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WAEC Biology 2002 Question 30

Question 30

Food Substances and Enzymes

The deficiency disease that results from the lack of vitamin B due to frequent eating of rice, is

  1. A.rickets
  2. B.night blindness
  3. C.scurvy
  4. D.beri-beri.
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Answer: D (beri-beri.)

Explanation

Polished rice lacks vitamin B1 (thiamine), and a shortage of it causes beri-beri. Rickets, night blindness and scurvy are caused by lack of vitamins D, A and C.