2 Nutrition in Animals

Introduction
Animals cannot produce their own food and directly or indirectly dependent on plant and
animal-based food. Animal nutrition includes nutrient requirement, mode of nutrition and its
utilisation in the body.
Nutrition in animals
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Heterotrophic nutrition
Mode of nutrition in which the organisms derive their nutrition by taking readymade food,
from other dead or living plants and animals. The survival of heterotrophs depends directly
or indirectly on autotrophs.
Examples: Animals, fungi and most of bacteria.
Heterotrophic mode of nutrition is classified into three types on the basis of methods of
obtaining food.
Holozoic nutrition/Ingestive nutrition
Mode of nutrition in which, the animals take in complex solid food or whole material and break
down (digestion) of the food takes place inside the body. They may be herbivores (Cow),
carnivores (Lion) and omnivores (Rat).
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 (i) Herbivores: These animals eat only plants or plant products e.g. cow, elephant, rabbit,
horse, panda, zebra, deer.
(ii) Carnivores: These animals eat other animals e.g. lion, tiger, lizard, wolf, owl.
(iii) Omnivores: These animals eat both plants and animals e.g. dog, cat, crow, pig, rat, fox,
bear, ant, shark, whale.
Scavengers feed on dead animals and clean the environment. e.g. Eagle, Vulture, Hyena etc.

Vulture
Saprotrophic nutrition: In this type of nutrition, the organisms obtain their food from decaying
organic substances. They are also called saprotrophs. They breakdown the food material outside
the body and then absorb it. e.g. Bacteria, fungi (bread moulds, yeasts and mushrooms).

Yeast

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Parasitic nutrition: Mode of nutrition in which organisms (parasite) derive nutrition from other
plants and animals (host) without killing them. e.g. Cuscuta (Amarbel), Ticks, Lice, Leeches and
Tapeworms.
Holozoic nutrition: There are five major steps in Holozoic nutrition –
• Ingestion: Taking in of the food by either way, whether by chewing or sucking and
swallowing.
• Digestion: Conversion of complex food into simpler absorbable form.
• Absorption: Absorbing digested food from the gut to reach the body tissues.
• Assimilation: Utilization of digested food nutrients by the body tissues.
• Egestion: Removal of undigested and unabsorbed food from the body.
Note: Starfish feeds on animals covered by hard shells of calcium carbonate. After opening the
shell, the starfish pops out its stomach through its mouth to eat the soft animal inside the shell.
The stomach then goes back into the body and the food is slowly digested.
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Digestion can be of two types:
Intracellular Digestion (Intra-inside): All the five steps of nutrition occur inside the cell itself,
as in Amoeba, Paramecium and other unicellular organisms. Amoeba projects out pseudopodia to
capture the food & forms a food vacuole.
Food vacuoles are temporary structures and every time the Amoeba feeds, a new food vacuole is
produced. The food is digested inside the vacuole. All free-living unicellular organisms carry out
intracellular digestion.

Amoeba moves towards Amoeba engulfs the food

a food particle using its pseudopods

Food vacuole
Forms and
digestion occurs

Wastes expelled from Nutrient diffuse

the cell Into the cytoplasm
Intracellular digestion in Amoeba

Extracellular digestion (extra - outside): Digestion occurs outside the cell. They have either a
cavity, a tube or an alimentary canal which receives the ingested food. Digestive enzymes are
poured over the food and the products of digestion are absorbed back into the cells.
The Human Digestive System
The digestive system in human consists of an alimentary canal and associated digestive glands.
The alimentary canal
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It is a continuous muscular digestive tube that runs from mouth to anus.

The alimentary canal has the following parts:
Mouth:
 It is a transverse slit bounded by movable lips.
Buccal cavity:
 The process of digestion starts in the buccal cavity. It contains the teeth, tongue and
salivary glands.
 Four types of teeth are found in humans: Incisors (4 in each jaw for biting the food),
canines (2 in each jaw for tearing of food), Premolars (4 in each jaw) and molars (4 in
each jaw) for crushing and grinding of food.
 The floor of the mouth cavity is occupied by muscular, large, movable tongue. It is the organ
of taste with taste buds on its upper surface.
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 You have learned in previous class that in particular areas of the tongue are more
sensitive to particular taste like sweet on the front, bitter at the back, salty around the
front edge and sour along either side towards the back.

Types of human teeth

Incisior Canine Premolar Molar Sweet Salty Bitter Sour

Location of taste buds on the tongue

Pharynx: The buccal cavity opens into a short narrow chamber called pharynx.

