UPSC Prelims 2014
Science & Technology
Consider the following pairs :
|Vitamin|Deficiency disease|
|-- |--|
|1. Vitamin C | Scurvy|
|2. Vitamin D|Rickets|
|3. Vitamin E | Night blindness|
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: Vitamin C deficiency causes Scurvy is right. Statement 2 is correct: Vitamin D deficiency causes Rickets is right. Statement 3 is incorrect: Vitamin E deficiency causes Night blindness is wrong. Vitamin A deficiency causes Night blindness.