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AIIMS 2002
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2002
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Digestion and Absorption

AIIMS 2002 · Zoology · Digestion and Absorption

Which of the following digestive juices has the minimum pH value?

Which of the following digestive juices has the minimum pH\mathrm{pH} value?

Options

  1. ABile
  2. BGastric juice
  3. CSaliva
  4. DPancreatic juice

Correct answer

B. Gastric juice

Step-by-step solution

Bile is an alkaline viscous fluid, yellow to green in colour and having a pH\mathrm{pH} of 7.8-8.6. Saliva is secreted by salivary gland and its pH\mathrm{pH} is about 6.8 . Gastric juice is secreted by the gastric gland in stomach and its pH\mathrm{pH} value is 1-2.5 and pancreatic juice is colourless watery fluid and slightly alkaline. Its pH\mathrm{pH} is 7.5−8.07.5-8.0. Therefore gastric juice has minimum pH\mathrm{pH} value.
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