Human Nutrition MCQs with Answers

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Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

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Protein content in barley is higher than rice.

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Fructose is commonly known as fruit sugar because it is the natural sugar found abundantly in fruits and honey.

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Glycine is a neutral amino acid because it has one amino group (–NH₂) and one carboxyl group (–COOH) with no additional acidic or basic side chain.

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The bond formed between two monosaccharides is called a glycosidic bond.

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The hydrolysis of a molecule made of 4 amino acids requires three molecules of water.

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Lipids that do not contain fatty acids are steroids.

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The specific gravity of fat is 0.9, which is less than water, causing fat to float.

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Rafinose is a tri-saccharide, composed of three monosaccharide units: galactose, glucose, and fructose.

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The bond between a fatty acid and glycerol is an ester bond, formed by a condensation reaction between the carboxyl group of the fatty acid and the hydroxyl group of glycerol.