WB SET 2020 Question Paper 2 Home Science

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HOME SCIENCE
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HOME SCIENCE
PAPER II
1. Constant temperature is maintained in our body 6. Which of the following does not constitute 90%
on account of of dry weight of any food?
(A) Water (A) Carbohydrates
(B) Roughage (B) Fibres
(C) Energy giving food (C) Proteins
(D) Vitamin and protein (D) Fats

2. As per My Pyramid food guidance system, 7. A set of statements that seeks to explain problems,
healthy fat in a person should be obtained from actions or behaviour is referred as
(A) Sweets, oil, fruits and fats (A) Anomie
(B) Cheese, yogurt and milk (B) Verstehen
(C) Pasta, oats, beef and chicken (C) Microsociology
(D) Vegetables, fish, oil and nuts (D) Conflict function

3. Which of the following bacteria grow in alkaline 8. Which one of the following is a trisaccharide?
pH? (A) Raffinose
(A) Lactobacillus officinalis (B) Verbascose
(B) Vibrio cholerae
(C) Stachyose
(C) Salmonella typhi
(D) Maltose
(D) Staphylococcus aureus

9. The type of coding recommended for presenting
4. Choose the weaving type for upholstery
a food sample for sensory evaluation is
applications.
(A) Three digit sequential numbers
(A) Twill
(B) Three alphabets chosen randomly
(B) Satin
(C) Pile (C) Three digit random numbers
(D) Plain (D) Three numbers or alphabets chosen randomly

5. __________ is persistent and genetic endowment 10. The primary colours according to Munsell colour
of personality. theory are
(A) Conscience (A) Three
(B) Discipline (B) Two
(C) Self Concept (C) Four
(D) Temperament (D) Five

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11. Which one of the following requires highest 16. The percentage of learning that takes place through
moisture content for growth? sight is
(A) Bacteria (A) 15%
(B) Virus (B) 87%
(C) Mold (C) 50%
(D) Yeast (D) 70%

12. Your Mom is weaving a sweater for you. She is 17. Respiratory quotient does not fall in the following
doing two types of knitting processes alternatively. In condition:
each type, loops are formed in different way. Choose the (A) Diabetes mellitus
correct option. (B) Acidosis
(A) Wrap forms loop in diagonal way (C) Starvation
(B) Weft forms loop in orthogonal way (D) Febrile condition
(C) Wrap forms loop in orthogonal way
(D) Weft forms loop in a row

18. Correct order of the Management Process is
(A) Planning, Organizing, Controlling,
13. Which one of the following agent is not permitted Evaluation
for ripening of fruits? (B) Organizing, Controlling, Planning,
(A) Calcium Carbide Evaluation
(B) Ethylene gas (C) Planning, Controlling, Evaluation,
Organizing
(C) Smoke
(D) Organizing, Planning, Controlling,
(D) Ethephon Evaluation

14. Smallest unit of sound in language is 19. Stratified sampling is used when a population is
(A) Phoneme (A) from a homogenous group
(B) Syllable (B) has similar characteristics
(C) Morpheme (C) belongs to similar age-group and gender
(D) Syntax (D) from a heterogonous group

15. The foodservice system practised by ISKON for 20. Which one of the following salts are generally
distribution of mid-day meal can be classified as used below 0.1% in food processing industries?
(A) Assembly foodservice system (A) Sodium
(B) Ready-prepared foodservice system (B) Magnesium
(C) Commissary foodservice system (C) Calcium
(D) Conventional foodservice system (D) Ammonium

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21. You put two fabrics in water. One of them sinks 26. The expression “Window of opportunity” refers
faster and becomes heavier. Other one takes time to sink to the following age duration to arrest growth retardation
because it leaks in Indian children:
(A) Bleaching (A) Birth to five years
(B) Scouring (B) Pre-school years
(C) Stiffening (C) Birth to two years
(D) Parchmentisation (D) Adolescent age

22. Identify the highest source of Calcium among
27. Which is not a renewable resource of energy?
following food sources:
(A) Geothermal
(A) Sesame seeds
(B) Wind
(B) Amaranth greens
(C) Water
(C) Finger millet
(D) Electricity
(D) Chickpea

