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Which of the following pair is characterised by swollen lips, thick pigmented skin of hands and legs, and irritability?

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  1. Thiamine Beri-beri

  2. Protein Kwashiorkor

  3. Nicotinamide Pellagra

  4. Iodine Goitre

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Correct Option: C

Antiscurvy vitamin is

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. A

  2. $B _{12}$

  3. C

  4. D

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Correct Option: C

Which is mismatched?

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Vitamin K Beri-beri

  2. Vitamin C Scurvy

  3. Vitamin A Xerophthalmia

  4. Vitamin D Rickets

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Correct Option: A

Deficiency of vitamin C / Ascorbic acid causes

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Rickets

  2. Beri-beri

  3. Scurvy

  4. Night blindness

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Correct Option: C

Mark the deficiency disease

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Leukemia

  2. Addisons disease

  3. Scurvy

  4. Acromegaly

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Correct Option: C

Rickets is due to deficiency of vitamin

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. D

  2. C

  3. B

  4. A

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Correct Option: A

Bleeding gums / softening of bones / scurvy are caused by deficiency of

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D

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Correct Option: C

A doctor advises a patient to eat more yellow fruits, carrots and butter. The patient seems to be suffering from

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Kwashiorkor

  2. Marasmus

  3. Night blindness

  4. Colour blindness

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Correct Option: C

Kwashiorkor and Beri-beri are

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Communicable diseases

  2. Infectious diseases

  3. Deficiency diseases

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

A person feeding on meat, egg and milk only will suffer from

biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

  1. Night blindness

  2. Scurvy

  3. Rickets

  4. Beri-beri

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Correct Option: B