 Pharynx is a common passage for the inhaled air and the swallowed food.

How does our body ensure that the food enters only in the food pipe and not in the
windpipe?
Explanation

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A flap of cartilage is found behind the tongue called epiglottis that covers the opening of larynx
to prevent the entry of food into the windpipe. During swallowing of food, our breathing gets
stop and this happens unconsciously.
Oesophagus: A narrow tube arising from pharynx, continuing through the thorax and ending
in the stomach.
Stomach: An elastic J shaped bag with highly muscular walls, located below the diaphragm.
It is the widest part of the alimentary canal.
Small intestine: A tube about 6.5 meters long and about 2.5 cm wide. Much coiled and folded,
it is present in the abdomen. It has three subdivisions:
 Duodenum: Short upper part, next to stomach.
 Jejunum: Slightly longer part, about 2 meters long.
 Ileum: Longest, about 4 meters long, coiled and twisted.
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Large Intestine: Divided into three parts –
 Caecum: Small blind pouch at the junction of small intestine and large intestine. A narrow
worm-shaped tube (vermiform appendix) projects from the caecum.
 Colon: It has three parts termed ascending, transverse and descending colon.
 Rectum: It has two parts, the rectum proper and anal canal. Anus is the external opening
surrounded by circular muscles (sphincters). It is the last part of large intestine. The
remaining waste passes into the rectum and remains there as semi-solid faeces.

 The vermiform appendix is a vestigial (functionless) organ in humans, but it is large and
functional in herbivorous mammals.

Oesophagus
Oesophagus

Large Intestine
Large Intestine

Small Intestine
Small Intestine

Stomach
Stomach
Rectum
Anus
Fig. Intestine
Stomach
Fig. Oesophagus and Stomach Intestine Large Intestine

Why is small intestine longer in herbivores than carnivores?

Explanation
Small intestine is longer in herbivores than carnivores because herbivores eat plants which
contain cellulose and cellulose takes more time to digest.
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Salivary glands

Mouth Oesophagus

Liver
Stomach

Pancreas
Gall bladder

Small intestine Large intestine

Vermiform Appendix Anus

Rectum
Human Digestive System
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Digestive Glands
Special glands such as the salivary glands, the liver and the pancreas pour their secretions into
the gut through their ducts.
Salivary Glands: There are three pairs of salivary glands around our mouth cavity/buccal cavity.
 Parotid glands
 Submandibular gland
 Sublingual gland

Parotid gland
Sublingual gland

Submandibular gland
Salivary glands

 You have learned in previous classes that saliva makes food soft and slippery.
Functions of Saliva
 It contains lysozyme which helps in destroying the bacteria.
 Saliva helps in the digestion of food as it contains an enzyme salivary amylase known as
Ptyalin which digests the starch.

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 When you chew rice (carbohydrates), after sometimes it tastes sweet because ptyalin
present in saliva breakdown starch into maltose (Sugar) which is sweet in nature.
Liver
 It is the largest gland in our body. It produces bile juice. Bile plays an important role in the
digestion of fats. Bile is stored in gall bladder.
 Bile juice (from the liver) provides alkaline medium and emulsifies fats (conversion of larger fat
globules into smaller fat droplets) but it is a non-enzymatic digestive juice so has no chemical
action on food. The bile juices are secreted by gall bladder into the small intestine.
Pancreas
 It is a mixed gland. It acts as both endocrine and exocrine gland.
 The pancreas secretes the pancreatic juice that helps to digest carbohydrates, proteins and
fats. The pancreatic juice converts carbohydrates into simple sugars and glucose, proteins
into amino acids and the fats in to fatty acids and glycerol.
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Liver
Liver