23. If the neural tube fails to seal in the head end of the 28. If one measure is in ordinal scale and the other
embryo, a defect known as ________ occurs. variable is at least ordinal, then the following correlation
(A) Spinabifida is employed:
(B) Microcephaly (A) Product moment
(C) Anencephaly (B) Rank order
(D) Macrocephaly (C) Multiple
(D) Partial

24. Identify the false statement among the following:
(A) Amylase rich foods are used to increase 29. Nutritional assessment methods and techniques
energy density of infant foods. as per NFHS-4 data, the percentage of stunted children
(B) Pregnant Women require extra nutrients under 5 years of age is
during II and III trimesters of pregnancy. (A) 47·5
(C) Infants need much less energy per kg body (B) 38·4
weight in comparison to adults.
(C) 45·0
(D) Women have lesser ferritin in liver than
(D) 30·9
men.

25. The word ‘M’ in SMART concept of formulating 30. An ergogenic aid helps an individual to tolerate
training objectives is intense training by
(A) Measurable (A) building muscle and increasing stamina.
(B) Manageable (B) providing instant energy.
(C) Meaningful (C) increasing body weight.
(D) Monitoring (D) providing adequate rest to athlete.

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31. Most of the vegetables are stored under 36. Iron rich food is required more for which kind of
refrigeration for prolonged shelf-life at Olympic event performers?
(A) 15 °C (A) Sprinter
(B) 0 °C (B) Marathon runner
(C) 5 °C (C) Long jump
(D) –20 °C (D) Javelin thrower

32. You are asked to print a fabric of 5 meter length
and 1 meter width. You are given a design of 18″ × 12″
37. Triangulation in PRA means
to print on whole fabric in a very short time. Which
(A) Source of information
process you will follow?
(B) Cross checking the data
(A) Block printing
(C) Combination of tools
(B) Batic printing
(D) Mixture of techniques
(C) Roller printing
(D) Heat transfer printing

33. Putrefaction includes gases 38. Decision making is
(A) Carbon dioxide and Sulfur dioxide (A) Crucial to Management
(B) Hydrogen sulfide and Carbon monoxide (B) Unique to Management
(C) Carbon dioxide and Hydrogen sulfide (C) Results of Management
(D) Sulfur dioxide and Carbon monoxide (D) One of the steps in Management

34. A Rosogolla of 100 grams contains 4 grams of
protein, 2 grams of fat and 186 kcalories. Calculate the
39. What does ANOVA calculate?
amount of carbohydrate (g) present in it.
(A) F ratios
(A) 32 g
(B) R ratios
(B) 38 g
(C) Z scores
(C) 43 g
(D) T scores
(D) 35 g

35. The newborn’s vision is estimated to be _______
on the well known snellen chart. 40. Gluten is prohibited for which disease?
(A) 70/200 (A) Gastrointestinal disorder
(B) 20/600 (B) Malabsorption syndrome
(C) 200/100 (C) Celiac disease
(D) 20/20 (D) Lipidoses disorder

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41. The process of conversion of glucose to glycogen 46. Combination of few methods such as increasing
takes place in acidity, high temperature of processing and low
(A) Pancreas temperature to reduce microorganism is called
(B) Kidney (A) Stumbling technology
(C) Adrenal glands (B) Low pressure preservation approach
(D) Liver (C) Hurdle technology
(D) High pressure food preservation

42. Food is digested and broken down slowly due to
the presence of 47. Some people are genetically predisposed to
alcohol intolerance, this is due to the polymorphism of
(A) Polyunsaturated fatty acid
________ enzyme.
(B) Dietary fibers
(A) Aldehyde dehydrogenase
(C) Starch
(B) Alcohol catalase
(D) Aromatic amino acids
(C) Enzyme cytochrome P450
(D) Alcohol dehydrogenase

43. Bubble nucleation and expansion of the vapour
bubble is used to print on fabric in following technique:
48. Which one of the following is non-sporulating
(A) Piezoelectric ink jet
bacteria that poisons food?
(B) Thermal ink jet
(A) Clostridium perfringens
(C) Continuous ink jet
(B) Bacillus cereus
(D) Heat transfer printing
(C) Clostridium botulinum
(D) Corynebacterium diphtheriae

