Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
MCQs on Digestion – Human Digestive Glands
1 - Question
Which of the following is the largest gland?
a) Liver
b) Thymus
c) Pancreases
d) Thymus
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Answer: a
Explanation: Liver is the largest gland of human body. It is present on the right side of the body.
2 - Question
Part of bile juice useful in digestion is __________
a) Bile pigments
b) Bile salts
c) Bile matrix
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Bile salts help in the absorption and digestion of fats. Many waste products are eliminated from the body by secretion into bile and elimination in feces.
3 - Question
Bile helps in __________
a) Digestion of proteins
b) Breaking down of nucleic acids
c) Emulsification of fats
d) Phagocytosis
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Answer: c
Explanation: Bile is produced by liver. It helps in breaking down of large molecule of fats into smaller parts and this process is known as emulsification.
4 - Question
Name the digestive juice that lacks enzyme but helps in digestion.
a) Bile juice
b) Pancreatic juice
c) Ptyalin
d) Pepsin
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Answer: a
Explanation: Bile juice doesn’t contain any enzyme. It helps in digestion of fats.
5 - Question
Stores liver’s digestive juice until they are needed by the intestines.
a) Pancreas
b) Gall bladder
c) Villi
d) Stomach
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Answer: b
Explanation: Gall bladder stores the livers digestive juice. It is present under the liver. Gall bladder delivers bile into the small intestine.
6 - Question
RBC’s are broken down in abnormally large amounts in __________
a) Cirrhosis
b) Viral hepatitis
c) Hemolytic jaundice
d) Obstructive jaundice
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Answer: c
Explanation: Hemolytic jaundice is caused due to increase in hemolysis. Unconjugated bIllirubin comes from the breakdown of the heme pigment found in RBC.
7 - Question
When starch is broken down by pancreatic amylase ______ is formed.
a) Glucose
b) Maltose
c) Peptides
d) Amino acids
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Answer: b
Explanation: Maltose is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose. When starch is broken down maltose is formed in the pancreas.
8 - Question
Which is the readily available source of energy in the body?
a) Protein
b) Carbohydrates
c) Lipids
d) Vitamins
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Answer: b
Explanation: Carbohydrates is the readily available source of energy in the body. The simplest carbohydrate is glucose. It undergoes glycolysis to give energy.
9 - Question
Essential amino acids are those required in diet because body cannot produce it.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: Essential amino acids are those which are required in diet. Body is unable is produce it. It must come from food. There are 9 essential amino acids.