Vitamin and Mineral Multiple Choice Questions with Answers – PDF Download

Which of the following used the word 'vitamin' for the missing factors that were needed to sustain healthy growth?

1. C. Eijkman
2. F.G Hopkins
3. Casmir Funk
4. Jabar Bin Hayan

Specific organic compounds which are required by our bodies to prevent specific diseases but cannot be produced by our bodies are called

1. hydrocarbons
2. carbohydrates
3. proteins
4. vitamins

Which of the following experimentally proved that in addition to carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and minerals, certain missing factors were also required for healthy growth?

1. C. Eijkman
2. F.G Hopkins
3. Casmir funk
4. J.Watson

Which of the following discovered that polished rice lacked something that caused the disease beriberi?

1. C. Eijkman
2. F.G Hopkins
3. Casmir Funk
4. J.Watson

Casimir Funk thought that all the missing factors contained

1. amino acids
2. carboxylic acids
3. amino group
4. none of above