Digestion & Absorption Exercise

1. Which of the following are a fat soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease?

(a) Ascorbic acid –scurvy

(b) Cobalamin-beri-beri

(c) Calciferol-pellagra

(d) Retinol-xerophthalmia

2. Micronutrients are:

(a) As important as macronutrients but are required in small amount

(b) Called micro as they play only a minor role in plant nutrition

(c) Less important the macronutrients

(d) None of the above

3. The roof of the buccal cavity forms:

(a) Palate

(b) Gullet

(c) Hyoid

(d) Glottis

4. Tongue is attached to the floor of buccal cavity by:

(a) Frenulum

(b) Mesentery

(c) Lingual papilla

(d) Falciform ligament

5. The number of salivary glands presents in human beings is:

(a) 5 pairs

(b) 4 pairs

(c) 3 pairs
 (d) 2 pairs

6. Largest salivary gland is:

(a) Parotid

(b) Sublingual

(c) Infraorbital

(d) Sub maxillary

7. Hardest part of our body is:

(a) Skull

(b) Brain

(c) Teeth

(d) Cartilage

8. Ectodermal cells that secrete enamel of teeth is:

(a) Osteoblasts

(b) Dontoblasts

(c) Ameloblasts

(d) Odontoblasts

9. Which of the human teeth help in cutting?

(a) Molar

(b) Incisor

(c) Canine

(d) Premolar

10. It is a correct dental formula for the child falling under age group 5-6 years

(a) I=2/2,c=1/1,pm=0/0,m=2/2

(b) I=2/2,c=1/1,pm=2/2,m=3/3

(c) I=1/1,c=2/2,pm=2/2,m=3/3
 (d) I=2/2,c=2/2,pm=1/1,m=3/3

11. How many human teeth appear twice during the life span of an individual?

(a) 12

(b) 20

(c) 28

(d) 32

12. The common passage in swallowing food and breathing

(a) Gullet

(b) Glottis

(c) Larynx

(d) Pharynx

13. Which part of the alimentary canal does not secret any digestive enzyme?

(a) Mouth

(b) Stomach

(c) Duodenum

(d) Oesophagus

14. Reverse flow of food in the stomach is prevented by:

(a) Uvula

(b) Pyloric sphincter

(c) Ileo-caecal-valve

(d) Cardiac sphincter

15. Narrow distal part of stomach leading to the intestine is called:

(a) Cardiac

(b) Pyloric

(c) Pharynx
 (d) Duodenum

16. In which layer of stomach are gastric gland located?

(a) Serosa

(b) Mucosa

(c) Submucosa

(d) Muscularis

17. Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is secreted by:

