Which one is the wrong pair:
1. Scurvy – Vitamin C
2. Rickets – Vitamin D
3. Night blindness (Xerophthalmia) – Vitamin A
4. Beriberi – Vitamin K
Which one of the following is the correct matching of a vitamin, its nature, and its deficiency disease:
1. Vitamin K– Fat-soluble Beri Beri
2. Vitamin A– Fat-soluble Beri Beri
3. Vitamin K– Water soluble Pellagra
4. Vitamin A– Fat-soluble Night blindness
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
1. Vitamin B6 – Loss of appetite
2. Vitamin B1 – Beri-beri
3. Vitamin B2 – Pellagra
4. Vitamin B12 – Pernicious anemia
Which group of three of the following five statements (a-e) contains all the three correct statements regarding beri-beri:
a. | A crippling disease prevalent among the native population of sub-Saharan Africa |
b. | A deficiency disease caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) |
c. | A nutritional disorder in infants and young children when the diet is persistently deficient in essential protein |
d. | Occurs in those countries where the staple diet is polished rice |
e. | The symptoms are pain from neuritis, paralysis, muscle wasting, progressive oedema, mental deterioration, and finally heart failure |
1. b, c, and e
2. a, b, and d
3. b, d, and e
4. a, c, and e