 In humans, lacteals are found in ______
A Ileum
B Ear
C Oesophagus
D None of the above

Answer: Ileum
10 Nyctalopia can occur due to the deficiency of
A Vitamin A
B Vitamin C
C Vitamin K
D Vitamin B12

Answer: Vitamin A
11 Pancreatic juice is stimulated by the release of
A Secretin
B Cholecystokinin
C Enterokinase
D Both (1) and (2)

Answer: Both (1) and (2)
12 _________ stimulates the production of gastric juice in the stomach
A Gastrin
B Enterokinase
C Rennin
D Digestin

Answer: Gastrin
13 Enterokinase helps in the conversion of
A Lactose to Sucrose
B Trypsinogen into trypsin
C Pepsinogen into pepsin
D Proteins into polypeptide

Answer: Trypsinogen into trypsin
14 What is the enzyme that breaks down lactose?
A Pepsin
B Amylase
C Lactase
D Lipase enzymes

Answer: Lactase
15 Where do digestion of proteins takes place?
A mouth
B stomach
C small intestine
D stomach and small intestine

Answer: stomach and small intestine
16 What is the function of aminopeptidase?
A splits amino acids at amino end of peptide
B splits in 2 amino acids
C splits amino acid at the carboxyl end of peptide
D break peptide bond between amino acid and its neighbor

Answer:splits amino acids at amino end of peptide
17 Where do the digestion of lipids takes place?
A small intestine
B stomach
C small intestine mouth and stomach
D small intestine and stomach

Answer: small intestine mouth and stomach
18 which of the following enzymes participate in digestion of proteins?
A trypsin
B chymotrypsin
C elastase
D all of the above

Answer:all of the above
19 Which of the following statement is true?
A trypsin breaks peptide bond at carboxyl end
B lipases include only pancreatic and lingual lipase
C bile salts are necessary of absorption of lipids
D elastase enzyme is used for digestion of lipid

Answer: bile salts are necessary of absorption of lipids
20 what helps the large molecules of lipids to increase their solubility in watery chyme?
A bile salts
B fatty acids
C micelles
D hydrophilic region

Answer: bile salts
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