medical MCQs – Page 389

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7761. Vitamin K____________?
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A. Inhibition of antithrombin

B. Prevention of capillary fragility

C. Helps in formation of prothrombin

D. Stimulation of hematopoiesis in red bone marrow

7762. Thiamine deficiency causes decreased energy production because____________?
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A. It is co-enzyme for transketolase in pentose phosphate pathway

B. It is required for the process of transmination

C. It is co-factor in oxidative reduction

D. It is co-enzyme for pyruvate dehydrogenase
7763. Beri-beri is caused due to the deficiency of______________?
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A. Pyridoxine

B. Riboflavin

C. Ascorbic acid

D. Thiamine
7764. Mineral present in Vit B12 is_____________?
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A. Iron

B. Cobalt

C. Calcium

D. Selenium

7766. The vitamin that facilitates iron absorption____________?
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A. Biotin

B. Para amino benzoic acid

C. Folic acid

D. Ascorbic acid
7768. The reaction inhibited in thiamine deficiency is_______________?
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A. None of the above

B. Succinyl CoA to fumarate

C. Citrate to alpha ketoglutarate

D. Pyruvate to acetyl CoA
7769. Vit-K deficiency is indicated by___________?
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A. None of the above

B. Increased prothrombin time

C. Decreased prothrombin time

D. Low platelet count

7770. 1st clinical sign of vitamin A deficiency is_____________?
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A. bitots spots

B. xerostomia

C. conjunctival xeroses

D. night blindness

7771. Specific disease caused by vitamin B1 deficiency_______________
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A. Pellagra

B. Megaloblastic anemia

C. Peripheral polyneuritis

D. Angular cheilitis

7772. Deficiency of nicotinic acid results in____________?
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A. Beri-beri

B. Pernicious anemia

C. Night blindness

D. Pellagra
7773. Vitamin B12 acts as a coenzyme to which one of the following enzyme ?
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A. Homocyteine methyl transferase

B. G-6-P dehydrogenase

C. Glycogen synthase

D. Isocitrate dehydrogenase

7774. Active form of vitamin D in kidney is_____________?
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A. 25 hydroxy cholecalciferol

B. 1 dihydroxy cholecalciferol

C. 7 dihydroxy calciferol

D. 1,25 dihydroxy cholecalciferol
7776. Rhodopsin deficiency is chiefly associated with________________?
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A. Vitamin D deficiency

B. Vitamin A deficiency

C. Scurvy

D. Rickets

7777. Fast soluble vitamins are_____________?
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A. A, B, E, K

B. A, B , D, K

C. A, D. E, K

D. A, C, E, K

7778. The function of vitamin A is/are related to which of the following ?
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A. Retinol

B. Retinoic acid

C. All of the above

D. Retinal