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Name the vitamins whose deficiency causes (i) Night blindness (ii) Poor coagulation of blood (ii) Rickets (iv) Skin diseases.

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To answer the question regarding the vitamins whose deficiency causes specific health issues, we can break it down step by step: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Night Blindness**: - **Vitamin Deficiency**: The deficiency that causes night blindness is **Vitamin A**. - **Explanation**: Vitamin A is essential for maintaining healthy vision, particularly in low-light conditions. Its deficiency can lead to a condition where the eyes cannot adjust to darkness, resulting in night blindness. ...
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  2. Name the vitamin which is vital for the clotting of blood?

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  3. Name two facts in support of zwitterion structure ofa-amino acids.

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  7. Name thea-amino acid which is optically inactive.

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  10. If one strand of DNA has the sequence ATGCTTGA, the sequence in the co...

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  11. Is a diet consisting mainly of rice an adequate diet? Why or why not.

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  12. Differentiate between anomers and epimers.

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  13. Deficiency of which vitamin causes the disease pernicious anaemia ?

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  14. Of the two bases named below, which one is present in RNA and which on...

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  15. Give an example of a disaccharide that contains fructose unit in the f...

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  16. What type of bonding helps in stabilising the a-helix structure of pro...

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  17. What are the products of hydrolysis of sucrose ?

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  18. What are the products of hydrolysis of lactose ?

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  19. Write the name of the linkage joinining two amino acids.

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  20. Which of the components of starch is water soluble ?

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