Which one is the wrong pair:
1.  Scurvy – Vitamin C
2.  Rickets – Vitamin D
3.  Night blindness (Xerophthalmia) – Vitamin A
4.  Beriberi – Vitamin K

Subtopic:  Disorders of Digestive System |
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AIPMT - 1999
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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

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AIPMT - 2004
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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 

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AIPMT - 2004
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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

Subtopic:  Disorders of Digestive System |
AIPMT - 2005
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