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Assertion : Minerals are not biologically active substances.

Reason : Some individuals suffer anaemia due to deficiency of copper.

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Important Questions on Digestion and Absorption

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Pernicious anaemia is caused by the deficiency of vitamin:
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Which one of the following is incapable of curing Pellagra?
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Match the vitamins listed in Column-I with the diseases caused due to their deficiency in Column II.

  Column I   Column II
P. Vitamin A i. Pellegra
Q. Vitamin B2 ii. Rickets
R. Vitamin D iii. Ariboflavinosis
S. Vitamin B12 iv. Night blindness
    v. Pernicious anaemia

Choose the CORRECT combination.

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Fluoride pollution initially affects:
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 Indigestion of fats in humans may be an indication of
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Anxiety and eating spicy food together in an otherwise normal human may lead to
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Calcium deficiency occurs in the absence of vitamin
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Prolonged deficiency of nicotinic acid produces _____
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For persons suffering from high blood cholesterol, the physicians recommend
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Which of the following is a protein-energy malnutrition related disorder? 
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Continued consumption of a diet rich in butter, red meat and eggs for a long period may lead to
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A person who is on one long hunger strike and is surviving only on water, will have:
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Examination of the blood of a person suspected of having anaemia shows large, immature, nucleated erythrocytes without haemoglobin. Supplementing his diet with which of the following is likely to alleviate his symptoms?

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Which of the following pair is characterised by swollen lips, thick pigmented skin of hands and legs and irritability?
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Which one of the following disorders and characteristic is correctly matched?

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When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from :

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Steatorrhea is the presence of increased fat in feces. Which organ is least likely to be the cause of a patient’s steatorrhea?
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Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
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A patient is generally advised to specially, consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from
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The vitamin C or ascorbic acid prevents: