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Nutrient Deficiency Diseases

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The deficiency disease caused due to the lack of ______ is rickets.

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Vitamin C

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Vitamin D

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Vitamin A

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Vitamin E

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Solution

The correct option is B Vitamin D
The deficiency disease caused due to the lack of vitamin D is rickets. Deficiencies of vitamin A causes night-blindness, Vitamin E causes sterility, Vitamin C causes scurvy.

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