First Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
(2016 Scheme)
Nutrition and Biochemistry
May 2022
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 75
• Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly • Do not leave any blank pages between answers • Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space •Answer all parts of a single question together • Leave sufficient space between answers
• Draw table/diagrams/flow charts wherever necessary •Write section A (32 Pages) and section B (32 Pages) in separate answer books.
•Do not mix up questions from section A and section B.
Q P Code: 114010 Section A – Nutrition Marks: 50
Short Essay (2x7=14)
1. Explain the principles and methods of cooking.
2. Role of a nurse in the assessment of nutritional status
Short notes (5x4=20)
3. Mid-day- meal programme
4. Enumerate the factors affecting BMR
5. Importance of five basic food groups
6. The classification of proteins
7. Digestion of carbohydrates
Answer Briefly (4x4=16)
8. Sources of fat
9. Scurvy
10.Functions of calcium
11.National nutrition policy
Q P Code: 115010 Section B – Biochemistry Marks: 25
Short Essays (2x5=10)
1. Discuss the regulation of serum calcium.
2. Discuss the formation and fate of ketone bodies
Short notes (2x3=6)
3. HDL cholesterol
4. Electrophoresis
Differentiate Between (3x3=9)
5. Metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis
6. Semi essential amino acids and essential amino acids
7. Integral proteins and trans membranous proteins
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