Multiple Choice Questions on Vitamins

(Questions 1-15)

16. Vitamin K is required for

a) Change of prothrombin into thrombin
b) Synthesis of prothrombin
c) Change of fibrinogen to fibrin
d) Formation of thromboplastin

17. Calcium deficiency in the body occurs in the absence of

a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin D
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin E

18. The Vitamin C or ascorbic acid prevents

a) Scurvy
b) Antibody synthesis
c) Rickets
d) Pellagra

19. The Haemorrhagic disease of new born is caused to the deficiency of

a) Vitamin K
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin B6

20. To which of the following families do folic acid and panthothenic acid belong?

a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin K
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin B complex

21. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a) Vitamin E - Tocopherol
b) Vitamin D - Riboflavin
c) Vitamin B - Calciferol
d) Vitamin A - Thiamine

22. Continuous bleeding from an injured part of body is due to deficiency of

a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin B
c) Vitamin K
d) Vitamin E

23. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Vitamin C- Scurvy
b) Vitamin B2- Pellagra
c) Vitamin B2- Pernicious Anaemia
d) Vitamin B6- Beri beri

24. Which one of the following is a fat soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease?

a) Retinol- Xerophthalmia
b) Cobalamine-Beri beri
c) Calciferol- Pellagra
d) Ascorbic acid- Scurvy

25. Which of the following is mismatched?

a) Vitamin A- Xerophthalmia
b) Vitamin D- Rickets
c) Vitamin K- Beriberi
d) Vitamin C-Scurvy

Answers

16. b) Synthesis of Prothrombin
17. b) Vitamin D
18. a) Scurvy
19. a) Vitamin K
20. d) Vitamin B complex
21. a) Vitamin E - Tocopherol
22. c) Vitamin K
23. b) and d)
24. a) Retinol- Xerophthalmia
25. c) Vitamin K- Beriberi