List of top Home Science Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Arrange the steps in making a time schedule in correct order:
A. Classifying each task into flexible and non-flexible category & estimating the time required for each task as accurately as possible
B. Listing all the tasks that need to be completed
C. Ensuring that the total estimated time for all activities and the actual time available are in harmony
D. Listing the tasks according to priority and determining the time when they need to be completed
E. Penning down the final time schedule and following it accordingly

Arrange the steps involved in preparing a budget in correct order of implementation.
A. Balancing expected income and expenditure
B. Estimating the cost of each item accurately
C. Listing all desired items
D. Estimating the expected income
E. Checking plan for realism

Identify the work simplification tool for boiling potatoes given in the image below:

In……………., a group of unrelated persons live in an institution taking their meals from a common kitchen

Choose the advantages of market segmentation in marketing:
A. It enables you to frame and adopt separate policies to meet the needs of the different buyer groups
B. More efficient use of marketing resources
C. You can not use the advertising media effectively
D. It helps to pay proper attention to particular areas

Identify the factors influencing housing patterns.
A. Public Opinion
B. Social, Economic and Political Factors
C. Influence of Climate
D. Materials and Technology

……… is the time in minutes at a specific temperature required to destroy 90% of the organisms in a given population.

Arrange the major steps involved in implementation of a public nutrition programme in correct order.
A. Determine strategies for the programme; develop the action plan and implement it
B. Prioritize the issues or nutrition health problems, to identify those that the programme will address
C. Identify the issues or health problems in the community
D. Identify risk and contributing factors and set the goals and objectives for the programme
E. Sustain the entire programme or its components; and evaluate the programme

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Types of Markets)	List-II (Characteristics)
A. Industrial market	I. It consists of individuals and organisations that buy or acquire goods and services that enter into the production of other products and services.
B. Consumer market	II. It consists of individuals and organisations who acquire goods purchased by others and sell them either to industrial consumers or ultimate consumers.
C. Reseller market	III. It consists of individuals and households who buy or acquire goods and services for their own personal or household use.
D. Government market	IV. It consists of central/state agencies and local bodies who purchase goods to meet the requirements of the government.

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

Which of the following is NOT a specific characteristic of polymeric formulae/defined formula diets?

Which of the following are limiting essential amino acids in cereal grains and millets?
A. Methionine
B. Lysine
C. Threonine
D. Tryptophan

Name the glandular disorder caused by excessive steroid hormone resulting in greater than normal functioning of adrenal gland; characterized by obesity.

Which of the following is NOT a clinical manifestation of Kwashiorkor?

Identify the correct statements in context of Freezer Burn.
A. Dehydration that may accompany the freezing process
B. The surface of food may show white patches and becomes tough
C. Ice crystals enlarge because they are subject to fluctuating temperatures
D. Occurs due to sublimation of ice

Which type of heart failure is most likely to be associated with pulmonary edema?

Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of fatty liver?

In vitamin C deficiency, which one of the following reasons results in poor wound healing?

Arrange steps involved in meal planning in the correct sequence.
A. Determining the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)/Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) as given in the latest ICMR, NIN tables
B. Recording personal data
C. Selecting specific foods using the food exchanges provided in each meal
D. Distributing the food exchanges between different meals
E. Estimating the amount of different food exchanges

Name the sign of severe vitamin 'A' deficiency, in which the cornea loses its normal smooth and glistening appearance and becomes dry and rough.

Which of the following types of chemical reactions does not occur in the TCA cycle?

Iron is stored in the body in the following except:

Identify the difference between the sugars in DNA and RNA.

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Chemical constant of fat)	LIST-II (Description)
A. Reichert-Meisel Number (RM number)	I. The milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralise the five fatty acids present in one gram of fat.
B. Polanski Number	II. The amount in milliliters of potassium hydroxide solution required to neutralise the acetic acid obtained by saponification of 1 gram of fat or oil after acetylation.
C. Acid Number	III. Number of milliliters of 0.1 N alkali required to neutralise the soluble volatile fatty acids contained in 5 gm of fat.
D. Acetyl Number	IV. Number of milliliters of 0.1 N potassium hydroxide solution required to neutralise the insoluble fatty acids (not volatile with steam distillation) obtained from 5 gm of fat.

Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar due to which of the following reason?