Question

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

Answer 1

Column I (Vitamins)	Column II (Diseases)
(i) Vitamin A	(c) Xerophthalmia
(ii) Vitamin B1	(g) Beri Beri
(iii) Vitamin B12	(a) Pernicious anaemia
(iv) Vitamin C	(h) Bleeding gums
(v) Vitamin D	(i) Osteomalacia
(vi) Vitamin E	(e) Muscular weakness
(vii) Vitamin K	(b) Increased blood clotting time

Explanation:

(i) Xerophthalmia (hardening of cornea of eye) night blindness.

(ii) Beri Beri (loss of appetite, retarded growth).

(iii) Pernicious anaemia (RBC deficient in haemoglobin).

(iv) Scurvy (bleeding gums).

(v) Osteomalacia (soft bones and joint pain in adults)

(vi) Increased fragility of RBCs and muscular weakness.

(vii) Increased blood clothing time.