Deficiency of vitamins mcq

1. 1. Deficiency of vitamin A causes
A. Night blindness
B. Anemia and bleeding gums
C. Scurvy
D. Rickets and osteomalacia
2. Deficiency of vitamin D causes
A. Night blindness
B. Anemia and bleeding gums
C. Scurvy
D. Rickets and osteomalacia
3. Deficiency of vitamin B causes
A. Night blindness
B. Anemia and bleeding gums
C. Scurvy
D. Rickets and osteomalacia
4. Deficiency of vitamin E causes
A. Sterility
B. Haemorrhage
C. Scurvy
D. Rickets and osteomalacia
5. Deficiency of vitamin C causes
A. Night blindness
B. Anemia and bleeding gums
C. Scurvy
D. Rickets and osteomalacia

2. 6. Deficiency of Vitamin K can cause the risk of ?
(A) Night Blindness
(B) Beri Beri
(C) Color Blindness
(D) Uncontrolled Bleeding
7. Best Source of Vitamin A is .
(A) Beef Liver
(B) Carrot
(C) Beans
(D) None of These
8. Vitamin B helps the body in
(A) maintaining cell health
(B) maintaining good eye sight
(C) maintaining your skin smooth
(D) none of these
9. Best Source of Vitamin B-12 are
(A) Citrus fruits
(B) Green Chillies
(C) Eggs
(D) Beans
10. Best Source of Vitamin B-6 ?
(A) Chickpeas
(B) Tuna
(C) whole grains
(D) All of the above
11. Vitamin B-1 is also called .
(A) Riboflavin

3. (B) Thiamin
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of These
12. Vitamin B-2 is also called
A. Riboflavin
B. Vitamin B-6
C. Vitamin B-12
D. None of These
13. Vitamin B-9 is also called ?
A. Folic Acid
B. Citric Acid
C. Hydrochloric Acid
D. None of The
14. Vitamin B-3 mainly helps in
(A) Maintaining neurological benefits
(B) Maintaining eye sight
(C) Both of the above
(D) Converts food into enegry .
15. Vitamin B-2 helps in maintaining
(A) Skin tissues
(B) Bone Health
(C) Eye Sight
(D) None of these
16. Good Source of Vitamin B-3 is
(A) Chicken
(B) Lemon
(C) Beef
(D) Mutton

4. 17. Vitamin B-3 helps in _________.
(A) Digestion
(B) reducing birth affects
(C) Both of the Above
(D) None of these
18. Which vitamins are not soluble in water?
A. vit. A
B. vit.B
C. vit. C
D. None
19. Which vitamin deficiency manifests itself as impaired wound healing, gastrointestinal
bleeding and sore and bleeding oral tissues?
a) Vitamin A
b) Folate
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin D
20. Vitamin D deficiency can often be found as a single nutrient deficiency, that is, in an
otherwise well-nourished person. The main reason this can happen is because:
a) Foods containing large amounts of vitamin D are eaten by both poor and
wealthy people according to various cultural reasons.
b) The content of vitamin D in foods depends on the soil in which the food was
grown so is not related to wealth or age.
c) Most vitamin D in the body does not come from food so access to food is not an
important determinant of vitamin D status.
d) Diets containing sufficient other nutrients to promote growth can increase the
requirement of vitamin D so that it becomes limiting.

5. Answers:-
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. C