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Digestion and Absorption · Question 52

AIPMT 2003Multiple CorrectEasy📈 Topic in 0% papers+4−1
1

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

Answer

(2) Vitamin B2 – Pellagra, (4) Vitamin B6 – Beri-beri

Solution

Correct pairs of vitamins and deficiency diseases:

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) – Scurvy ✓

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) – Pernicious anaemia ✓

Pellagra is caused by deficiency of niacin (vitamin B3), not vitamin B2 (riboflavin) ✗

Beri-beri is caused by deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), not vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) ✗

∴ Pairs (2) and (4) are not correctly matched.

Answer: (2), (4)

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2

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
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3

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
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4

Hydrolytic enzymes which act at low pH are called

  1. proteases
  2. -amylases
  3. hydrolases
  4. peroxidases.
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5

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Vitamin E – Tocopherol
  2. Vitamin D – Riboflavin
  3. Vitamin B – Calciferol
  4. Vitamin A – Thiamine
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6

In mammals milk is digested by the action of

  1. rennin
  2. amylase
  3. intestinal bacteria
  4. invertase
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2000
7

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
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