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NDA 2023 GAT · General Knowledge · Nutrition, Diseases and Health · easy

Deficiency of which vitamin causes rickets in children?

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Deficiency of which vitamin causes rickets in children?
  1. A. Vitamin A
  2. B. Vitamin D
  3. C. Vitamin C
  4. D. Vitamin K
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Answer: (B) Vitamin D

Vitamin D helps absorb calcium and phosphorus, so its lack gives soft, bent bones (rickets) in children. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness, vitamin C scurvy and vitamin K delayed blood clotting.
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