Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2014 · Science and Technology · Question 37

Consider the following pairs — Vitamin : Deficiency disease.

  1. Vitamin C : Scurvy
  2. Vitamin D : Rickets
  3. Vitamin E : Night blindness.

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. None

Answer

1 and 2 only

  1. Vitamin C : Scurvy — Correct. Deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy.

  2. Vitamin D : Rickets — Correct. Deficiency of vitamin D leads to rickets in children.

  3. Vitamin E : Night blindness — Incorrect. Night blindness is caused by deficiency of vitamin A, not vitamin E.

Hence, pairs 1 and 2 only are correctly matched.

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