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NDA 2019 GAT · General Knowledge · Nutrition, Diseases and Health · medium

Deficiency of which vitamin causes beriberi?

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Deficiency of which vitamin causes beriberi?
  1. A. Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
  2. B. Vitamin C
  3. C. Vitamin D
  4. D. Vitamin A
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Answer: (A) Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

Thiamine is needed to release energy from carbohydrates and for nerve function; its lack causes beriberi. Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, vitamin D deficiency causes rickets and vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness.
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