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Important Questions on Digestion and Absorption

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Which of the following is NOT an enzyme?
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Gastric juice of infants contains:
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Which of the following anions neutralize the acidic pH of the chyme that enters into the duodenum from the stomach?
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Removal of the pancreas impairs the breakdown of
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An enzyme with optimal activity at pH 2.0 and 37°C is most likely to be:
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The enzyme enterokinase helps in conversion of
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The enzyme that is not present in succus entericus is:
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Succus entericus is referred to as:
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Explain the mechanism of digestion in stomach.
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A person had therapeutic surgery, which removed part of his stomach. Later, he started suffering from pernicious anemia. Biochemical tests showed that he had vitamin B12  deficiency. The most plausible cause for this deficiency is
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The first enzyme that the food encounters in human digestive system is
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The initial step in the digestion of milk in human is carried out by?
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Which one of the following glands does not secrete saliva?
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Which of the following options best represents the enzyme composition of pancreatic juice?
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Digestion of both starch and proteins is carried out by enzymes of
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Which of the following guards the opening of the hepatopancreatic duct into the duodenum?
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Which of the following functions is not performed by secretions from salivary glands?
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Match List I with List II.

List I 

(Cells)

List II

(Secretion)
A. Peptic cells I. Mucus
B. Goblet cells II. Bile juice

C. Oxyntic cells

 III. Proenzyme pepsinogen
D. Hepatic cells  IV. HCL and intrinsic factor for absorption of vitamin B12 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Match the digestive glands given in Column - I with their respective enzymes given in Column — II and choose the correct combination from the given options,

  Column I   Column II
(1) Pancreas (p) Pepsin
(2) Gastric glands (q) Enterokinase
(3) Small intestine (r) Ptyalin
(4) Salivary glands (s) Trypsin

Choose the correct option:- 

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Identify the cells whose secretion protects the lining of gastro-intestinal tract from various enzymes.