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What are Vitamins ?
Every time, every where in our life, we come across with the term Vitamins. What these vitamins actually are? What is their composition, Purpose and use?
Here, JKSSB walla has provided a brief discussion and commentry on Vitamins;
" Vitamins are essential micronutrients, which an every organism needs for normal finctioning of its body or we can say for normal functioning of metabolism. Besides this, all these essential nutrients are not synthesized in our body and hence must be obtained through proper diet or food "
Now, Let us understand the Significance of vitamins through multiple choice questions :
(Check Answers in the End )
Q 1. Eating Liver of which among the following animals can lead to Hypervitaminosis-A or Vitamin A intoxication ?
A) Camel
B) Reindeer
C) Polar bear
D) Sheep
Q 2. The Research says that there is possiblity of birth defects in baby, if the pregnant mother gets less quantity of this nutrient:
A) Vitamin C
B) Vitamin E
C) Vitamin H
D) Folic Acid
Q 3. Which vitamin is used in our body for the synthesis of blood clotting factors:
A) Vitamin A
B) Vitamin K
C) Vitamin B12
D) Vitamin E
Q 4. The deficiency of which among the following Vitamins cause fragility in RBC's:
A) Vitamin D
B) Vitamin B6
C) Vitamin E
D) Ascorbic Acid
Q 5. This vitamin is also known as Anti-Sterlity or Anti-Fertility Vitamin:
A) Retinol
B) Thiamin
C) Tocopherol
D) Biotin
Q 6. Pellagra is disease caused by deficiency of certain vitamins in our body and is characterised by the symptoms like Dermities, Dementia and Diarrohea. The deficiency of which vitamin is reponsible for this disease:
A) Ascorbic acid
B) Cobalamin
C) Niacin
D) Pantothenic acid.
Q 7. Which of the following is known as
" Anti - Beri Beri " vitamin:
A) Vitamin B1
B) Vitamin B6
C) Vitamin B12
D) Vitamin B3
Q 8. Brittle, Thinning or Splitting of hairs and nails are mostly caused due to deficiency of :
A) Niacin
B) Vitamin D
C) Biotin
D) Riboflavin
Q 9. Amla and other citrus fruits are enourmously rich in :
A) Vitamin K
B) Vitamin D
C) Vitamin H
D) Vitamin C
Q 10. The growths on white parts of eye and poor night vision also called night blindness is caused by deficiency of :
A) Retinol or vitamin A
B) Pyridoxine
C) Calcitonin
D) All of the above
Q 11. Deficiency of which vitamin leads to Soft bones, sekeltal deformities and malabsorption of calcium in the body:
A) Tocopherol
B) Riboflavin
C) Vitamin B12
D) Vitamin D
Answer key:
1. Polar bear
2. Folic acid
3.Vitamin K
4. Vitamin E
5. Tocopherol
6. Niacin
7. Vitamin B1
8. Biotin
9. Vitamin C
10. Retinol or Vitamin A
11. Vitamin D
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