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Geriatric nutrition deals with the nutritional requirements of
old people
pregnant women
infants
physically challenged
old people
Consider the following statements:
Keratin is
1. a protein.
2. a hormone.
3. present in hair.
4. present in nails.
Which of these statements are correct?
1 and 2
1 and 4
2 and 3
1, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
Sprain, a condition normally encountered is related to
painful muscular contractions
tears or breaks in muscles
tears or breaks in ligaments or tendons
inflammation of the connective tissue surrounding a tendon
tears or breaks in ligaments or tendons
Lac is a product of
faecal matter
secretion from the body
excretion from the body
excess food oozing out of the body
secretion from the body
Which one of the following enzymes can join broken ends of two DNA strands?
Ligase
Lipase
Polymerase
Endonuclease
Ligase
In the human body, urea is produced in the
liver
spleen
kidney
pancreas
liver
One of the interesting features of viruses is that they
multiply only in the host cytoplasm
are made of proteins only
occur only inside bacteria
behave in the same manner as plants
multiply only in the host cytoplasm
Fertilizers normally contain three main ingredients, namely nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. In plants, phosphorus is mainly utilized for
leaf growth
flowering
root growth
leaf and root growth
root growth
The seasonal movement of animals in search of pastures is known as
pastoral farming
nomadic herding
transhumance
shifting cultivation
transhumance
Which one of the following structural components of cell wall of fruits is commercially valuable for the manufacture of food jellies?
Cellulose
Hemicellulose
Lignin
Pectin
Cellulose