Q: 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?
The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.
Vitamins
⦁ It is substances that our bodies need to develop and function normally like vitamins A, C, D, E, and K, choline, and vitamin B (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate/folic acid).
⦁ It shores up bones, heal wounds, and bolster your immune system.
⦁ It converts food into energy and repair cellular damage.
⦁ Deficiency of vitamin-E causes neurological problems due to poor conduction, night blindness is caused by deficiency of vitamin-A. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
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