(a) Chief cells

(b) Parietal cells

(c) Zymogene cells

(d) None of these

18. Brunner’s glands are found in:

(a) Mucosa of ileum

(b) Mucosa duodenum

(c) Submucosa of ileum

(d) Submucosa of duodenum

19. Ileum is:

(a) Last part of small intestine

(b) Not a part of small intestine

(c) Middle part of small intestine

(d) First part of small intestine

20. Crypts of liberkuhn secrets:

(a) Bile juice

(b) Gastric juice

(c) Sacculus rotundus

21. Epithelial cells of intestine involved in food absorption have on their surface:

(a) Microvilli

(b) Pinocytic vesicles

(c) Zymogen granules

(d) Phagocytic vesicles

22. Vermiform appendix is a part of:

(a) Liver

(b) Rectum

(c) Intestine

(d) Stomach

23. The largest gland in human body is:

(a) Liver

(b) Pituitary

(c) Thyroid

(d) Pancreas

24. Glycogen is stored in:

(a) Liver

(b) Muscles

(c) Epidermis

(d) Liver and muscles

25. Which of the following represents bile salts?

(a) Bilirubin and biliverdin

(b) Bilirubin and haemoglobin

(c) Haemoglobin and biliverdin

26. Pancreatic duct is known as:

(a) Stenson’c duct

(b) Mullerian duct

(c) Wharton’s duct

(d) Duct of wirsung

27. Function of gall bladder is:

(a) Storage of bile

(b) Secretion of bile

(c) Formation of enzyme

(d) Formation of bile salts

28. When gall bladder of a man is removed:

(a) Effect of pancreatic juice upon food is impaired

(b) Acidity continues in duodenum

(c) Fat digestion is impaired

(d) All of the above

29. During prolonged fasting ,in what sequence are the following organic compounds used up by
the body?

(a) First carbohydrates,next fats and lastly proteins

(b) First fast,next carbohydrates and lastly protein

(c) First carbohydrates ,next proteins and lastly lipids

(d) First proteins,next lipids and lastly carbohydrates

30. Which of the following disease is caused by the deficiency of protein in children?

(a) Marasmus

(b) Kwashiorkor
 (c) Rickets

(d) Both a and b

31. Essentially the word ‘digestion’ means:

(a) Burning of food

(b) Oxidation of food

(c) Hydrolysis of food

(d) Breakdown of food

32. Ptyalin of saliva acts in:

(a) Slightly acidic medium

(b) Slightly alkaline medium

(c) Neutral medium

(d) All types of media

33. Ptyalin is inactivated by a component of gastric juice:

(a) HCI

(b) Rennin

(c) Pepsin

(d) Mucus

34. Stomach is a site of digestion mainly of:

(a) Fats

(b) Proteins

(c) Minerals

(d) Carbohydrates

35. If PH of stomach is made 7,which component of food would be effected?

(a) Fat

(b) Starch
 (c) Protein

(d) Sucrose

36. Find out the correctly marched pair:

(a) HCI-Goblet cells

(b) Ptyalin-Acinar cells

(c) Mucus-oxyntic cells

(d) Pepsinogen-zymogenic cell

37. Which enzyme will digest protein if pH is 1.6?

(a) Pepsin

(b) Trypsin

(c) chymotrypins

(d) pepsin

38. Which is correct pairing of site of action and substrate of rennin?

(a) Stomach –fat

(b) Mouth-starch

(c) Stomach-casein

(d) Small intestine-protein

39. Choose the correct enzyme-substrate pair:

(a) Rennin-casein

(b) Maltase-lactose

(c)Amylase-protein

(d) Lipase-carbohydrate

40. What will happen if the secretion of parietal cells of gastric glands is blocked with an inhibitor?

(a) Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin

(b) Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin

(d) Enterokinase will not be released from the duodenal mucosa and so trypsinogen in not
converted to trypsin

41. Action of bile on fat is:

(a) Acidic

(b) Hormonal

(c) Enzymatic

(d) Non-enzymatic

42. Which term is used for action of bile salts on fat?

(a) Hydrolysis

(b) Putrefaction

(c) Oxidation

(d) Emulsification

43. Emulsification of fat by bile occurs in :

(a) Liver

(b) Pancreas

(c) Stomach

(d) Duodenum

44. Pancreatic juice takes part in digestion of:

(a) Protein, fats, carbohydrates

(b) Proteins and carbohydrates

(c) Proteins and fats

(d) Protein only

45. Chymotrypsin is secreted by:

(a) Mouth
 (b) Intestine

(c) Stomach

(d) Pancreas

46. Food bolus after passing through alkaline medium is:

(a) Chyle

(b) Chyme

(c) Fat body

(d) Chylomicron

47. in the absence of enterokinase, the digestion of …………..would be effected in our intestine

(a) Starch

(b) Albumin

(c) Maltose

(d) Amino acid

48. Enzyme maltase in human gut acts on food at a pH of:

(a) Less than seven to change starch into maltose

(b) More than seven to change starch into maltose

(c) Less than seven to change maltose into glucose

(d) More than seven to change maltose into glucose

49. Succus entericus is from:

(a) Crypts of lieberkuhn

(b) Brunner’s gland

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of these

50. Most digestion occurs in :

(a) Mouth
 (b) Stomach

(c) Small intestine

(d) Large intestine

51. Which of the following processes does not take place when glucose is eaten?

(a) Ingestion

(b) Digestion

(c) Absorption

(d) Assimilation

52. Glucose and amino acid are absorbed in the intestine by:

(a) Osmosis

(b) Active transport

(c) Passive transport

(d) Selective absorption

53. The function of lacteals in the villi of human small intestine in the absorption of:

(a) Glucose and vitamins

(b) Fatty acid and glycerol

(c) Water and mineral salts

(d) Amino acids and glucose

54. Chylomicrons are for:

(a) Digestion of fats

(b) Absorption of fats

(c) Digestion of proteins

(d) Absorption of protein