People taking food adequate in calories but deficient in protein may suffer from:

Related Mcqs:

1. Plants growing in oxygen deficient soils possess:

   A. No roots B. Longer roots system C. Aerial roots system D. Shallow root system...

2. The ration of food energy assimilated to the food energy ingested is called:

   A. Trophic level efficiency B. Photosynthetic efficiency C. Net production efficiency D. Assimilation efficiency...

3. Mr. X is eating curd/yoghurt. For this food intake in a food chain he should be considered as occupying:

   A. First trophic level B. Second trophic level C. Third trophic level D. Fourth trophic level...

4. Short and simple food chains are rare in the world and may be found in simple ecosystems like:

   A. Savanna B. Tundra C. Grassland D. Desert...

5. Which of the following food chain may not be directly dependent upon solar energy?

   A. Grazing B. Detritus C. Soaking D. Depleting...

6. Trees as source of protein by which way:

   A. Forests are the natural habitat of all wildlife B. A large variety of trees, shrubs and grasses in different ecological zones C. Which should support a large number of birds, mammals and reptiles for cover as well as food D. All of the above...

7. If a piece of land which had a plant community becomes barren due to some external thrust, the succession taking place here is called:

   A. Induced B. Deflated C. Secondary D. Retrogessive...

8. Plant succession taking place in sandy area is precisely called:

   A. Halosphere B. Psammosphere C. Xerosphere D. Hydrosphere...

9. Sometimes sound and uninjured seeds may fail to germinate due to reduced activity of the seed or seed parts resulting in blockade of the growth. This may be due to:

   A. External effects of environment B. Internal conditions within the plant itself, i.e. Embryo dormancy or seed coat dormancy C. Both (a) & (b) D. None of these...

10. A watershed may be just be small depression of the land or it may comprise whole sub-continents as for the large river basins of the earth:

    A. Wolga B. Indus C. Ganges D. Amazonas E. All of the above...