Pancreas
Pancreas

Fig. : Liver and Pancreas

Liver and Pancreas
The Digestive Process
Digestion involves two kinds of processes.
Mechanical Process
 Mechanical process that includes cutting, grinding and swallowing the food thus broken
into small particles and then pushing the food along the food canal. Smaller particles
expose greater surface area for action by enzymes. Here, the enzyme amylase act upon
these small particles and start the digestion of carbohydrates in the mouth itself.
 The lips hold the food within mouth and help in sucking and sipping of liquids. The teeth
cut, tear and grind the food.
 The tongue manipulates food while chewing, mixes saliva in it, rolls it into a ball termed
bolus and helps in swallowing.
 The oesophagus conducts the food (bolus) down into the stomach by a wave of
constriction of the circular muscles. This wave of constriction is called peristalsis.
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 You have learned in previous classes that our stomach churns the food to digest it and it
has acidic juice.
 The inner lining of the stomach secretes mucous, HCl and digestive juices. mucous
protects the inner lining of stomach and HCl kills many bacteria that enters along the
food, makes the medium in the stomach acidic and helps the digestive juices to act. The
digestive juices break down the proteins into simpler substances. The stomach churns
the food mixing it with gastric juice, and thus produces a creamy chyme (partially
digested food). The peristaltic movements keep pushing the food from stomach to the
intestine here the bile plays an important role in the digestion of fats. The pancreatic
juice acts on carbohydrates, fats and proteins and changes them into simpler forms and
finally undigested food into the rectum.
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 Maximum digestion occurs in small intestine.

Chemical Process
It includes the action of various enzymes on the ingested food thus breaking it into its simplest
absorbable form.
Enzyme Produced in Site of Release pH Level Action
Carbohydrate
Digestion:
Salivary amylase Salivary Mouth Nearly Starch → Maltose
glands Neutral
Pancreatic amylase Pancreas Small intestine Basic Starch → Maltose
Maltase Small Small intestine Basic Maltose → Glucose
intestine
Protein Digestion:
Pepsin Gastric Stomach Acidic Proteins → Peptides
glands
Trypsin Pancreas Small intestine Basic Proteins → Peptides
Peptidases Small Small intestine Basic Polypeptides → Dipeptides →
intestine Amino acids
Fat Digestion:
Pancreatic Lipase Pancreas Small intestine Basic Fats →Fatty acids & glycerol
Intestinal Lipase Small Small intestine Basic Fats →Fatty acids & glycerol
intestine

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Absorption of Nutrients
Small intestine is lined by epithelium which is specialised to absorb. It has mechanism to
increase its absorbing surface area several times.
Villi:
They are transverse folds of intestinal wall that not only increase surface area but also reach
deep into the lumen of intestine for absorption of digested food. Villi possess blood capillaries
and lacteals (lymph vessels) for quick transport of absorbed food.
Microvilli:
Columnar cells of the intestinal epithelium have fine microscopic outgrowths called microvilli.
Microvilli further increase the surface area of epithelial cells.
• Products absorbed into the blood capillaries of the villi are amino acids and
monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, galactose).
• Products absorbed into the lacteals (lymph vessels) of the villi are fatty acids and glycerol.
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Villus

Capillaries

Muscles
Villi
Egestion
• The undigested and unabsorbed food then enters the large intestine. The function of the
large intestine is to absorb the water and salts from the undigested food material. The
undigested semi solid waste that passes into the rectum is called faeces.
• It is then removed through the anus by a process called Egestion.
Digestion in Ruminants
• Grass eating animals like the cow, ox, buffalo and sheep swallow the food without
chewing. After feeding, they bring the food from the stomach back into the mouth and
chew it leisurely. This process is called rumination, and such animals are called
ruminants.
• The stomach of a ruminant is divided into four chambers - the rumen, reticulum, omasum
and abomasum. Among these, the rumen is the largest.
• The partially digested food in the rumen is called cud.
• Micro-organisms present in the stomach of the cow help to digest the cellulose by
secreting cellulase enzyme.
• Abomasum is the "true stomach" which secretes acid and enzymes.
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• Digestion in ruminants is a good example of symbiosis.

Intestine 3. Omasum
2. Reticulum

Oesophagus

1. Rumen
4. Abomasum

1. Rumen 2. Reticulum 3. Omasum 4. Abomasum

Ruminant digestion

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 Animals like horses, rabbit etc. have a large sac-like structure called caecum between
oesophagus and the small intestine, where the digestion of cellulose takes place by the
action of certain bacteria which are not present in human, hence are incapable of
digesting cellulose.
Special Points:
• Some Aquatic animals like sponges feed on small particles of food by filtering it through
the cells in its walls. The process is called filter feeding.
• In Elephants, the tusks are the modification of incisor teeth.

