PrepRung

NDA 2025 GAT · General Knowledge · Nutrition, Diseases and Health · easy

Deficiency of which vitamin leads to delayed blood clotting?

Single correct option

Deficiency of which vitamin leads to delayed blood clotting?
  1. A. Vitamin K
  2. B. Vitamin A
  3. C. Vitamin C
  4. D. Vitamin D
Show answer and solution

Answer: (A) Vitamin K

Vitamin K helps in the formation of clotting factors, including prothrombin, in the liver, so its deficiency causes delayed clotting and prolonged bleeding. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness, vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, and vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in children.
Report a mistake

Original question written in the NDA 2025 GAT pattern and checked twice for the correct answer. Not an official question paper. How we write and check questions · Corrections policy · Report a mistake