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Name the vitamins deficiency of which causes (i) rickets (ii) night blindness. (iii) Seurvy.

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To answer the question regarding the vitamins whose deficiency causes specific diseases, we can break it down into three parts based on the diseases mentioned: rickets, night blindness, and scurvy. ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the disease: Rickets** - Rickets is a condition that affects bone development in children, leading to soft and weak bones. - **Vitamin Deficiency:** The deficiency of **Vitamin D** causes rickets. Vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption and bone health. ...
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  2. Name the central metal ion present in haemoglobin and vitaminB12?.

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  3. Name the vitamins deficiency of which causes (i) rickets (ii) night bl...

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  4. Write tha name of the vitamin whose deficiency causes bone deformities...

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  5. Deficiency of causes a disease known as beri-beri.

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  8. What is hypervitaminoses and avitaminoses ?

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  9. Deficiency of which vitamin in human diet may cause pernicous anaemia?

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  10. B-complex is an often prescribed vitamin. What is complex about it and...

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  11. Except for vitamin B(12), all other vitamins group B should supplied r...

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  12. Which purine and pyrimidine bases are present in DNA and RNA?

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  13. The sugar present in DNA is :

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  14. What is nucleotide?

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  15. What is a nucleotide ?

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  16. (i) Which vitamin deficiency causes rickets? (ii) Name the base tha...

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  17. (i) What type of linkage is present in nucleic acids ? (ii) Give one...

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  18. What type of linkage holds together the monomers in DNA ?

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  19. What are the different types of RNA found in the cell?

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  20. name three nucleic acids which are used in protein synthesis.

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