Solved Examples on Digestion and Absorption

Question1: Anxiety and eating spicy food together in an otherwise normal human, may lead to [CBSE PMT’2012 S]

(a) Indigestion

(b) Jaundice

(c)Diarrhoea

(d) Vomiting

Answer: a

Solution:

Anxiety and eating spicy food together in an otherwise normal human, may lead to difficulty in digestion, i.e., indigestion.

Question2: Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of [CBSE PMT’2012 S]

(a) Opium

(b) Alcohol

(c) Tobacco (chewing)

(d) Cocaine

Answer: b

Solution:

Long term intake of alcohol causes damage to liver which is known as Cirrhosis of liver. This is due to destruction of hepatocytes and fibroblasts.

Question3: When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from [CBSE PMT’2009]

(a) Rickets

(b) Kwashiorkar

(c)Pellagra

(d) Marasmus

Answer: d

Solution:

If breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from marasmus. Marasmus is a form of malnutrition that occur when there is no enough protein in diet.