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Vitamins

Taught in NCERT Class 12 Chemistry, Chapter 10: Biomolecules.

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Sample questions

Sample 1Easy

Deficiency of which vitamin causes pernicious anaemia?

  1. A

    Vitamin B1

  2. B

    Vitamin B6

  3. C

    Vitamin C

  4. D

    Vitamin B12

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The answer is D.

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anaemia, a condition in which RBCs are deficient in haemoglobin. Vitamin B1 deficiency causes beri beri, B6 causes convulsions and C causes scurvy.

  • A.

    Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency causes beri beri.

  • B.

    Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency causes convulsions.

  • C.

    Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy.

NCERT: Class 12 Chemistry, Unit 10 (Biomolecules), Vitamins: Classification of Vitamins (table of vitamins and deficiency diseases)

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