Question

Q. 3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
10 Marks
Papaya is the healthiest with list a list of properties that is long and exhaustive. Papaya favours digestion
as well as cures skin imitation and sun burns. You can munch on it as a salad, have it cooked or boiled or
just drink it up as milkshake or juice. The most important of these virtue is the protein digesting enzyme in
the milky juice or latex. The enzyme is equal to pepsin in its digestive action and is said to be so powerful
that it can digest 200 times its own weight in protein. It assist the body in assimilating the maximum
nutritional value from food to provide energy and bodybuilding materials. Papain in raw papaya makes up
for the deficiency of gastric juice and fight axcess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach,dyspepsia and
intestinal irritation. The ripe fruit, if eaten regularly corrects habitual constipation, bleeding piles and chronic
diarrhoea. The juice of the papaya seeds also assists in the above mentioned ailments. The juice, used as
a cosmetic, removes freckles or brown spots due to exposure to sunlight and makes the skin smooth and
delicate. A paste of papaya seeds is applied in skin diseases like those caused by ringworm. The black
seeds of the papaya are highly beneficial in the treatment of cirrbosis of the liver caused by alcoholism,
malnutrition etc. A tablespoonful of its juice, combine with a hint of fresh lime juice, should be consumed
once or twice Daily for a month. The fresh juice of raw papaya mixed with honey can be applied over
inflamed tonsils, for diphtheria and other throat disorders. It dissolves
1) What is the one most important virtues of pepsin?
2) How is it possible to overcome intestinal irritation?
3) How can throat disorders be cured?
4)Why papaya is called a versatile fruit?
5) What is meant by 'The juice can be used as cosmetic'?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) The most important virtues of pepsin is the protein digesting enzyme in the milky juice or latex.

2) To overcome intestinal irritation papain in raw papaya is possible.

3) Throat disorders can be cured by applying the fresh juice of raw papaya mixed with honey on where the throat disorder is.

4) Papayas have a relatively high amount of pectin, that's why it's called a versatile fruit.

5) 'The juice, used as a cosmetic' means it removes freckles or brown spots due to exposure to sunlight and makes the skin smooth and delicate. The paste of papaya seeds is applied in skin diseases like those caused by ringworms.

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