Steps of nutrition

Ingestion Digestion Absorption Assimilation Egestion

Digestive system of Human

Alimentary canal Digestive glands

Mouth

Buccal Cavity

Pharynx Salivary glands Liver Pancreas

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Oesophagus

Stomach

Small intestine

Large intestine

Anus

Digestion in Ruminants

4 Chambered stomach

Rumen Reticulum Omasum Abomasum

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EXERCISE
Multiple choice questions 8. Proteins are ultimately converted to –
1. The total number of incisors in our jaws BNA008
is – BNA001 (1) glucose (2) amino acids
(1) 8 (2) 4 (3) 12 (4) 24 (3) starch (4) glycerol
2. Peristaltic movement helps in the – 9. Undigested food is thrown out through
BNA002 the – BNA009
(1) movement of food
(1) rectum (2) bile ducts
(2) digestion of food
(3) anus (4) villi
(3) absorption of food
10. Which enzyme digests fats? BNA010
(4) assimilation of food
(1) Protease
3. Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the –
(2) Lipase
BNA003
(1) stomach (2) small intestine (3) Carbohydrase

(3) large intestine (4) oesophagus (4) Amylase

4. Which of the following is not a gland? 11. Enzymes in the stomach act in which
BNA004 type of medium? BNA011
(1) Pancreas (2) Liver (1) Alkaline
(3) Villi (4) Salivary gland (2) Neutral
5. The enzyme which converts starch into (3) Acidic
maltose – BNA005 (4) Basic
(1) pepsin (2) amylase
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12. During digestion what do large insoluble

(3) trypsin (4) lipase
molecules get broken down into? BNA012
6. Digested food is mainly absorbed in the –
(1) Large soluble molecules
BNA006
(2) Small soluble molecules
(1) stomach (2) small intestine
(3) Medium soluble molecules
(3) large intestine (4) oesophagus
(4) Small insoluble molecules
7. Absorption of water from undigested food
mainly occurs in – 13. Which is the first enzyme to mix with

BNA007 food in the digestive tract? BNA013

(1) stomach (1) Pepsin

(2) oesophagus (2) Cellulase
(3) large intestine (3) Amylase
(4) pancreas (4) Trypsin
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14. If salivary amylase is lacking in the (1) Trypsin digests proteins and lipase
saliva, which of the following events in digests carbohydrates.
the mouth cavity will be affected? (2) Trypsin digests emulsified fats and
BNA014 lipase digests proteins
(1) Proteins breaking down into amino (3) Trypsin and lipase digest fats
acids. (4) Trypsin digests proteins and lipase
(2) Starch breaking down into sugars. emulsified fats
(3) Fats breaking down into fatty acids 19. Bile is produced by – BNA019
and glycerol. (1) kidney
(4) Absorption
(2) pancreas
15. The inner lining of stomach is protected
(3) spleen
from hydrochloric acid by one of the
(4) liver
following. Choose the correct one.
20. The main function of intestinal villi is –
BNA015
BNA020
(1) Pepsin
(1) stimulate peristalsis
(2) Mucus
(2) prevent antiperistalsis
(3) Salivary amylase
(3) provide large surface area for
(4) Bile
absorption
16. Which part of the alimentary canal
(4) distribute digestive enzymes
receives bile from the liver? BNA016
uniformly
(1) Stomach
21. Major function of HCl of gastric juice is to –

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(2) Small intestine
BNA021
(3) Large intestine
(4) Oesophagus (1) providing acidic medium for pepsin

17. In which part of the alimentary canal (2) dissolve food

food is finally digested? BNA017 (3) facilitate absorption of food

(1) Stomach (4) none of these

(2) Mouth cavities 22. The end product of fat digestion is –

(3) Large intestine BNA022
(4) Small intestine (1) glucose
18. Choose the function of the pancreatic (2) fatty acids and glycerol
juice from the following statements. (3) amino acids
BNA018 (4) alkaloids
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23. The action of bile on fats can be called – iii. The food moves in the alimentary
BNA023 canal by the process of peristalsis.
(1) oxidation iv. The body of amoeba has finger–like
(2) emulsification projections called villi.
(3) esterification
(1) i, ii and iii (2) ii, iii and iv
(4) dehydrogenation
(3) i, ii and iv (4) ii, iii, iv and v
24. Saliva converts – BNA024
31. Ridhima took two test tubes labelled as
(1) proteins into amino acids
(2) glycogen into glucose 1 and 2 as shown in the figure. In test

