Chapter No- 9 HEALTH EDUCATION (MCQ)

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Q1. Provides and maintains body fluid and helps regulate body temperature
a) Carbohydrate
b) Proteins
c) Water
d) Minerals
Q2. Results of malnutrition:
a) Delay in physical and mental development
b) Natural disaster
c) Scarcity of suitable food
d) All of the above
Q3. Fruits, green leafy vegetables and apricots are source of:
a) Minerals
b) Vitamins
c) Fibre
d) Protein
Q4. It is the science of food which helps an individual to develop a proper well being.
a) Health education
b) Nutrition
c) Balanced diet
d) Malnutrition
Q5. Cheese is a source of:
a) Vitamins
b) Protein
c) Minerals
d) Carbohydrates
Q6. Obesity is a type of
a) Disease
b) Undernutrition
c) Overnutrition
d) Condition
Q7. Lack of iron can cause:
a) Mental delay
b) Cancer
c) Type 2 diabetes
d) Anaemia

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Q8. _________ is the practical application of principles of nutrition.
a) Minerals
b) Vitamins
c) Dietetics
d) All of the above
Q9. What is the cause of malnutrition?
a) A large diet
b) Natural disaster
c) Lack of vitamin C
d) None of the above
Q10. Health is a highly _______ concept.
a) Predictable
b) Subjective
c) Complicated
d) Objective
Q11. Health education provides a ________ impact on academic achievement through health-
; friendly outcomes.
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Conservative
d) Less
Q12. _______ help in the maintenance of metabolic processes and immunity.
a) Proteins
b) Vitamins
c) Fibre
d) Water
Q13. Following is a protein function of protein.
a) Provides fuel to working organs
b) Act as fuel for energy
c) Useful in enzymatic actions
d) Required for developing body tissues
Q14. Health education enhances the ______ of life for all people.
a) Quality
b) Disability
c) Failure
d) Comparison
Q15. Fats sources are
a) Fruits, green leafy vegetables, milk
b) Drinking water, cucumber, pineapple
c) Eggs, chicken, nuts
d) Oil, butter, margarine

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Q16. Which of these is not a source of carbohydrates?
a) Oatmeal
b) Brown rice
c) Drinking water
d) Whole wheat
Q17. Which of these is not the cause of malnutrition?
a) Lack of purchasing power of the family.
b) Excess carbohydrate and fats
c) Digestion problems or other medical conditions, starvation.
d) An adequate or unbalanced diet
Q18. Green leafy vegetables are apart of:
a) Carbohydrate
b) Water
c) Minerals
d) Protein
Q19. Health education, as applied to health and disease issues, is a process with
a) Intellectual, psychological and social dimensions.
b) Vitamins minerals and carbohydrates
c) Malnutrition overnutrition and undernutrition
d) All of the above
Q20. Balanced diet is the one which contains _____ types of food.
a) Same
b) Different
c) Junk
d) Fibre

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