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Question
Give a reason for the following observations:
Water soluble vitamins must be taken regularly in the diet.
Solution
Because 'B' group vitamins and vitamin C are water soluble, they must be consumed on a regular basis because they are eliminated in urine and cannot be kept (except for Vit 12).
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Which of the following vitamins is water soluble?
- A
- D
- E
- B
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(a) Vitamins of aliphatic series
(b) Vitamins of aromatic series
(c) Vitamins of alicyclic series
(d) Vitamins of heterocyclic series
How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
Deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?
Which of the following B group vitamins can be stored in our body?
Match the vitamins given in Column I with the deficiency disease they cause given in Column II.
| Column I (Vitamins) | Column II (Diseases) |
| (i) Vitamin A | (a) Pernicious anaemia |
| (ii) Vitamin B1 | (b) Increased blood clotting time |
| (iii) Vitamin B12 | (c) Xerophthalmia |
| (iv) Vitamin C | (d) Rickets |
| (v) Vitamin D | (e) Muscular weakness |
| (vi) Vitamin E | (f) Night blindness |
| (vii) Vitamin K | (g) Beri Beri |
| (h) Bleeding gums | |
| (i) Osteomalacia |
Assertion: Vitamin D can be stored in our body.
Reason: Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin.
Niacin is vitamin
Thiamine and pyridoxine are also known respectively as ______.
Assertion (A): Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body.
Reason (R): Vitamin C is fat soluble and is excreted from the body in urine.
