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Classes of food substances and food tests: JAMB Biology Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Classes of food substances and food tests
Our summary: The classes of food, their sources and deficiency diseases, a balanced diet, and food tests.
- Classes of food substances (Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, mineral salts and water.)
- Food tests (e.g. starch, reducing sugar, protein, oil, fat etc.)
Objectives
- indicate the sources of the various classes of food;
- determine the nutritional value of food
- relate the importance and deficiency (e.g. scurvy, rickets, kwashiorkor etc.) of each class of food;
- determine the importance of a balanced diet.
- detect the presence of a food type from the result of a given experiment.
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JAMB Biology questions on Classes of food substances and food tests
- JAMB 2024The major building block of an organism is …
- JAMB 2024The food nutrient with the highest energy value is
- JAMB 2023Which of the following is the correct classification of carbohydrates?
- JAMB 2019Which of the following essential substance is contained in vegetable?
- JAMB 2019Good quality food will perform the following functions in human except
- JAMB 2019Which of the following substances has the highest amount of energy in joules per unit weight?
- JAMB 2018Examples of micronutrients include the following except
- JAMB 2018The vitamin which is important in the formation of the retina pigment is
- JAMB 2018Maltose is combination of glucose and
- JAMB 2018The energy released by 1 gram of glucose is
- JAMB 2018Swollen, bleeding gums are another common sign of which vitamin
- JAMB 2018The greatest amount of energy would be obtained by the Oxidation of 100kg of
- JAMB 2015The deficiency of vitamin D leads to
- JAMB 2015Which of the following reagent is used for testing the presence of protein in food?
- JAMB 2015Which of the following is the end product of the digestion of oil
- JAMB 2015The translucency spot in food test shows the presence of
- JAMB 2012Which of the following is a polysaccharide?
- JAMB 2011Use the following information to answer the question below. I. Test tube containing cane sugar and water . ll. Test tube containing cane sugar and diluted acid…
- JAMB 2011Use the following information to answer the question below. I. Test tube containing cane sugar and water . ll. Test tube containing cane sugar and diluted acid…
- JAMB 2010Which of the following is lacking in the diet of a person with kwashiorkor?
- JAMB 2010When a mixture of a food substance and Benedict's solution was warmed, the solution changed from blue to brick-red. This indicates the presence of?
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