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Food Science And Food Service Management — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Home Economics & Nutrition MCQs on Food Science And Food Service Management — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for PPSC, FPSC, KPPSC, SPSC.

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PPSC, FPSC, KPPSC...
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Exam-Level PPSC FPSC KPPSC SPSC
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Question 1 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Food service management is needed whether the food service operation being

Question 2 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following are the internal factors of food quality?

Question 3 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

When planning a menu, what considerations need to be taken into account?

Question 4 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Nanotechnology in other words is

Question 5 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the Act is not under FSSAI Act?

Question 6 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I (Nutrients) List-II (Methods of Estimation) a. Monosaccharides 1. Microkjeldahl method b. Ketose sugars 2. Iodine value c. Amino acids 3. Fehlings test d. Proteins 4. Dichlorophenol indophenol titration e. Ascorbic acid 5. Seliwanoff's test 6. Ninhydrin test

Question 7 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The causal agent of human disease botulism can be classified under

Question 8 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A menu where food items are priced separately is called

Question 9 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Fruits and vegetables get their characteristic colour from

Question 10 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I List-II a. Campylobacter 1. Poor hygiene b. Shigellosis 2. Improperly canned food c. Botulism 3. Poisonous mushrooms d. Cryptosporidosis 4. Raw or uncooked chicken

Question 11 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following microorganisms are responsible for causing food poisoning? 1. Clostridium botulinum 2. Trichinella spiralis 3. Ascaris lumbricoides 4. Staphylococus aureus Select the correct answer

Question 12 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Fast food restaurants are able to keep prices low because

Question 13 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Is it true or false that toxins can be produced by certain bacteria outside the body, in the food we eat, but never by bacteria once they are inside the GI tract.

Question 14 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Expanded form of FSSAI is

Question 15 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which one of the following means the same as food service?

Question 16 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

HACCP is a preventive programme for hygienic control and food safety. Arrange the following steps of the HACCP system intheir correct sequence. 1. Identifying critical control points. 2. Monitoring each critical control point. 3. Developing criteria for control and prevention. 4. Identification and assessment of hazards. 5. Taking immediate corrective action.

Question 17 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Arrange the steps to be taken while purchasing equipment for food service establishments in the correct sequence. 1. Set guidelines/specifications for purchase of these items. 2. Estimate the expenditure by obtaining prices of these items from different sources. 3. Assess the need. 4. Select after careful consideration ensuring that the equipment satisfy the required specification. 5. Decide on the list of equipments to be purchased.

Question 18 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I List-II a. FD & C Blue No. 1 1. Erythrosine b. FD & C Yellow No. 5 2. Indigotine c. FD & C Red NO. 3 3. Brilliant Blue d. FD & C Blue No. 2 4. Tartrazine 5. Sunset Yellow

Question 19 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Who developed the process of canning?

Question 20 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is an example of overlapping antioxidant?

Question 21 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The term A la carte means

Question 22 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Food Safety and Standards Act was implemented in the year.

Question 23 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Arrange in the correct sequence the steps involved in food production in acommissary system 1. Rapid Chill 2. Production 3. Portioning 4. Hold refrigerated raw material 5. Reheat 6. Cold hold 7. Service

Question 24 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I (Contaminants) List-II (Health Effects) a. Mercury 1. Sleeplessness b. Cadmium 2. Loss of concentration c. Lead 3. Eye inflamation d. Poly Chlorinate Biphenyls (PCBs) 4. Kidney damage

Question 25 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Assertion (A) Mayonnaise is considered as a permanent emulsion. Reason (R) Sugar, salt and acids are used as stabiliser in mayonnaise.

Question 26 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In relation to the food servicing purchasing cycle, which of the following positions is generally responsible for completing an issue requisition when items are needed in food production areas?

Question 27 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Assertion (A) Planning menus helps to provide meals to customers at a reasonable price. Reason (R) Price advantage can be obtained by buying seasonal foods and in quantities which carry discounts.

Question 28 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the cooking methods preserves vitamins and nutrients?

Question 29 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Food comprises of any material or substance which consists of

Question 30 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

. . . . . . . . flour has been used for many products as a substitute flour for individuals with an allergy to wheat flour.

Question 31 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is an example ofan internal factor influencing decisions to change a menu?

Question 32 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Consider the following statements 1. The Indian Standard Institution is now called Bureau of Indian Standards. 2. Bureau of Indian Standards operates the ISI Certification Marks Act, 1952. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question 33 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I List-II a. Non-nutrients 1. Water b. Macro nutrients 2. Minerals c. Micro nutrients 3. Carbohydrates d. Nutrients 4. Dietary fiber

Question 34 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which one of the following is not the definition of Food Science?

Question 35 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A speciality restaurant

Question 36 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I List-II a. Hospital 1. Table service b. Cafeteria 2. Counter service c. Hotel 3. Pantry service d. Hostel 4. Banquet e. Railways 5. Centralised

Question 37 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Assertion (A) A cycle menu is a selective menu. Reason (R) It is rotated at definite intervals.

Question 38 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Match the following. List-I (Active Ingredients) List-II (Food Sources) a. Selenium 1. Garlic b. Flavonoids 2. Tomato c. Glutathione 3. Sea food d. Vitamin E 4. Spinach e. Alpha lipoic acid 5. Almonds 6. Asparagus

Question 39 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following chain reactions produce free radicals damaging the cells of organisms?

Question 40 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The term 'Nanotechnology' was coined by

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