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Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body — Hard

15 questions 18 min PYQ-grade reasoning

  1. Q1. Read the three statements about the 1746 voyage observation by Scottish physician James Lind: I. Sailors on long voyages often suffered from bleeding and swollen gums. II. Lind observed that sailors who consumed lemons and oranges recovered from these symptoms. III. The disease he was studying was rickets. Which combination is correct?

  2. Q2. Assertion (A): It is wise to include some fresh fruits and uncooked vegetables in our daily diet. Reason (R): Some nutrients like Vitamin C are lost during cooking due to high heat.

  3. Q3. Read three statements about protective nutrients: I. Vitamins and minerals are called protective nutrients. II. They are needed in large quantities every day. III. They protect our body from diseases and keep us healthy. Which combination is correct?

  4. Q4. Assertion (A): The Government of India promoted supplementing common salt with iodine to make iodised salt. Reason (R): Iodised salt is simply common salt mixed with required quantities of salts of iodine, and its consumption visibly reduced goitre symptoms in regions where soil iodine was low.

  5. Q5. Read three statements about the goitre case study in the 1960s: I. Symptoms of swelling at the front of the neck were prevalent in the Himalayan region and Northern plains. II. The symptoms were due to a deficiency of iron in the local food. III. Iodised salt visibly reduced the symptoms. Which combination is correct?

  6. Q6. Assertion (A): To test a food for protein, we add two drops of copper sulfate solution and ten drops of caustic soda solution, shake, and wait a few minutes. Reason (R): Appearance of a violet colour in the tube indicates the presence of protein.

  7. Q7. In Activity 3.5-3.7, peanuts give a positive result in the oily-patch test and also turn violet in the copper sulfate + caustic soda test. The best conclusion is that peanuts contain

  8. Q8. Assertion (A): When iodine solution is added to common sugar, it does not turn blue-black. Reason (R): All carbohydrates are starches.

  9. Q9. A 100 g packet of potato wafers gives 536 kcal with 35 g fat and 7 g protein; a 100 g packet of roasted chana gives 355 kcal with 6.26 g fat and 18.64 g protein. Based on Activity 3.9, which is the more healthful choice and why?

  10. Q10. Read three statements about food fortification given in the chapter: I. Fortification means adding more nutrients to food during processing to improve its nutritional quality. II. Iodised salt and some baby foods are examples of fortified foods. III. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulates food quality in India. Which combination is correct?

  11. Q11. Read three statements about millets given in the chapter: I. Millets are small-sized grains native to India. II. Millets are good sources of vitamins, minerals like iron and calcium, and dietary fibres. III. Eating only millets is enough to meet all the nutritional needs of our body. Which combination is correct?

  12. Q12. Assertion (A): The Mid Day Meal Programme, now called 'PM POSHAN', was implemented in 2002. Reason (R): Coluthur Gopalan's surveys had identified widespread deficiencies in protein, energy and other food components in the Indian population.

  13. Q13. Gourav has a fracture. His doctor first gives him calcium tablets, and on the second visit also Vitamin D syrup. The best reason for adding Vitamin D is that

  14. Q14. Assertion (A): When iodine drops fell on Mishti's teacher's saree, the spots turned blue-black, but iodine drops on Mishti's socks did not change colour. Reason (R): The saree fabric was likely starched and the socks were not.

  15. Q15. From canned fruit juice, fresh fruit juice and a fresh fruit, the chapter's exercise expects a student to pick the fresh fruit. The strongest reason, grounded in the chapter, is that

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