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प्रश्न
Deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?
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उत्तर
Deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy. Bleeding gums is a symptom of scurvy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Vitamin ‘C’ belongs to the class of—
(a) Vitamins of aliphatic series
(b) Vitamins of aromatic series
(c) Vitamins of alicyclic series
(d) Vitamins of heterocyclic series
Why vitamin C cannot be stored in our body?
How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Give their important sources.
Which of the following B group vitamins can be stored in our body?
Why must vitamin C be supplied regularly in diet?
Match the vitamins given in Column I with the deficiency disease they cause given in Column II.
| Column I (Vitamins) | Column II (Diseases) |
| (i) Vitamin A | (a) Pernicious anaemia |
| (ii) Vitamin B1 | (b) Increased blood clotting time |
| (iii) Vitamin B12 | (c) Xerophthalmia |
| (iv) Vitamin C | (d) Rickets |
| (v) Vitamin D | (e) Muscular weakness |
| (vi) Vitamin E | (f) Night blindness |
| (vii) Vitamin K | (g) Beri Beri |
| (h) Bleeding gums | |
| (i) Osteomalacia |
Assertion: Vitamin D can be stored in our body.
Reason: Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin.
Thiamine and pyridoxine are also known respectively as ______.
Give a reason for the following observations:
Water soluble vitamins must be taken regularly in the diet.