44. Which one of the following is not a property of
Omega-3 fatty acids? 49. Distance education overcomes the difficulty of
(A) Anti-thrombotic (A) Group learning
(B) Anti-arrhythmic (B) Tele conferencing
(C) Anti-inflammatory (C) Geographical isolation
(D) Anti-diabetic (D) Individual learning

45. The organ which prevents entry of some harmful 50. According to Consumer Protection Act 1986,
microbes into the foetus is _________. how many consumer rights are there?
(A) Placenta (A) 5
(B) Umbilical cord (B) 6
(C) Amnion (C) 9
(D) Chorion (D) 7

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51. Vitamin B1 deficiency is the cause for which of 56. The five basic principles of community
the following diseases? development include
(A) Beri-beri (A) Sustainability, Community based,
(B) Rickets Participatory, Asset based, Self-reliance
(C) Muscular dystrophy (B) Sustainability, Community based,
Participatory, Asset based, Self-reliance
(D) Hemolytic anemia
(C) Sustainability, Community based,
Inventory, Asset based, Self-reliance
(D) Sustainability, Community based,
Participatory, Asset based, Economics
52. The quality that is not considered during yarn
testing is
(A) Maturity 57. To create the awareness among consumers, which
(B) Hairiness consumer organization is the oldest one in India?
(C) Yarn elongation (A) Consumer Guidance Society of India
(D) Twist measurement (B) Consumer Education and Research Centre
(C) Bureau of India Standards
(D) Federation of Consumer Organization

53. Fruits, vegetables and whole grains are excellent
sources of which of these following nutrients? 58. Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) is the ratio between
(A) Carbohydrate and fat (A) Gain in body weight and protein intake
(B) Carbohydrate and fiber (B) Protein intake and gain in body weight
(C) Fat and protein
(C) Biologically available protein and body
(D) Protein and vitamin
weight
(D) Protein intake and loss of body fat

54. Pre-test, Post-test, Natural Control Group design
59. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the measure of
is a ________ design.
energy during
(A) Non-experimental
(A) Fasting
(B) Field Research
(B) Resting
(C) Quasi experimental
(C) Running
(D) Experimental
(D) Post-eating

60. Which of the following is an example of a
55. Which of the following vitamin supplement is
prebiotic?
recommended for arthritis patients?
(A) Yogurt
(A) Niacin
(B) Inulin
(B) Vitamin A
(C) Vitamin E (C) Creatinine
(D) Vitamin K (D) Fish oil

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61. As per basic entitlement, a primary school child 65. Mr. Sivan, a 70 years old scientist by profession
should receive the following under mid-day school meal is diagnosed with nerve cell death and tissue loss
progarm in India: throughtout the brain, affecting nearly all its functions.
The cortex in the brain shrivels up and this damages, the
(A) 450 kcal and 8-12g protein areas involved in thinking, planning and remembering.
(B) 350 kcal and 6-8g protein The shrinkage in a nerve cell is especialy severe in the
hippocampus which caused an overall imbalance,
(C) 700 kcal and 20g protein memory loss and change in personality. Which of the
(D) 500 kcal and 10g protein following diseases is expected for Mr. Sivan?
(A) Parkinson’s disease
(B) Alzheimer’s disease
(C) Phenylketonuria
(D) Cognition loss
62. Denim is heavy grade cotton. Pumice stone which
is used during its processing shows many disadvantages
like back-staining, wear and tear of machine etc. Now
enzymatic treatment is preferred for Bio-Stone washing.
The enzyme that is used in this process is 66. Major fatty acid present in coconut oil is
(A) Lactase (A) Palmitic
(B) Lauric
(B) Pectinase
(C) Myristic
(C) Laccase (D) Caproic
(D) Cellulase

67. Which one of the following causes maximum
destruction of ascorbic acid?
63. Which of the following state was the first to make
(A) Baking
rainwater harvesting compulsory for every building to
avoid groundwater depletion? (B) Boiling
(C) Microwaving
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Pressure cooking
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Uttarakhand
68. The extended form of MGNREGA which stands
for the most recent employment programme of the
government is
(A) Mahatma Gandhi National Regional
64. Delayed wound healing is associated with Employment Guarantee Act.
(B) Mahatma Gandhi National Regulatory
(A) Diabetes mellitus
Establishment Governing Act.
(B) Hypertension (C) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Establishment Governing Act.
(C) Liver cirrhosis
(D) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
(D) Obesity Employment Guarantee Act.

