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Vedang Amonkar from Dr K B Hedgewar High School, Panaji
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

Given below are the four food components (P-S) and their corresponding sources.
P – Meat, Fish, Egg
Q – Butter, Ghee, Margarine
R – Bread, Biscuit, Potato
S – Amla, Tomato, Orange
Select the incorrect statement regarding them.

A Deficiency of P causes marasmus in children whereas deficiency of Q causes kwashiorkor in adults.
B Among P, Q, R and S, 1 gram of Q produces the maximum energy.
C Excess of R gets stored in body cells and is used for production of energy whenever required.
D Deficiency of S leads to a disease in which gums swell up and bleed.


Ans 1:

SOUMYA SHAMBHAVI JHA from PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MUMBAI
Class : Class 6
Vedang your answer is in the solution

Ans 2:

Sai Trinayanee from NPS, Chennai
Class : Class 6
Vedang Amonkar your answer is same as the solution

Ans 3:

Vedang Amonkar from Dr K B Hedgewar High School, Panaji
Class : Class 6
P is protein, Q is fat, R is carbohydrate and S is vitamin C. Deficiency of proteins causes kwashiorkor whereas marasmus is caused by deficiency of proteins along with carbohydrate. Marasmus occurs in children usually in infants below the age of 1 year and kwashiorkor occurs in children.

Ans 4:

Ayan Vohra from Bhavan Vidyalaya , Chandigarh, chandigarh
Class : Class 8
umm............ SOF where is my solution?

Ans 5:

Vedang Amonkar from Dr K B Hedgewar High School, Panaji
Class : Class 6
hey????!!!! Oh.......... Umm its me only.

Ans 6:

Shiven Sidharth from Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Class : Class 7
Yes it is kwakshiorkor

Ans 7:

saikrishna from bharatiya vidhya bhavans public school, Hyderabad
Class : Class 9

Ans 8:

Shreeya Mangla from ASN Senior Secondary School, New Delhi
Class : Class 9

Ans 9:

Mukta Pundir from ,
Class : Class 6

Ans 10:

Sai Trinayanee from NPS, Chennai
Class : Class 6
Good explanation

Ans 11:

Dushyant Singh from Shree Ram Centenial School, Indore
Class : Class 9

Ans 12:

Kushagra Chaturvedi from Podar International School Chinchwad, Pune
Class : Class 6

Ans 13:

Raksheet Shah from Swami Vivekanad International School, Mumbai
Class : Class 8

Ans 14:

saikrishna from bharatiya vidhya bhavans public school, Hyderabad
Class : Class 9

Ans 15:

Aarna Singh from Delhi Public School, Etawah
Class : Class 6
Answer should be B.

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