Vitamin D deficiency leads to
sterility
pellagra
rickets
capillary fragility
Correct Answer :
C. rickets
Related Questions
Which of the following diseases is caused by the deficiency of iron in human body?
Anaemia
Scurvy
Dermatosis
None of these
Which one of the following animals stores water in the intestine?
Moloch
Camel
Zebra
Uromastix
Which of the following diseases is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year?
Polio
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Swine flu
The hypothesis that living matter originated in the past from non-living matter is supported by
Fossil records
Miller's experiments
Pasteur experiment
Spallanzeni experiment
Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles belong to the class
Aves
Reptilia
Mammalia
Amphibia
Digestion of proteins starts in the
mouth
stomach
duodenum
intestine
Infection of salivary glands by a virus leads to
tetanus
mumps
pyorrhoea
ulcers
The two minerals required to keep teeth and bones intact and in good condition are
lead and zinc
calcium and phosphorus
copper and sulphur
iron and iodine
Which one of the following seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalising his blood sugar level?
Coriander seeds
Fenugreek seeds
Cumin seeds
Mustard seeds
The layer of stagnant water in which light penetrates is called
Aphotic
Euphotic
Epilimnion
Disphotic
Niche' refers to
place of living
type of food
place of living and type of food
food and movement
Which among, the following is a solid lubricant?
carbohydrate
graphite
protein
starch
The corn in an underground stem that grows
horizontally
vertically
above the soil
obliquely
Blood of cockroach is
red
bluish
greenish
colourless
The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called
hibernation
aestivation
laziness
lethargy
Darwinism does not explain
progression
retrogression
usefulness of all organs
presence of vestigial organs
Kangaroo is one of the animals popularly called as
egglaying
pouched
placental
Volant
When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called
Apomixis
Pleiotropy
Polyploidy
Polyteny
The hormone that contains iodine is
Prolactin
Vasopressin
Thyroxine
Adrenalin
The disease in which blood clotting does not take place is known as
xerophthalmia
haemopoiesis
haemophilia
haemoerythrin
Blood platelets are found in
all vertebrates
all chordates
mammals only
birds and mammals
Valve a are present inside
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
Lymph vessels
Which element in chillies causes burning sensations?
Capsaicin
Cyanogen
Ammonia
Capsicum
The best and easy method of control of crop pests is by
crop rotation
chemicals
quarantine
biological control
The term 'Fauna' means
plant kingdom
animal kingdom
neither
Both
The specific gravity of blood is
lower than water
higher than water
same as water
many times that of water
Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus, contains DNA?
Centriole
Golgi apparatus
Lysosome
Mitochondrion
At the end of a reaction enzymes are
left as they are
reduced
increased
neutralised
What is the bacterial disease in lime fruits?
Phythophthora
White rust
Citrus canker
Smut disease
Chromosome theory of inheritance was propounded by
Sutton and Boveri
Mendel
Muller
Beadle and Tatum