Question

Deficiency of which vitamin causes rickets?

• A. Vitamin-D
• B. Vitamin-B
• C. Vitamin-A
• D. Vitamin-K

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Vitamin-D

Option (a)
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{VITAMIN}& \text{FUNCTION IN THE BODY}& \text{DISEASE WHEN DEFICIENT}\\ \text{Vitamin A}& \text{Needed for healthy eyes, bones, skin, immune system, acts as an antioxidant}& \text{Night blindness, hyperkeratosis}\\ \text{Vitamine D}& \text{Helps calcium and phosphorous to absorb and helps the immune system.}& \text{Rickets}\\ \text{Vitamine E}& \text{Antioxidant, vital for smooth muscules development and nerve function}& \text{Hemolytic anemia in infants}\\ \text{Vitamine K}& \text{Needed for the blood clotting cascade and for bone metabolism}& \text{Bleeding diathesis}\end{array}$