(3) starch into maltose tube 1, she put one tablespoon of boiled
(4) fats into vitamins rice and in test tube 2, she put one table
25. Which set is mixed with the food in small spoon of boiled rice after chewing it for
intestine? BNA025 3–5 minutes. Then she added 3–4 mL of
(1) Saliva, gastric juice, bile water in both the test tubes. Thereafter,
(2) Gastric juice, bile, pancreatic juice
she poured 2–3 drops of iodine solution
(3) Bile, pancreatic juice, intestinal juice
in each of the test tubes.
(4) Bile, pancreatic juice and saliva
Which of the following would be the
26. A good source of lipase is – BNA026
expected observation by Ridhima?
(1) saliva (2) gastric juice
(3) bile (4) pancreatic juice BNA031
27. Ptyalin is an enzyme present in –
BNA027
(1) gastric juice (2) pancreatic juice
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(3) intestinal juice (4) saliva

28. Which one does not produce any
digestive enzyme? BNA028 1 2
(1) Pancreas (2) Liver (1) Colour changes to blue–black in test
(3) Stomach (4) Small intestine tube 1 as rice is rich in starch.
29. Largest gland in the body is – BNA029 (2) Colour changes to blue–black in test
(1) liver (2) pancreas
tube 2 as saliva breaks down the
(3) gastric gland (4) adrenal
starch into sugars.
30. Which combination of statements is
(3) Colour changes to blue–black in both
correct? BNA030
the test tubes.
i. Hydra uses its tentacles to catch food.
ii. Mosquito sucks up the blood of (4) Colour does not change in either of
animals with its proboscis. the test tubes.
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32. Refer to the given diagram which shows (3) Food is completely digested in
various parts of human digestive system chambers P and R.
labelled as I, II, III, IV and V. Identify the (4) Digestion of cellulose takes place in

organs and select the incorrect P, S and R

statement regarding them. BNA032 34. Fill in the blanks with the correct
I combination of words.
The role of L in the M is to N the surface
V II
area for the rapid O of P. BNA034
IV III
(1) L–villi, M–large intestine, N–decrease,
O–absorption, P–digested food
(1) Organ–V is involved in storage of
(2) L–cilia, M–small intestine, N–increase,
bile not its production.
O–assimilation, P–digested food
(2) Organ–II secretes digestive juice
(3) L–villi, M–small intestine, N–increase,
which contains mucus, hydrochloric
O–absorption, P–digested food
acid and digestive enzymes.
(4) L–villi, M–small intestine, N–increase,
(3) Organ–IV is the largest gland of the O–assimilation, P–digested food
body. 35. Match Column–I with Column–II and
(4) Organ–I is involved in the select the correct option from the codes
absorption of water from food. given below. BNA035
33. Refer to the given diagram of stomach of Column – I Column – II

ruminant mammal with its parts labelled (a) Ptyalin (i) Breaks down fats

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as P, Q, R and S and select the correct (b) Pancreas (ii) Breaks down starch
into Maltose and
option. BNA033
dextrin
S (c) Liver (iii) Breaks down
proteins into
peptide, amino acid

P R (d) Salivary (iv) Breaks down starch

Q
gland into sugar

(1) The parts labelled P, Q, R and S are (1) (a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
called reticulum, rumen, abomasum (2) (a) – (i), (b) – (ii), (c) – (iii), (d) – (iv)
and omasum, respectively. (3) (a) – (ii), (b) – (iii), (c) – (i), (d) – (iv)
(2) The part labelled Q is true stomach. (4) (a) – (iv), (b) – (ii), (c) – (iii), (d) – (i)
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36. Organisms that feed on dead animals are 39. Refer to the given flow chart and answer
called – BNA036 the question –
(1) parasites (2) scavengers
Nutrition
(3) carnivores (4) herbivores
Heterotrophic
37. Identify P, Q, R, S and T in the given Example
figure and select the correct statement
Conifer Paramecium Mushroom Leech
regarding them. BNA037 (i) (iii)
(ii) (iv)

P Which of the following example/s is/are

wrongly placed? BNA039
Q (1) (i) only
R
S (2) (ii), (iii) and (v) only
T
(3) (i), (iv) and (v) only
(1) S is the organ where starch is broken
(4) (ii), (iv) and (vi) only
down into sugar by the action of saliva.
40. Read the given paragraph and answer the
(2) Digestive juice secreted by Q gets
stored in P. question that follows.
(3) Many bacteria that enter out body along In human beings, four different types of
with the food get killed in the organ R. teeth are present. X type of teeth is used
(4) Organ T absorbs water and also
for biting and cutting, Y type of teeth is
some salts from the undigested food
used for crushing and grinding while Z
materials.
38. Read the given statements and select the type of teeth is used for tearing the food.
option that correctly fills the blanks in Select the option the correctly identifies X,
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any two of them. BNA038 Y and Z. BNA040

