Health Education Paper 2 May/June 2015

Question 5

    Name one vitamin obtained from each of the following food substance:

(a)    yeast;
(b)    Unpolished rice;
(c)    Palm oil.

Observation

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was very poor.        Candidates gave wrong answers such as Vitamins A, B12 and C for yeast, Vitamins A, B2, B3, S D and C for unpolished rice and vitamins K, C and D for palm oil.

.(a)   VITAMIN OBTAINED FROM YEAST

                   Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B Complex
NB: Omission of ‘complex’ still scores

  (b)   VITAMIN OBTAINED FROM UNPOLISHED RICE

                    Vitamin B1
Vitamin B Complex
NB: Omission of complex still scores                                          
 
(c)   VITAMIN OBTAINED FROM PALM OIL

                   Vitamin A