GK Questions on Vitamins

Complete GK Quiz on Vitamins

Vitamins are essential nutrients and perform an important role in the human body. Here, we provide Vitamins Quiz Questions and Answers for Competitive exam preparation.

Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity. Thus, each vitamin refers to a number of vitamer compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin.

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Question 1: What fat-soluble Vitamins are?

(A) Vitamin B

(B) Vitamin D

(C) Vitamin A

(D) Above all

View Answer
(D) Above All
Explanation
Fat-soluble vitamins are: A,D,E and K.

Question 2: The study of Vitamin is known as?

(A) Vitaminology

(B) Vitamins Study

(C) Cobalt

(D) Above all

View Answer
(A) Vitaminology

Question 3: Which of the following vitamin helps in blood clotting?

(A) Vitamin C

(B) Vitamin K

(C) Vitamin A

(D) Vitamin E

View Answer
(B) Vitamin K

Question 4: Which groups of people need additional Vitamin K?

(A) Premature newborns

(B) People who do not have enough bile to absorb fat

(C) Both A and B

(D) Above all

View Answer
(C) Both A and B

Question 5: Vitamin C deficiency leads to:

(A) Cold

(B) Cancer

(C) Scurvy

(D) Rickets

View Answer
(C) Scurvy

Question 6: Which Vitamin is also called Pyridoxine?

(A) Vitamin B2

(B) Vitamin B3

(C) Vitamin B5

(D) Vitamin B6

View Answer
(D) Vitamin B6

Question 7: Our bodies cannot produce?

(A) Proteins

(B) Minerals

(C) Vitamins

(D) Above all

View Answer
(C) Vitamins

Question 8: Which Vitamin is fat-soluble?

(A) Vitamin D

(B) Vitamin K

(C) Vitamin A

(D) Vitamin C

View Answer
(A) Vitamin D

Question 9: Name the vitamin which is essential for the health of the brain?

(A) Vitamin B6

(B) Vitamin B12

(C) Vitamin B9

(D) Above all

View Answer
(D) Above all
Explanation
Vitamin B6, B9 and B12 are essential for brain health and are also known as brain vitamins.

Question 10: Name a substance that makes a vitamin metabolically ineffective?

(A) Antioxidants

(B) Cyanocobalamin

(C) Anti-vitamin

(D) Riboflavinosis

View Answer
(C) Anti-vitamin
Explanation
Anti-vitamin is simply a substance that makes a vitamin metabolically ineffective.

Question 11: Liver damage is caused due to the overdose of which vitamin?

(A) Vitamin B3

(B) Vitamin C

(C) Vitamin D

(D) Vitamin E

View Answer
(A) Vitamin B3
Explanation
Liver damage is caused due to the overdose Vitamin B3.

Question 12: Vitamin A was founded in which year?

(A) 1927

(B) 1912

(C) 1930

(D) 1915

View Answer
(B) 1912
Explanation
In 1912, a biochemist known as Frederick Gowland Hopkins found unknown factors present in milk that were not fats, proteins or carbohydrates, but were required to aid growth in rats. Hopkins was later awarded the Nobel Prize (in 1929) for this discovery.

Question 13: Vitamin C is present in?

(A) Guava

(B) Papaya

(C) Tomatoes

(D) Above all

View Answer
(D) Above all
Explanation
Vitamin C is present in citrus fruits, guava, tomatoes, broccoli, papaya, peas, etc.

Question 14: Retinol is the scientific name of which Vitamin?

(A) Vitamin C

(B) Vitamin A

(C) Vitamin K

(D) Vitamin E

View Answer
(B) Vitamin A
Explanation
Retinol is the scientific name of Vitamin A.

Question 15: Name the Vitamin that protects us from Pellagra disease?

(A) Vitamin B5

(B) Vitamin B3

(C) Vitamin B7

(D) Above all

View Answer
(B) Vitamin B3
Explanation
Vitamin B3 protects us from Pellagra disease, B7 from Dermatitis and B5 from Paresthesia.

Question 16: Niacin is the chemical name of which Vitamin?

(A) Vitamin B3

(B) Vitamin B7

(C) Vitamin K

(D) Vitamin E

View Answer
(A) Vitamin B3
Explanation
The chemical name of Vitamin B3 is Niacin which is a water-soluble vitamin. Whereas of B1 is Thiamine, B2 is Riboflavin and C is Ascorbic acid.

Question 17: Different types of Vitamins are:

(A) Fat-Soluble

(B) Water-Soluble

(C) Both A and B

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(C) Both A and B

Question 18: Which of the following nutrient deficiency causes megaloblastic anemia?

(A) Niacin

(B) Pyridoxine

(C) Folic acid

(D) Above all

View Answer
(C) Folic acid

Question 19: Which of the following vitamins has a coenzyme function?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Above all

View Answer
(D) Above all

Question 20: Which of the following is the scientific name of Vitamin K?

(A) Tocopherol

(B) Phytonadione

(C) Pantothenic Acid

(D) Ascorbic Acid

View Answer
(C) Pantothenic Acid