Gujarati
Hindi
7.Human Health and Disease
normal

Which one of the following is correct matching of a vitamin, its nature and its deficiency disease?

A

$Vitamin-A-$ Fat soluble-Night blindness

B

$Vitamin-K-$ Fat soluble- Beri beri

C

$Vitamin-A-$ Fat soluble-Beri beri

D

$Vitamin-K-$ Water soluble-Pellagra

Solution

Fat soluble vitamins are $A, D, E$ and $K .$ Deficiency of vitamin$-A$ leads to night blindness or nyctalopia because vitamin$-A$ is essential for the synthesis of visual pigment, rhodopsin.

Standard 12
Biology

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