Thus, the Indian Dietetic Association was founded, with Prof. Kalyan Bagchi as Secretary and Dr. C. Gopalan as President.

IDA Registered Dietitian Examination

PAPER I (Physiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry)

Time: 2 hours
Marks: 100
SECTION - A
Give the Correct Answer (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
1. The TRUE statement about iron in human body is that it is
a. readily excreted in urine
b. present in both ferrous and ferric state
c. transported as ceruloplasmin
d. absorbed in stomach
2. Glutathione is a
a. octapeptide b. tetrapeptide c. tripeptide d.
dipeptide
3. Starvation causes a decrease in which of the following metabolic
process?
a. Lipogenesis b. Glycogenolysis c. Lipolysis d. Glucogeneogenesis
4. Fatty acid NOT synthesized in man is
a. Oleic b. palmitic c. linoleic d. stearic
5. ALL or NONE transmission occurs in
a. Rods and cones b. axon c. pacinian corpuscle
d. merkel’s disc
6. Erythropoietic secretion is facilitated by the following factors EXCEPT
a. Alkalosis b. catecholamine c. prostaglandins d. estrogens
7. Acidity of gastric juice depends on
a. Rate of parietal cell secretion c. rate of peptic secretion
b. Post prandial alkaline tide d. mucosal bicarbonate barrier
8. During active secretion the pH of saliva is about
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
9. Frozen chickens are an important source of
a. Micrococcus c. salmonella
b. Lactobacillus d. pseudomonas
10. Giardia lamblia is otherwise known as
a. Lamblia intestinals c. Trichinella spiralis
b. Taenia spiralis d. Taenia nativa