Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2009 GS-I
Question

Nutraceuticals are products having:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Nutritional and medicinal effects

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Nutritional and medicinal effects”.
Nutraceuticals are products that have nutritional and medicinal effects.

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