1) The mother of diseases is called:

a) Marasmus b) Obesity
c) Constipation d) Goiter
2) The disease caused by the deficiency of iodine is:
a) Scurvy b) Rickets
c) Malaria d) Goiter
3) The diseases of Kwashiorkor marasmus may be due to:
a) Ulcer b) Mineral deficiency
c) Over intake of nutrients d) Protein energy mal nutrition
4) Elimination of undigested food from the body is called:
a) Ingestion b) Absorption
c) Digestion d) None
5) Where are villi found?
a) Stomach b) Small intestine
c) oesophagus d) Large intestine
6) In adult human, oesophagus length is about:
a) 20 cm b) 25 cm
c) 30 cm d) 35 cm
7) The second function of oral cavity is the grinding of food by teeth is called:
a) Lubrication b) Defection
c) Mastication d) Assimilation
8) Faeces are temporarily stored in:
a) Appendix b) Rectum
c) Gall bladder d) Pancreas
9) The process of breaking up of complex substances into simpler substances
is:
a) Ingestion b) Digestion
c) Assimilation d) Absorption
10) In stomach, Pepsinogen is converted into:
a) Pepsin b) Bicarbonates
c) Hydrochloric acid d) Gastrin
11) The reabsorption of water and salts is done in:
a) Large intestine b) Small intestine
c) Stomach d) Liver
12) According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Malnutrition
contributes to the deaths of more than ………..children each year.
a) 4 million b) 5 million
c) 6 million d) 7 million

1) Write the weight and size of liver in an adult human.

2) Differentiate between ingestion and digestion.
3) Write the names of various parts d)
of elementary canal.
4) What is peristalsis?
5) Describe any two advantages of b)
fibrous food.
6) How is bolus formed? d)
7) Write down the importance of water for human.
8) What are bile pigments? b)
9) Give significance of dietary d)
fibers.
10) Differentiate between Chyme and Bolus.
11) What is the difference between b)
function of villus and lacteal?
12) What is appendix? d)
13) What is Ulcer? Write down its causes.
14) Write down two functions of b)
hydrochloric acid for stomach.
15) Write down the decades of d)
Ethiopian and North Korean
famine.
16) How drought can bring famine?
17) What type of bacteria live in b)
colon?
18) Write two disadvantages of use of caffeine.
a) b)
c) d)
8)
a) b)
c) d)
9)
a) b)
c) d)
10) Long Questions
a) Explain common forms b)
malnutrion.
c) Write down the major causes of d)
malnutrition.
11) What are the disorders of GUT? Explain.
a) Write down the role of liver in b)
digestion.