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69. For preparing orange squash, which preservative 73. Molds grow best in the presence of
is used? (A) Warm temperature, moisture and mild acidic
(A) Sodium Benzoate media.
(B) Potassium Sorbate (B) Cold temperature, low moisture and neutral
(C) Potassium Metabisulfite media.
(D) Sodium Sulphate (C) Cold temperature, high moisture and high
alkaline media.
(D) Warm temperature, low moisture and neutral
media.

70. Two groups of subjects, control and experimental
are chosen to study the effect of feeding a nutritional
supplement and relevant data collected. Identify 74. Mrs. Akansha Rastogi Agarwal is 20 weeks
appropriate test for data analysis to determine significant pregnant. She is in __________ trimester of her
differences between the groups: pregnancy.
(A) Analysis of variance (A) First
(B) Students ‘t’ test (B) Second
(C) Odd’s ratio (C) Third
(D) Chi square test (D) Fourth

75. Parboiled rice is nutritionally superior on account
71. The food safety and standards Act, 2006 differs of
from earlier food regulation on the following conceptual (A) distribution of water soluable nutrients
principle: throughout the grain and subsequent
(A) Implementation of food law are stringent to retention on polishing.
prevent fraud. (B) enhancement of nutrients because of
(B) More regulations are framed to prevent food soaking, steaming and polishing.
adulteration. (C) destruction of anti-nutritional factors and
(C) The major responsibility of supplying safe higher availibility of vitamins.
is on the Food Business Operator. (D) dissolution and lowering of strach and
(D) Consumer is given the responsibility to check protein fractions.
on food safety.

76. According to the principles of Extension
Education, the principle which is based on discussions
72. Zero Waste Designing is and suggestions is
(A) reducing waste by keeping garments for (A) principle of learning by doing.
long time. (B) principle of leadership.
(B) reducing waste by recycling. (C) principle of whole family.
(C) reducing waste during design cutting. (D) principle of applied science and democratic
(D) redesigning the waste. approach.

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77. Basis for computing recommended dietary 81. Which food source among the following has best
allowances for vitamins and minerals in Indians is quality protein?
(A) mean requirements and 20% allowance for (A) Wheat
cooling losses. (B) Rice
(B) mean requirements and addition of twice (C) Soy
standard deviation values.
(D) Red gram
(C) mean requirements as determined by
population studies.
(D) mean requirements and 10% allowance for
individuals variations.
82. Flat puppets which are operated against the rear
of a tightly stretched white cloth screen with a light
behind are called
(A) Glove puppets
(B) Rod puppets
78. What is the main objective of the Basel
Convention? (C) String puppets
(A) To reduce movements of hazardous waste (D) Shadow puppets
between nations to protect human health
and environment
(B) To analyze the waste produced by a nation
and its characterization 83. Invisible fat in food refers to
(C) Conservation of the waste to protect human (A) fats/oils used for frying foods.
health and environments
(B) fats/oils used for cooking foods.
(D) Characterization of the waste for proper
(C) bound fat which cannot be extracted by
disposal
ordinary solvents.
(D) fat content of food as reported in food
composition tables.

79. What is the calorie content of a product with
following composition: moisture–10%, fat–5%,
protein–15%, ash– 40%, CHO– 60% and dietary fiber– 84. Berk (2008) emphasised on four types of parenting.
5% One of the types is indulgent parenting. What does
indulgent parenting accounts for?
(A) 365 kcal
(A) Parents want to have everything under
(B) 355 kcal
control and do not show any signs of love,
(C) 345 kcal attachment or warmth.
(D) 375 kcal (B) The parents have caring, sensitive relation
to the needs of the children with clear limits
to their children.
(C) The parents are emotionally withdrawn and
distant from the children, indifferent towards
80. Which vitamin is used most commonly to control children’s behaviour not interested in
browning in fruits by enzymes? children’s success.
(A) Vitamin K (D) The parents towards children have warm
and caring relation but with too much pamper
(B) Vitamin C
so that the children of such parents often are
(C) Vitamin B impulsive, irritable without self control and
(D) Vitamin D spoiled.

