Food Research Officer and food technology posts

Nepal · Public Service Commission, Nepal · civil-service · unverified source

17practice questions written to this syllabus
4subjects

Format

Unverified. Written examination followed by interview for gazetted posts in the food technology and quality control service.

Over the years

Unverified: only the commission's home page was confirmed.

Official source: https://psc.gov.np/

Subjects this exam draws on

Principles of Food Science & Food Preservation7 questionsFood Analysis: Proximate, Chemical & Instrumental Methods2 questionsFood Safety Inspection, Sampling & Enforcement4 questionsFood Adulteration, Authenticity & Food Fraud4 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. According to FAO estimates, roughly what share of food is lost between harvest and retail?

  1. About 14%
  2. About 1%
  3. About 45%
  4. About 70%
Answer and working

A. About 14%

FAO's 2019 estimate is about 14% lost between harvest and retail; UNEP estimates a further share of about 17% is wasted at retail, food service and household level.

Principles of Food Science & Food Preservation · History, scope and structure of the food industry worldwide

2. A screening ELISA shows a milk sample positive for an antibiotic residue. The appropriate next step for enforcement is

  1. confirmation by a chromatographic or MS method
  2. immediate prosecution on the ELISA result alone
  3. discarding the result because ELISA is never reliable
  4. repeating the same ELISA kit on a different day only
Answer and working

A. confirmation by a chromatographic or MS method

Screening positives are confirmed by LC-MS/MS or equivalent before regulatory action.

Food Analysis: Proximate, Chemical & Instrumental Methods · Electrophoresis and immunoassays: SDS-PAGE and ELISA

3. A country gives one agency responsibility for most food inspection from farm to retail. Which model is this?

  1. An integrated system with local delivery only
  2. A multiple-agency system
  3. A self-regulatory system
  4. A single-agency system
Answer and working

D. A single-agency system

Consolidating most food control in one body is the single-agency model. Multiple-agency systems divide responsibility by commodity or stage; integrated systems combine national coordination with delivery by several bodies.

Food Safety Inspection, Sampling & Enforcement · National food control systems (FAO/WHO model)

4. A label claims a product contains 100% olive oil but it contains sunflower oil. Legally this is mainly:

  1. Misbranding
  2. Spoilage
  3. Food allergy
  4. Food defence
Answer and working

A. Misbranding

A false or misleading label is misbranding; the substitution also makes it adulterated and, if deliberate, fraud.

Food Adulteration, Authenticity & Food Fraud · Definitions: adulteration, misbranding and food fraud

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