Consider the following pairs:
Vitamin Deficiency disease
- Vitamin C – Scurvy
- Vitamin D – Rickets
- Vitamin E – Night blindness
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2014 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
Answer: (a)
Explanation:
Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases:
- Vitamin A – Night Blindness
- Vitamin B – Beriberi
- Vitamin B2 – Skin disorders
- Vitamin B12 – Lack of RBC
- Vitamin C – Scurvy
- Vitamin D – Rickets & Osteomalacia
- Vitamin E – Muscle weakness