Digestion and Absorption

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Vitamin B12 - Pernicious anaemia
2. Vitamin B6 - Convulsions
3. Vitamin B1 - Beri-beri
4. Vitamin B2 - Pellagra

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Vitamin C – Scurvy
2. Vitamin B2 – Pellagra
3. Vitamin B12 – Pernicious anaemia
4. Vitamin B6 – Beri-beri

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

1. First carbohydrates, next fats and lastly proteins
2. First fats, next carbohydrates and lastly proteins
3. First carbohydrates, next proteins and lastly lipids
4. First proteins, next lipids and lastly carbohydrates

Stool of a person is whitish grey coloured due to malfunction of which of the following organs?

1. Pancreas
2. Spleen
3. Kidney
4. Liver

Hydrolytic enzymes which act at low pH are called

1. proteases
2. -amylases
3. hydrolases
4. peroxidases.

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

1. Vitamin E – Tocopherol
2. Vitamin D – Riboflavin
3. Vitamin B – Calciferol
4. Vitamin A – Thiamine

In mammals milk is digested by the action of

1. rennin
2. amylase
3. intestinal bacteria
4. invertase

A person is eating boiled potato; his food contains the component

1. cellulose which is digested by cellulase
2. starch which is not digested
3. lactose which is not digested
4. DNA which can be digested by pancreatic DNase