MCQ
Q.
What vitamin deficiency causes night blindness?
Correct Answer: B
The correct answer is Vitamin A.
Key Points
- Night blindness is the inability to see well at night or in poor lighting conditions.
- Night blindness is also called nyctalopia.
- Night blindness is often caused by Vitamin A deficiency.
- Night blindness is also caused by nearsightedness or cataracts.
- Foods that provide Vitamin A are carrots, sweet potatoes, eggs, milk, milk products, etc.
Additional Information
| Vitamin Deficiency | Disease Caused |
| Vitamin B1 | Beri-beri |
| Vitamin B2 | Retarded growth, Skin related problems |
| Vitamin B12 | Anemia, muscle and nerve-related problems |
| Vitamin C | Scurvy |
| Vitamin D | Rickets |
| Vitamin E | Cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease |
| Vitamin K | Inability of Blood-Clotting |