(i) _________ are the tiny out–growths on
(1) X – Incisor, Y – Canine, Z – Molar
the inner surface of small intestine.
(2) X – Incisor, Y – Molar, Z – Canine
(ii) Mucus, hydrochloric acid and digestive
juice are secreted by __________. (3) X – Canine, Y – Incisor, Z – Molar
(iii) Length of small intestine in an adult (4) X – Canine, Y – Molar, Z – Incisor
human being is about ________. 41. Nutrition in animals does not include –
(iv) ______ mainly absorbs water from the
BNA041
undigested food.
(1) nutrient requirements
(1) (i) villi (ii) stomach
(2) (iii) 5 m (iv) small intestine (2) mode of food intake
(3) (i) buds (iii) 7 m (3) utilization of digested food in the body
(4) (i) small intestine (iii) large intestine (4) mode of oxygen intake
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42. Some aquatic animals like sponges feed 45. Refer to the given figure of human
on small particles of food suspended in digestive system and select the incorrect
water. This is called – BNA042 statements regarding parts labelled as M,
(1) swallowing N, O and P. BNA045
(2) scraping
(3) gnawing M N
O
(4) filter feeding
P
43. Read the given statements.
(i) Paramecium has stiff hair–like
structures called ___________. (i) M and O secrete and pour their

(ii) Hydra has a number of _____ around digestive enzymes in N for digestion
whereas N secretes HCl which kills
its mouth, that entangle small
germs in food.
aquatic animals and kill them with
(ii) Digestion of both carbohydrates and
their ___________ cells.
proteins takes place in N whereas
(iii) Frog uses its long, sticky ___________
digestion of only fats takes place in P.
to catch insects.
(iii) N, O and P secret digestive enzymes
(iv) Mosquito sucks up the blood of
but M only stores a digestive juice that
animals with its. ___________.
emulsifies fats.
Select the option which correctly fills the
(iv) P does not secrete any digestive
blanks in any two of these statements.
enzyme but receives digestive
BNA043

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enzymes from M, N and O for
(1) (ii) cilia, absorptive (iii) forelimbs
complete digestion of food.
(2) (i) tentacles (iv) feeding tube
(v) If M is removed in a person, then he
(3) (i) – cilia (ii) tentacles, stinging
can find difficulty in digesting fats
(4) (iii) – tongue; (pseudopodia) present in his food.
44. Which enzyme is likely to act first on the (vi) N secretes digestive enzymes and
baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting mucus and O secretes digestive
from the mouth itself? BNA044 enzymes and hormones.
(1) Salivary amylase (1) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
(2) Pancreatic amylase (2) (iii) and (iv)only
(3) Salivary Maltase (3) (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) only
(4) Trypsin (4) (i), (ii) and (v) only
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46. Varun got his gall bladder removed
surgically as he was diagnosed with stone
in his gall bladder. Which of the following W X Y Z
problems is Varun most likely to faces (1) X (2) W
after surgery? BNA046 (3) Both W and Y (4) Both Y and Z
(1) Varun would not be able to digest 48. Liver secretes bile in which one of the
carbohydrates and proteins properly following parts of digestive system.
because gall bladder stores bile which BNA048
consists of amylase and pepsin enzymes. (1) Oesophagus
(2) Varun would not be able to digest fats (2) Stomach
properly because gall bladder stores (3) Small intestine
bile juice which helps in (4) Large intestine
emulsification of fats. 49. Name the part of the tooth which
(3) Varun would not be able to digest fats contains nerves and blood vessels.
properly because gall bladder BNA049
secretes bile juice which helps in (1) Enamel (2) Dentine
digestion of fats. (3) Pulp cavity (4) All of these
(4) Varun would not be able to absorb 50. Replace the question mark (?) with the
vitamin B and C properly because gall correct option. BNA050
bladder secretes bile which helps in Bronchus : Respiratory system : : Rectum : ?
absorption of these vitamins. (1) Nervous system
47. The given figures show different types of (2) Skeletal system
teeth. Which of these is modified in (3) Circulatory system
elephant tusks? BNA047 (4) Digestive system
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ANSWER KEY
Multiple choice questions
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answer 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2
Question 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Answer 2 4 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 1 1
Question 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Answer 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 1
Question 46 47 48 49 50
Answer 2 2 3 3 4

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