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Q1.Excessive bleeding during an injury is a deficiency of:

Medium
A Vitamin B
B Vitamin K
C Vitamin E
D None of these
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Correct Answer: B

Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting; its deficiency causes excessive bleeding.

Q2.Which of the following statement is true?

Medium
A Water-soluble vitamins cannot be stored in the body
B Fat-soluble vitamins can be stored in the body
C Body can absorb more of fat-soluble vitamins than required
D All of these
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Correct Answer: D

Fat-soluble vitamins can be stored in body tissues, unlike water-soluble vitamins which are not stored and must be replenished regularly; excess fat-soluble vitamin absorption can also occur, making all listed statements true.

Q3.The fluid part of blood is known as:

Medium
A Blood cells
B Platelets
C Plasma
D None of these
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Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: Plasma.

Q4.The life span of red blood cells in humans is:

Medium
A 120 days
B 125 days
C 130 days
D None of these
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Correct Answer: A

Correct Answer: 120 days.

Q5.Deficiency of Vitamin A creates ______ in the human body.

Medium
A Hair fall
B Rickets
C Night blindness
D None of these
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Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: Night blindness.

Q6.Which instrument is used to measure the oxygen level of the blood?

Medium
A Thermometer
B Oximeter
C Spirometer
D None of these
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Correct Answer: B

Correct Answer: Oximeter.

Q7.Which type of vitamin is provided to the human body through the Sun?

Medium
A Vitamin B12
B Vitamin A
C Vitamin D
D None of these
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Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: Vitamin D.

Q8.Which blood group is rarest in the human body?

Medium
A O
B AB+
C AB-
D None of these
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Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: AB-.

Q9.The instrument which is used to measure blood pressure is called:

Medium
A Spirometer
B Barometer
C Sphygmomanometer
D None of these
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Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: Sphygmomanometer.

Q10.Vitamin B exists in:

Medium
A Fruit and Vegetables
B Seeds
C Sea-food
D None of these
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Correct Answer: A

Correct Answer: Fruit and Vegetables.

Q11.Which part of the human eye is light-sensitive and acts as the film of a camera?

Medium
A Cornea
B Iris
C Retina
D Lens
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Correct Answer: C

The retina detects images and transmits neural impulses to the brain (FPSC 2026).

Q12.Deficiency of Vitamin C in the human diet leads to which disease?

Medium
A Rickets
B Beriberi
C Scurvy
D Night blindness
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Correct Answer: C

Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, resulting in bleeding gums and weakness (FPSC 2025).

Q13.Scurvy is a disease related to which part of the body?

Medium
A Bones
B Skin & Gums
C Eyes
D Lungs
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Correct Answer: B

Manifests as bleeding gums, skin spots, and joint pain (FPSC 2025).

Q14.Which blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the human body?

Medium
A White Blood Cells
B Red Blood Cells
C Platelets
D Plasma
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Correct Answer: B

They contain hemoglobin, which binds to oxygen molecules (FPSC 2025).

Q15.Deficiency of Vitamin D results in?

Easy
A Scurvy
B Rickets
C Night blindness
D None of these
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Correct Answer: B

Vitamin D deficiency causes Rickets in children (soft, weak bones) and Osteomalacia in adults.

Q16.Deficiency of Vitamin-A results in blindness?

Easy
A Night Blindness
B Scurvy
C Goitre
D Rickets
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Correct Answer: A

Vitamin A deficiency impairs the retina's ability to adapt to low light, causing Night Blindness.

Q17.Vitamin E is stored in?

Easy
A Skull
B Adipose Tissues
C Arteries
D none of these
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Correct Answer: B

Being fat-soluble, Vitamin E is stored in the body's Adipose (fat) Tissues.

Q18.Vitamin B6 is also known as?

Easy
A Retinol
B Scurvy
C Pyridoxine
D Tocopherol
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Correct Answer: C

Vitamin B6 is chemically known as Pyridoxine.