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85. Indicate the nature of diets being consumed on 90. You have conducted a diet survey on Indian
account of nutrition transition in Indian population: population. Which of the following nutrient composition
(A) High sugar, high fat, low fiber, low vitamins tables you would use for computation?
and low minerals (A) FAO Nutrient database
(B) High sugar, high fiber, low vitamins, high (B) USDA Nutrient database
minerals and high fat (C) Indian Food Composition tables
(C) High vitamins, high minerals, high fiber, (D) European Nutrient database
low fat, low sugar
(D) Low sugar, high fiber, high vitamins, low
fat, high minerals

91. Principal protein in rice is
(A) Zein
86. Vikaas is the government sponsored programme
(B) Oryzenin
of day care scheme for __________ group.
(C) Casein
(A) people blacklisted from state
(D) Lysine
(B) below poverty level people
(C) cerebral palsied and autistic
(D) aids affected people

92. “Eight head theory” in the human figure is defined
for designing garments. “Fifth head” in this theory
87. For Infant’s brain development the important means
lipids are (A) from the nape of the neck to the armscye
(A) Linolenic and palmitic acid (armpit).
(B) Stearic and linoleic acid (B) from the mid-thigh to below knee.
(C) Arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid (C) from the hollow of the waist to the hip
(D) Eicosapentaenoic and caprylic acid (crotch).
(D) from the hip to the mid-thigh.

88. The core values, beliefs and assumptions that are
widely shared by members of an organization are known
as 93. A teratogen is
(A) Organizational climate (A) Male sex hormone
(B) Organizational culture (B) Risk factor for congenital defects
(C) The pervading atmosphere (C) Drug for mother to prevent miscarriage
(D) The mission statement (D) Medical test to detect gender of foetus

89. The time required to kill microorganisms at a
given lethal temperature is called 94. Unit of radiation energy is
(A) Thermal inactivation time (A) Radura
(B) Thermal death time (B) Gray (GY)
(C) Critical time (C) Percentage
(D) Lag phase (D) MeV

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95. The most popular technique for preservation of 98. Monoglycerides and diglycerides are used in a
cultures including freezing with subsequent drying is variety of foods as
referred as
(A) Liquid under paraffin (A) Emulsifiers
(B) Lyophillization (B) Flavor
(C) Drying (C) Calories
(D) Freezing
(D) Color

96. The most important quality attribute responsible
for color of the potato chips is
(A) Starch
(B) Proteins 99. Identify the natural toxicant present in tapioca.
(C) Reducing sugars
(A) Gossypol
(D) Vitamin C
(B) Cyanogens
(C) β-oxalyl amino alanine

97. Government of India launched National Family (D) Solanin
Benefit scheme for assisting a section of people of India.
Which section of Indian people can avail the benefit
from the scheme?
(A) The Ministry of Rural Development
implemented this scheme under which
monetary grant of Rs. 20,000/- is given as
lump sum assistance to the bereaved 100. Which of the following statement is true regarding
household in the event of death of the Indian history?
breadwinner.
(A) India is a country with a long history of
(B) The Ministry of Rural Development
making its own furniture styles and forms,
implemented this scheme under which
pension scheme for widows as well as not influenced by outside cultures.
pension scheme for the elderly below poverty (B) In India, there isn’t much wood, so most
line were operated.
furniture is made of material like stone,
(C) Under this scheme of the Ministry of Rural reeds or clay.
Development ten KG of food grain is given
to those eligible aged persons who have (C) Indian furniture is a blend of European
remained uncovered under the Indira Gandhi influences with Indian material and
National Old Age Pension scheme. decorative elements.
(D) The scheme of the Ministry of Rural
Development aims at creating efficient and (D) Indian furniture was very plain and never
effective institutional platforms of the rural had elaborate decoration because the
poor. European colonist preferred plain surfaces.

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