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21 Different types of Vitamins are:
A Fat-Soluble
B Water-Soluble
C Both A and B
D None of the above

Answer: Both A and B
22 Name the Vitamin that protects us from Pellagra disease?
A Vitamin B5
B Vitamin B7
C Vitamin B3
D None of the above

Answer: Vitamin B3
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23 Vitamin A was discovered in which year?
A 1910
B 1912
C 1922
D 1927

Answer: 1912
24 Name the vitamin which are essential for the health of the brain?
A Vitamin B6
B Vitamin B9
C Vitamin B12
D All the above

Answer: All the above
25 The Haemorrhagic disease of new born is caused to the deficiency of
A Vitamin K
B Vitamin B12
C Vitamin A
D Vitamin B6

Answer: Vitamin K
26 To which of the following families do folic acid and panthothenic acid belong?
A Vitamin B complex
B Vitamin C
C Vitamin K
D Vitamin A

Answer: Vitamin B complex
27 Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A Vitamin C- Scurvy
B Vitamin B2- Pellagra
C Vitamin B2- Pernicious Anaemia
D Vitamin B6- Beri beri

Answer: Vitamin B2- Pellagra
28 Which of the following is mismatched?
A Vitamin A- Xerophthalmia
B Vitamin D- Rickets
C Vitamin C-Scurvy
D Vitamin K- Beriberi

Answer: Vitamin K- Beriberi
29 The effect of of a light impulse in the retina is:
A Isomerization of 11 cis-retinal to trans- retinal
B Isomereization of trans- retinal to cis- retinol
C Reduction of 11 cis- retinol to cis- retinol
D Isomerization ofcis- retinol to tran-retinol

Answer: Isomerization of 11 cis-retinal to trans- retinal
30 Two vitamins whose derivatives are involved in the transformation of serine to glycine are:
A Folic acid and vitamin B6
B B12 and nicotinamisde
C B6 AND B12
D Folic acid and B12

Answer: Folic acid and vitamin B6
31 Which one of the following nutrients is a precursor for a co-factor that carries one carbon groups of different oxidation states:
A Methioinine
B Thiamine
C Folic acid
D Biotin

Answer: Folic acid
32 Which one of the following would be seen in a patient with a severe thiamine deficiency:
A Decreased transketolase activity in RBCs
B Decreased serum levels of pyruvate and lactate
C Increased clotting time of blood
D Low red cell tranamknase activity

Answer: Decreased transketolase activity in RBCs
33 The nutritional role of the carotenoids lies in their conversion in vivo to:
A Ascorbic acid
B Vitamin A
C Cobalamine
D Folic acid

Answer: Vitamin A
34 Children with autism and other disorders with mental disability are often put on megavitamin supplements despite no scientific evidence of benefit. Although most vitamins are harmless in excess, merely being excreted in urine, vitamin A can be toxic. Which of the following statements regarding vitamin A is true:
A It is not an essential vitamin
B It is component of rhodopsin
C It is related to tocopherol
D It is derived from ethanol

Answer: It is component of rhodopsin
35 Which one of the following is definitely associated with a human disease when deficient?
A Arsenic
B Lead
C Antimony
D Zinc

Answer: Zinc
36 A high plasma calcium level decreases intestinal absorption of calcium by:
A Stimulating the secretion of paratharmone
B Decreasing the synthesis of cholecalciferol
C Inhibiting the secretion of paratharmone
D None Of These

Answer: Inhibiting the secretion of paratharmone
37 Consumption of iodized salt is recommended in:
A Patients with hyperthyroidism
B Goiter belt areas
C Pregnant women
D Patient with hypothyroidism

Answer: Goiter belt areas
38 Retinol is the scientific name of which Vitamin?
A Vitamin A
B Vitamin D
C Vitamin K
D Vitamin C

Answer: Vitamin A
39 Vitamin C is present in:
A Tomatoes
B Papaya
C Guava
D All of the above

Answer: All of the above
40 Calcium deficiency in the body occurs in the absence of
A Vitamin C
B Vitamin A
C Vitamin E
D Vitamin D

Answer: Vitamin D

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