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Prelims · Science & technology · 32 questions

Human body, health & diseases

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Human body, health & diseases questions per year: 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 0, 2019: 2, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 4, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026: 0 Asked in 8 of 11 years · most in 2022 (4)

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भारत में, पूर्व-संवेष्टित (प्रीपैकेज्ड) वस्तुओं के संदर्भ में खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (पैकेजिंग और लेबलिंग) विनियम, 2011 के अनुसार किसी निर्माता को मुख्य लेबल पर निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सी सूचना अंकित करना अनिवार्य है?

  1. 1.संघटकों की सूची, जिसमें संयोजी शामिल हैं
  2. 2.पोषण-विषयक सूचना
  3. 3.चिकित्सा व्यवसाय द्वारा दी गई किसी एलर्जी प्रतिक्रिया की संभावना के संदर्भ में संस्तुतियाँ, यदि कोई हैं
  4. 4.शाकाहारी/मांसाहारी

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With reference to pre-packaged items in India, it is mandatory to the manufacturer to put which of the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011?

1. List of ingredients including additives

2. Nutrition information

3. Recommendations, if any, made by the medical profession about the possibility of any allergic reactions

4. Vegetarian/non-vegetarian

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1, 2 and 3 · (b) 2, 3 and 4 · (c) 1, 2 and 4 · (d) 1 and 4 only

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) 1, 2 और 4

Regulation 2.2.2 of the 2011 FSSAI rules listed what every pre-packaged food label must carry: the name of the food, a list of ingredients (with additives), nutritional information, the veg/non-veg symbol, food-additive declarations, the maker's name and address, net quantity, batch number, dates and so on. A general statement of medical advice on possible allergic reactions was not among these mandatory items.

  • ✓ 1. Except for single-ingredient foods, ingredients had to be listed on the label under a heading such as 'Ingredients', in descending order of weight or volume, with additives declared.
  • ✓ 2. Nutritional information per 100 g, 100 ml or per serving (energy in kcal, protein, carbohydrate with sugar, fat) was required, with exemptions for items such as raw agricultural commodities.
  • ✗ 3. The 2011 regulations had no general requirement to print medical recommendations about allergic reactions; allergy-related wording appeared only in special cases such as hypoallergenic infant formula.
  • ✓ 4. Every package had to carry the green (vegetarian) or brown (non-vegetarian) symbol in the prescribed square-and-circle form.
  • • Since then The 2011 rules have since been replaced by the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, which now require a separate 'Contains...' declaration of common food allergens (FSSAI compendium).

Remember · FSSAI labelling (2011): name, ingredients with additives, nutrition facts, veg/non-veg symbol, maker, net quantity, batch, dates. Mandatory allergen declaration arrived only with the 2020 Labelling and Display Regulations.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

निम्नलिखित कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?

विषाणु संक्रमित कर सकते हैं

  1. 1.जीवाणुओं को
  2. 2.कवकों को
  3. 3.पादपों को

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Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Viruses can infect

1. bacteria

2. fungi

3. plants

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1 and 2 only · (b) 3 only · (c) 1 and 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) 1, 2 और 3

Viruses can infect every kind of cell-based life: bacteriophages infect bacteria, mycoviruses infect fungi and plant viruses such as the Tobacco Mosaic Virus infect plants. All three statements are correct.

  • ✓ 1. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria; NCERT describes the Hershey-Chase experiment that used them.
  • ✓ 2. Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi; the first was reported in 1962 from the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
  • ✓ 3. NCERT names microscopic plant viruses, and shows the rod-shaped Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) as an example.

Remember · Viruses multiply only inside a living host cell and can infect bacteria (bacteriophages), fungi (mycoviruses), plants (e.g. TMV) and animals.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 8 Curiosity, Ch 2 (practise this chapter) · Class 12 Biology, Ch 5 (practise this chapter)

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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