Question

Given below are three statements (a, b, c) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in any two statements.
a) Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by the lack of _____(i)_____ in diet.
b) ____(i)______ is required for normal growth of bones. Our body can make it when the skin is exposed to _____(iii)_____.
c) Blood contains ______(i)______, deficiency of which causes a disease called _____(ii) ______, in which a person looks pale and gets tired easily.

• A. a) - (i) vitamin B, (ii) sunlight
  c) - (i) iron, (ii) rickets
• B. a) - (i) vitamin D
  c) - (i) iron, (ii) anaemia
• C. a) - (i) vitamin C
  b) - (i) Vitamin D, (ii) sunlight
• D. a) - (i) vitamin A
  b) - (i) Vitamin C, (ii) heat

Answer 1

The correct option is C a) - (i) vitamin C

b) - (i) Vitamin D, (ii) sunlight

• Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by the lack of vitamin C in diet.
• Vitamin D is required for normal growth of bones. Our body can make it when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
• Blood contains iron whose deficiency causes anaemia. In anaemia, a person looks pale and gets tired.