Page 1 - Home Assignment 1

SAI International School
Subject- Biology, Class-VI
Topic- Components of food
Subtopic – Good cooking habits, Deficiency diseases
Module- 8
Home Assignment - I

Objective (MCQ)

1. Kwashiorkor is a .............. deficiency.
a) Protein

b) Calcium

c) Iron
d) Fluorine

2. The deficiency of iron in our diet causes -

a) Anaemia
b) Goitre

c) Rickets
d) scurvy

3. Poor vision in dim light is a symptom of -
a) Vitamin A deficiency

b) Vitamin B deficiency

c) Vitamin C deficiency
d) Vitamin D deficiency

4. Softening of bones and bow shaped legs are a symptom of -

a) Scurvy
b) Rickets

c) Night blindness
d) goitre

5. Goitre is a ..................... deficiency.
a) Iodine

b) Fluorine

c) Iron
d) calcium

6. Deficiency of fluorine causes weak -

a) Muscles
b) Nerves

c) Teeth and bones